Slide design

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Mon, 04 May 2009 20:47:10 +0200, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org> wrote:

> == Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu (SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org)'s  
> article
>>
>> I don't agree. I think there is much more at work here. Slides are
>> limited in size and text content simply because there is so much
>> information a person can absorb simultaneously by hearing and seeing. So
>> the slide with text is simply an anchor, a high-level memento to rest
>> one's eyes on, while the speaker gives some detail pertaining to the
>> high-level points that the slide makes.
>
> For lectures I basically have a choice between two options:
>
> 1. Take notes and not remember a darn thing that was said.
> 2. Not take any notes and remember the lecture.

I'm fond of using the third option: Not take notes unless something
unexpected pops up.
I tend to use notes for remembering things I will look up later,
not for learning directly.

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  Simen