taking notes from lectures

I've been trying to watch videos on how students absorb information from lectures (especially STEM) and how they take notes for it but there are two types of people:
1- who take really aesthetic notes which is fun, but it's inefficient
2- who take notes using Ai
and I want to hear how STEM students take notes/ learn from lectures, so feel free to reply to this and hopefully it will be useful to others too!

Hello @fajralz
As a law student I personally take notes by hand and do not try to make lecture notes look near and tidy because there is insufficient time. I instead make notes of the most important information and all the key bits of information which I need for a general overview of the topic area. Others use tablets and laptops to make notes, but I would not recommend this as it has been psychologically shown that students who make handwritten notes remember and perform better. Also, lectures are often recorded as well so you can watch them multiple times.
I would strongly advice against AI written notes. If you want to succeed and do your very best you need to write your notes in your own style, format and most importantly your own words. This means you then have to think more deeply about the information meaning it becomes a stronger memory and you understand the content better. It might be worth looking into Cornell Notes.
I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, please do let me know.
Charlie
Law LLB Student