Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

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What she DOES like though, is that she has to write a paper every week for her courses; seriously, it would kill me, but she says she feels like she learns the material much better this way.

When I was taking butts-in-seats, I would go home from class and transcribe my hastily-written notes and synthesize the notes into study materials for that class. Much like writing a paper, though less formal. It absolutely made a huge difference in comprehension for me.