Answer by Chris H for How to deal with students who regularly ignores ban of...
To be honest, I think you've got it backwards. I also think you're potentially discriminating against students with accessibility needs or those without much money.A phone is a major source of...
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Why do you decide which device (laptop, tablet or smartphone) students should use? The goal of lectures is transfer of knowledge and student's notes is important part of this process as long as it...
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There is no meaningful difference between a laptop and tablet as far as distraction. Students today take notes on these devices more often than paper. You shouldn't expect them to purchase the exact...
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In my class (for undergraduate students) I do not allow students to use laptops so that you can focus more the lecture. (I do allow taking notes on tablets or using mobile phones.) Most students comply...
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Answer by StalePhish for How to deal with students who regularly ignore my...
It's been 15 years since I was an undergrad, but I went completely paperless halfway through my degree, and learned quickly how to take advanced mathematics notes on my laptop. I seriously doubt I...
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Your students are adults and should be treated such as.You bring here some evidence about a research done on a single experiment about the effects of laptop on attention in a classroom.Students are...
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While it may be better to have compliance by your students than to forcibly hold them to certain events. These are adults we are referring to here.Perhaps the single student prefers take notes more...
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Enforce your rules, however arbitrarily they may be chosen (*)The best recipe for chaos is setting up rules and then not enforcing them. IF you want your students to follow your rules (any of your...
View ArticleAnswer by Chris H for How to deal with students who regularly ignore my ban...
To be honest, I think you've got it backwards. I also think you're potentially discriminating against students with accessibility needs or those without much money.A phone is a major source of...
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Why do you decide which device (laptop, tablet or smartphone) students should use? The goal of lectures is transfer of knowledge and student's notes is important part of this process as long as it...
View ArticleAnswer by Bryan Krause for How to deal with students who regularly ignore my...
There is no meaningful difference between a laptop and tablet as far as distraction. Students today take notes on these devices more often than paper. You shouldn't expect them to purchase the exact...
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In my class (for undergraduate students) I do not allow students to use laptops so that you can focus more the lecture. (I do allow taking notes on tablets or using mobile phones.) Most students comply...
View ArticleAnswer by AegisCruiser for How to deal with students who regularly ignore my...
At the risk of being labeled as draconian by other Academia SE users, I admit that I "ban" laptops (but not phones and tablets) in most of my courses. That said, such a rule must be supported with good...
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I'm unconvinced by your premises:Your linked paper (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131520301007) does not seem to support your conclusion.It is examining the effect of...
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IntroductionExisting answers that discuss this rule mostly discuss about the effect of using a laptop or not on students. Therefore, I want to start by stating that, if the use of laptops affects the...
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