Vlog 18 Note taking during a PhD

[@chrislee-gaston6106]

4:07 - the Smartphone phenomenon is everywhere! I see it all the time at my Germany uni. I ditched my smartphone last year for various other reasons, but when I was in Australia recently I found a bunch of my notes from my bachelor days - and I was definitely more than occasionally guilty of the highlighting thing. Thanks for the great vlog Tara!

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

Good on you, Chris! Txxx

[@mingpang5171]

love your series which are so valuable and so useful. Thank you so much for your sharing, Tara!

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

My pleasure, MP - you let me know what else would be useful! txxx

[@vicky-f]

Thank you so much!Really important information for someone who's about to start a PhD and wants to do a strategic research from the beginning!

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

It makes such a difference if you start this process at the beginning! Great luck and keep in touch :) Txxx

[@MerryJ2024]

I found this very enlightening Tara--funny that I came through school and Uni and work believing that teachers /lecturers were the authority because they had the information I needed at hand, they had done all the reading needed for this. I felt couldn't think as well as anyone else or make valid judgements, yet the questions I asked the academics were generally courteously received and discussed. When they asked me questions though, I felt inadequate because they held all the knowledge I needed to answer them. I will follow Tara's 10 Tips and organize and file my properly referenced notes under topics from this point on, as suggested, and on my computer, and also include my impression of the scholar's scholarship and what this article has to offer me as well. Thank you Cathy Jones

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

You are the best Cathy!!!! Txxx

[@mubinho1]

My first instinct was not promising: zombie talking, bright lipstick... By the end of Vlog I have to say WOW. Simple, argumented with practical tips/methods. One of the most useful Volgs about related topics PhD. Thank You Dr Brabazon

[@nurlayalimohdalikhan8073]

Thank you so much for shedding light on this. I just enrolled as a PhD student, and I am grasping for techniques on reading and note taking. This really helps.

[@hannahsolomon8314]

Thank you so much for uploading these videos. They are invaluable! You are like a second dissertation chairperson to me!

[@dougboothey4896]

Hi Tara, as you know from our discussion in Digital Office Hours, this skill is one that I don't have confidence in. So, I have rewatched this vlog for the umpteenth time to help get my head around it. cheers, doug

[@deborahmonde7304]

Found your channel from a comment on morganeua channel and wow I love it :) ! Thank you so much for sharing such valuable advice

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

My absolute pleasure, Deborah! You take care txxx

[@classic7577]

Watching her videos is my morning routine now. :)

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

Hi Tara, loving your series. Would you explain exactly how your notes are structured on the page. Do you just go through the article, writing bullet point and if so how do you then synthesis later for article writing etc.huge thanks Sally xx

[@leonetranquillo7005]

I am glad I listened to Vlog 18 once again. Regards

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

So glad it was of use, Leone. It's such an important skill set!!! txxx

[@MayedaRashid]

Thank you Tara for this wonderful talk. Loved it!

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

My absolute pleasure - thanks so much. Hope you are well! Txxx

[@remerose1140]

Thanks, can you provide a tutorial about note taking ? Explaining more about interpretation and paraphrasing

[@leonetranquillo7005]

Thanks Tara, your presentation was up to date.

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

Thank you Leone! Hope you are fab. txxx

[@zohrehh.chavoushi156]

Thank you for the great tips Tara.

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

My pleasure Zohreh! Txxx

[@marufbindulutfur2820]

Many thanks for your advice. All the best.

[@DanielSpielmann]

This is a matter of outstanding importance for _any_ individual involved in academia, so thank you kindly for this vlog. However, with the tens of thousands of pages of notes you have already produced, I cannot help but wonder about information retrieval: When information becomes spread across a large number of different files, doesn't it get kind of trapped within these files? How do you find what you need when you need it? I believe that the more notes we take, the more important are strategies for information retrieval. Thanks again for all the inspiration you share across the globe, T!

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

Morning Daniel - great point. My notes are valuable because they are pretty tightly configured around specific topics. And when I have found a file getting too big (online learning is a great example - started small - became a monster :)) I took the time to separate out subtopics. So - multimodality, disintermedation, deterritorialization, digital literacies. The great gift is to start the note files nice and small at the start :) But you are absolutely right - information literacy is THE crucial skill of our time :)

[@Akbar_Ato]

When on Earth do I learn this? It always hurts my confidence. I am obsessed with note-taking, but I am really bad at taking notes. Special thanks, Tara🙏

[@teasaka]

Thank you Tara for your suggestions :)

[@Elena_TBCH]

Great vlog Tara! Best wishes from Spain.

[@dadirow]

Thank you, thank you, thank you

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

My pleasure Dadir! Txxx

[@kenaddoh4693]

Great points!

[@elizabethisenburg8399]

Great- you should repost this one periodically!!

[@orangeppl]

“The point of note taking is you are presenting research to your future self”.

[@TaraBrabazonChannel]

Hi JM - great to see you, superstar. And yep - I'm doing deep research at the moment. Using thirty years of notetaking for my current books. And I am very thankful to my younger self. Selves ;) Hope all is great with you :) txxx

[@AbdullahMohammed]

Thank you for this.

[@ralphzkie]

Well then I better start taking notes on how to take notes