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.