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Many lectures are now routinely recorded by the lecturers using Adobe Connect of Webex and students can go through the full lecture by replaying the lecture at home. The need for note taking goes down.
 
Many lectures are now routinely recorded by the lecturers using Adobe Connect of Webex and students can go through the full lecture by replaying the lecture at home. The need for note taking goes down.

Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, this doesn't happen in the UK.

And I would add that an audio recording is not enough, your notes should (generally) contain a critical analysis of the topics and issues covered in the lecture, especially if you are a social sciences or humanities student.
 
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