I think the best way to approach lectures is to accept them whole heartily and try to be involved in all of them as best you can. It has worked for me so far! Attendance to the lectures is vital to success as the saying goes ''you can't learn anything if you don't go to class'' by being absent to lectures a student is just pilling up work and making things more difficult for him/herself in the long run. Power point slides are equally as important as attendance because they are summaries of the lecture and are very useful when preparing before the lecture. The tutors also use the slides to explain their topic and also summarize it to students.

       Normally I use the linear style of note taking but these days I prefer just listening to the tutor and drawing spider grams or flowcharts were they are needed. I grow tired of reading notes line after line so I just use diagrams were necessary to represent my points it makes it easier for me when I am going through the notes later on. So far in most of the lectures the tutors say everything on the power point slides and add very little explanation outside the slides so there is not much to jot during lectures. So I feel re-writing notes or summarizing them is a waste of time because most of it is on is on moodle. I constantly revise my jotted notes when reading for a test and also revise lecture notes on moodle just to mix things up and get in-depth knowledge of the module.

The subject of this our third (and last) blog is Lecture Technique. What we would like you to think and write about is how one can best approach lectures. Is it vital to attend or do you think you can use friend's notes, get Powerpoint slides or use Listen Again? Also, how best to take notes? Do other styles rather than linear note taking work for you? What are your observations of the lectures you have attended so far? Should one summarise or re-write notes or is this a waste of time? Does just revising your notes through reading them again suffice?  

As always please refrain from insulting or offensive language. I will have to remove it and it may constitute an academic offence.