Voice recorders......does anyone actually use one?

[binojmatthew]

If anyone thinks it is a benefit....please drop a line. I cannot imagine listening to lectures again since I think I can spend my time more productively..then again it depends on the lecturer, the pace and the extent to which the material is covered....especially if they mumble/ramble undecipherably. At Cal I did it for a couple of lower division classes only because all the questions came from lecture material and missing something could be really inconvenient.
So if someone, already having taken classes on campus feels it is an advantage please post your experiences.
Thank you for your response.

[kemper6036]

you dont have enough time for that......your valuable study time is better spent doing something else. pay attention the first time and you wont need recordings

[binojmatthew]

you dont have enough time for that......your valuable study time is better spent doing something else. pay attention the first time and you wont need recordings


I brought this up only because it was suggested as an item to bring -among many others- by the person who wrote the attachment that I received in an email from AUC. I am as a result, soliciting opinions from those who may have used one and obviously have found the time and felt it made a difference.

[DRDRWMD]

I recorded every lecture and kept them organized in my computer in an OCD sort of way. For some classes I took the time to review the recorded lectures (like pathology with Dr. L who is now in Saba). It was also nice to have copies of the scandalous things Dr. VDW would say in his five minutes of "psych time" in case I ever needed it. I would also make sure to record lectures when I was not present (to study for an exam sort of robbing peter to pay **** kind of thing), and then I wouold review the missing lecture at my convenience. Sometimes it is useful to have copies of the lectures.

[binojmatthew]

I recorded every lecture and kept them organized in my computer in an OCD sort of way. For some classes I took the time to review the recorded lectures (like pathology with Dr. L who is now in Saba). It was also nice to have copies of the scandalous things Dr. VDW would say in his five minutes of "psych time" in case I ever needed it. I would also make sure to record lectures when I was not present (to study for an exam sort of robbing peter to pay **** kind of thing), and then I wouold review the missing lecture at my convenience. Sometimes it is useful to have copies of the lectures.

Thank you for that DRDRWMD....the rarely employed.... yet undeniably useful recording of a lecture while utilizing the time to study for an impending exam is tactically a most interesting strategy. That in itself justifies paying a measly $50 for one of those Olympus voice recorders that syncs w/a computer. A good backup solution. Thanks again!

[DrFraud]

If anyone thinks it is a benefit....please drop a line. I cannot imagine listening to lectures again since I think I can spend my time more productively..then again it depends on the lecturer and the volume that is covered....especially if they mumble undecipherably. At Cal I did it for a couple of lower division classes only because all the questions came from lecture material and missing something could be really inconvenient.
So if someone, already having taken classes on campus feels it is an advantage please post your experiences.
Thank you for your response.

I think voice recorders are great. Some lectures were a little confusing the first time around, and unfortunately, you don't know in advance which ones, so having the recorded lectures on-hand can be very convienent.

[binojmatthew]

I think voice recorders are great. Some lectures were a little confusing the first time around, and unfortunately, you don't know in advance which ones, so having the recorded lectures on-hand can be very convienent.

Thank you DrFraud....I just purchased a Olympus VN-4100PC on sale at Comp-U-Plus for $43 plus shipping (MSRP $99) that allows for 144 hours of audio and that can be transferred via USB to a computer.

[stateofequilibrium]

I think it all depends on you. I only "used" a voice recorder for one class, and that was getting scribed notes from students who did use voice recorders for physio I. As that professor at the time (not sure about now), would give out awful handouts, so you had to be drawing graphs, while trying to listen to what he's saying and then copying down what he says as well.

[kemper6036]

physio I is not the same. my semester was the last one to have to use the scribes in order to pass