I am about to attend a committee meeting where I will need to review and
debate several 20 page submissions for the committee to deliberate over. I
can just sit in the committee flipping computer screens up and down between
submission pages on my nice new lightweight notebook computer with its tiny
11.6 inch screen or I can print myself a paper notebook of all the
submissions in 8.5x11 inch format for easy markup and later re-scanning to
digital files if needed. What do you think I will do?
Factors in the decision - 1) I can write comments on paper with one hand
while the other one manages a fork, a drink or a cell phone, due to no need
for two handed touch typing, 2) No one will be telling me to shut down my
paper notebook, during takeoffs, landings, or to place it in a separate tray
at the airport, 3) If I spill coffee on the paper notebook, it may be messy,
but I will not risk losing all of last week's correspondence and documents.
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John Phillips
Information Technology Decisions
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Subject: It's easier to learn on paper ...
The articles states the following:
Until the latter part of the 20th century, reading was generally done on
paper. But with the arrival of the computer, and more recently devices like
smart phones and eReaders, many people are doing some of their reading on
screens. And while there is no question about the convenience or scope of
the information available online, experts are discovering that if you are
trying to learn something, in many cases it is easier to do using printed
documents.
All around the world, researchers and experts in literacy, memory and
cognition, verbal learning, neuroscience and human communication are
examining the question of whether information is better assimilated by
reading on paper or on screen. Jakob Nielsen, a web usability expert noted
that: "The online medium lends itself to a more superficial processing of
information, you're just surfing the information; it's not deep learning."1
The article can be found here:
http://www.paperbecause.com/knowledge-center/its-easier-to-learn-on-pape
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R. Stephen Richards
President & CEO
Richards & Richards
Nashville, TN
615-242-9600
www.RichardsandRichards.com
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