I’m a firm believer in taking notes the old fashioned way, instead of blindly typing away. I’ve recently been in school for web development, and wrote everything down. Old habits die hard. It cements the knowledge in your head. It also points to why we should work a little harder to ensure that kids know cursive.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/27/16703904/laptop-learning-lecture
But a growing body of evidence shows that over all, college students learn less when they use computers or tablets during lectures. They also tend to earn worse grades.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html?_r=0