Can't remember the actual research, but when I did my HET certificate it was based on research that showed the writing things down made you organise the material better and thus made it more likely to be remembered. Same justification for making students listen to, and take notes in, lectures rather than just giving them your lecture notes. By that reasoning I am guessing that ANY form of joint synthesis/writing (eg producing mind maps, charts, bullet points etc) would achieve roughly the same effect, bearing in mind that using a laptop you would not want to be too prescriptive about format (part of the success is in the agreeing how to lay out the material - ie how to summarise it and synthesise the information - which if they have to produce notes eg in a chart/bullet point format will limit the synthesis and creativity somewhat. A flipchart you can draw symbols, use different colours, organise the material according to different hierarchies etc better than a drawing or writing software based programme on a laptop)
Hth
Kirstein
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Subject: evaluations of the pens-and-flipcharts approach
Hi all,
You'll all be familiar with the format of a workshop where each table jots down points on a flipchart. Does anyone know of any research analysing how effective this format is (or isn't) and alternative formats? It seems like the sort of research topic that could fall into different disciplinary areas: management, behaviour, policy, psychology. Anyone come across anything?
The reason is that I'm in the process of co-organising a workshop, and thinking about giving each group one or more laptops, then plugging them into the projector one by one (the laptops, not the participants!) for short presentations. These would be easier to keep track of once the day is done, not to mention more legible! I'd like to see if anyone has done something similar to this, or really tried anything other than the pens-and-flipcharts convention which seems so overwhelmingly dominant.
Thanks,
Dave
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