We saw earlier in section 3 that people learn through a mixture of:
- visual – seeing
- auditory – hearing
- kinaesthetic – doing
You could learn from listening to:
- module summaries
- revision key points of notes
- language – if studying vocabulary
- another student
- your tutor
- audio books
- podcasts
- ‘spoken’ PDF files – there are various app available for this purpose You could also record your own notes on:
- heldheld devises – dictaphone, phone
- your computer
- plug-in microphones / headsets
- apps – text-to-speech, speech
- webreaderHD etc.
Once your audio recording has been made you can listen to it in a variety of places that includes:
- at home
- whilst travelling
- when exercising
- Pre-recording checklist
Before recording you should consider:
- checking your recording equipment – do a short test before recording a large volume of material
- ask yourself what the objective of your recording is for – for example, remembering key ‘trigger’ words or concepts in depth
- are these notes for your own use, or do you intent to share them. This will effect the quality and format you convert your recording into
- how do you want to record your information – in small ‘bite sized’ sections or a large block