In a wide-ranging survey conducted in 2016, we discovered that only 29% of students thought their written notes were useful to study from (June 2016 Sonocent User Survey of 929 students and 90 educational professionals with Sonocent software licences). This lack of confidence in the primary substance of lectures should be alarming for educators and support staff alike.
But with assistive technology, you could help students come out of a lecture with comprehensive notes, a greater level of independence and more confidence in what they emerge with.
And you could save admin time and cost, too.
Assistive technology helps students with disabilities, in particular, take charge of their own notes by building note taking skills from the ground up.
And by equipping students with the skills they need to process information properly, you could help improve student attainment and smooth the transition to employment,
Note taking makes simultaneous demands on the mind. It requires the student to listen, absorb information, discern what material is most significant and neatly summarize, all at the same time. And it’s easy to see how vital these skills are in the world of work.