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UC Berkeley student here; laptop bannings are actually relatively common in lectures. I've seen professors actually stop their lectures to yell at some student

UC Berkeley student here; laptop bannings are actually relatively common in lectures. I've seen professors actually stop their lectures to yell at some student in the back until said student puts his laptop away. A relevant point that the article failed to mention was, laptop/tablet/smartphone usage distracts not only the user, but those around him as well [1]. Just having such a device in view lowers the comprehension of material. [1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512...

canthonytucci 12y ago
> A relevant point that the article failed to mention was, laptop/tablet/smartphone usage distracts not only the user, but those around him as well [1]. Just having such a device in view lowers the comprehension of material. If you can't concentrate because the person next to you is on reddit you're going to have a hard time in an open office. Full disclosure, I only skimmed this paper, but I'd say this study has very little in common with the actual scenario of a good professor giving a stimulating lecture. People learn and take notes differently, students should be granted the respect to do whatever works best for them, professors' egos be damned. EDIT: Not to mention these students are paying customers....if they choose to waste their time in class, that's up to them.
- DanBC 12y ago
  > If you can't concentrate because the person next to you is on reddit you're going to have a hard time in an open office. Yes, open offices are a terrible idea because many people lose a lot of their productivity in those distracting environments.
bsilvereagle 12y ago
> I've seen professors actually stop their lectures to yell at some student in the back until said student puts his laptop away. I had a professor that would make the student using the laptop come up to the front of the room and finish giving the lecture. He said he picked it up from Nabokov.

canthonytucci 12y ago

> A relevant point that the article failed to mention was, laptop/tablet/smartphone usage distracts not only the user, but those around him as well [1]. Just having such a device in view lowers the comprehension of material. If you can't concentrate because the person next to you is on reddit you're going to have a hard time in an open office. Full disclosure, I only skimmed this paper, but I'd say this study has very little in common with the actual scenario of a good professor giving a stimulating lecture. People learn and take notes differently, students should be granted the respect to do whatever works best for them, professors' egos be damned. EDIT: Not to mention these students are paying customers....if they choose to waste their time in class, that's up to them.

DanBC 12y ago
> If you can't concentrate because the person next to you is on reddit you're going to have a hard time in an open office. Yes, open offices are a terrible idea because many people lose a lot of their productivity in those distracting environments.

bsilvereagle 12y ago

> I've seen professors actually stop their lectures to yell at some student in the back until said student puts his laptop away. I had a professor that would make the student using the laptop come up to the front of the room and finish giving the lecture. He said he picked it up from Nabokov.