Objectives
  • Evaluate traditional note-taking as a course 
   accommodation
  • Distinguish access vs study aid
  • Understand the changing landscape of 
   classroom teaching
  • Identify technology to provide access
  • Our struggles/What we have learned
 We have tried a variety of traditional note-taking 
 models and have found disadvantages with all.
  • Paid note-takers                 • Student Work with 
      – Small number of students        instructor
      – Lack of interest in topic        – Burden on student and 
  • Volunteer peer note-takers             instructor
      – Engaged in class/had a       • Student find own note-taker
        stake                            – Burden on student
      – Inconsistent product             – Institution responsibility
      – Charity model                • Numbers out of control
 25 years ago, written notes were the only record 
 of class information after class was done.
 Now, students are provided a wide variety of tools 
 and records of what was discussed in class.
  But students often still want notes, sometimes 
  for reasons not related to access.
  • “It’s what I have always had”
  • Distraction
  • Can’t keep up
  • Too much information
  • Can’t read my writing
  • Don’t know what is important
  • Study aid