| Note Taking Express (NTE) | Online or in-person classes | - Reliable service that returns notes within 24 hours
- Notes provided by someone familiar with the subject
- Can translate into life after college
| - Notes provided by someone who was not present in class
- Supplemental material must be uploaded to maximize benefit, i.e., class slides or documents
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| Glean | Online or in-person classes; students who prefer to take their own notes | - Ability to make quick bookmarks and use color-coding while audio is recording
- Revisiting audio recording to add notes may help with the retention of information
- Can import slides, images, and PDF documents
- Can translate into life after college
| - No assistance from a note-taker
- Requires a comfort level with technology
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| Livescribe Pen | Online or in-person classes; students who prefer to take their own notes | - Simultaneously records audio while student hand-writes notes
- Students can revisit points in the lecture that corresponds with their notes
- Allows for different note-taking styles or methods
- Bookmarking feature
- Can translate into life after college
| - No assistance from a note-taker
- Recording capability may be limiting for students with audio processing concerns
- Requires use of LiveScribe paper
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| Digital Recorders | Online or in-person classes | - Allows for revisiting of audio to take notes
- Simple technology
| - No assistance from a note-taker
- More difficult to revisit specific points in the lecture
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| Peer Note-takers | In-person classes or online classes with a live or streamed lecture | - Notes from someone who attended the same class and has the correct context for notes
| - Reliant on students who have responsibilities of their own
- Note-taker may have a different style of note-taking than receiving student
- Not useful for online classes
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