Is There a Difference Between Typing and Long Hand Nottakers?

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i think theres some studies that were done not too long ago where they tested typist versus long hand nottakers. And what they found were the people that had keyboards ended up typing verbatim notes because were almost fast enough to type as fast as they could hear. The other group almost immediately said, there is no way, long hand, i can keep up with this amount of information. So they started to do analysis and started capturing information on lined paper. It wasn't even sketch, noing. I believe the immediate test that they took right after the talk, they both were about in same range. But a week later, or some period of time later, they came

Mike Rohde is a designer, teacher, and illustrator — but you’re more likely familiar with his work in sketchnoting. Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook, which popularized the practice, and the founder of the Sketchnote Army, a showcase of sketchnoters and their work. He’s been described as “one of the leaders of the visual thinking revolution.” In this conversation, we discuss how Mike’s approach to visual note-taking has influenced his work.

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