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Note-Taking ​

Word count
199 words
Reading time
2 minutes

Types ​

Digital ​

  • More notes
  • Easier to edit
  • Less flexible
  • Less recall

Outline style ​

A.k.a. bullet points

  • Simple and clean
  • Easy to write
  • Inexpressive

Hand-drawn ​

  • Less notes
  • Harder to edit
  • More flexible
  • More recall

Flowchart ​

Shapes and arrows

  • Flexible

Tips ​

  • Before class:
    • Do preparation as asked by the teacher
    • Review the material
  • During class:
    • Be concentrated
      • Rest well!!!
    • Synthesize
    • Do not record the lesson (not allowed)
  • After class:
    • Ask classmates, friends and teachers
    • Review frequently (curve for forgetting)

Digital ​

  • Use snippets
  • Use buffers to temporarily store information, which is then extracted when complete
    • Bullet points
  • Annotate with italic, bold, quote, blockquote, callout
  • Prefer backlinks
    • They show order of importance ("parent" nodes are bigger in the graph)
    • More natural
  • Evaluate importance of relation before linking
    • Unnecessary links lead to an incomprehensible graph

Hand-drawn ​

  • Use abbreviations and symbols
  • Use colours

Flowchart ​

  • Start with a central circle
  • Use keywords with description

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