It's amazing how much better one does with writing by hand. I take notes these days by computer, but at times will switch back to pencil and paper. Most of these notes are trivial, although with meetings via computer I can screenshot things easily into OneNote.In my day you had to at least show up and hand stuff in. No longer required. Not kidding.
But back in the day, I felt bad when I would copy what the prof wrote on the chalkboard onto paper. It was all in the book! he was copying from the book to the blackboard. But back then I thought i was learning better. Today there seems to be data that this is true. As in, studies showing that we learn better when we write down what we see on a whiteboard. Something about processing it and putting into our writing.
But you know, having an LCD screen up and either typing or recording somehow is less energy intensive than using old school paper and pen... less effort. Who cares about results I guess.