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| # Screen Devices | # Screen Devices | ||
| - | Screen devices include laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, and other machines with screens. As a general policy in my courses, screen devices are not permitted during class time, unless otherwise stated. Exceptions may also be made for reasons of accessibility and disability. | + | Screen devices include laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, and other machines with screens. While many students feel they are necessary in class, these technologies often cause more distraction than benefit, as empirical research suggests. There are also cognitive benefits to taking hand-written notes. |
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| - | The cause for this policy is the ample evidence that such devices hinder rather than aid in student learning. | + | |
| ## Bibliography | ## Bibliography | ||
| + | * Susan Dynarski, "[For Note Taking, Low-Tech is Often Best](https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/08/note-taking-low-tech-often-best)," _Useable Knowledge_ from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (August 21, 2017) | ||
| + | * Susan Dynarski, "[Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html)," _The New York Times_ (November 22, 2017) | ||
| * Reynol Junco, "[In-class multitasking and academic performance](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563212001926)," _Computers in Human Behavior_ 28, no. 6 (November 2012) | * Reynol Junco, "[In-class multitasking and academic performance](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563212001926)," _Computers in Human Behavior_ 28, no. 6 (November 2012) | ||
| + | * "[One Instructor's Approach to Digital Distraction](https://oit.colorado.edu/news/20016)," Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Boulder (April 2, 2018) | ||
| * Faria Sanaa, Tina Weston, and Nicholas J.Cepeda, "[Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254)," _Computers & Education_ 62 (March 2013) | * Faria Sanaa, Tina Weston, and Nicholas J.Cepeda, "[Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254)," _Computers & Education_ 62 (March 2013) | ||
| * Cindi May, "[Students are Better Off without a Laptop in the Classroom](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/students-are-better-off-without-a-laptop-in-the-classroom/)," _Scientific American_ (July 11, 2017) | * Cindi May, "[Students are Better Off without a Laptop in the Classroom](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/students-are-better-off-without-a-laptop-in-the-classroom/)," _Scientific American_ (July 11, 2017) | ||
| + | * Penny Van Bergen, Emma Burns, and Hua-Chen Wang, "[Which type of note-taking is better for learning: laptop or pen and paper?](https://theconversation.com/which-type-of-note-taking-is-better-for-learning-laptop-or-pen-and-paper-250404)," _The Conversation_ (February 25, 2025) | ||
| * "[The Digital Native Is a Myth](https://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363)," _Nature_ (July 25, 2017) | * "[The Digital Native Is a Myth](https://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363)," _Nature_ (July 25, 2017) | ||