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  • 1. Daily notes
  • 2. Temporary notes
  • 3. Literature notes
  • 4. Project notes
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    Effective note taking

    Effective note-taking

    Jan 29, 20261 min read

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    What you’ll learn

    • Choose and implement a note-taking system
    • Develop effective capture and processing habits
    • Link ideas for knowledge synthesis
    • Build a personal knowledge base
    • Maintain sustainable note-taking practices

    Course format

    • Duration: 5-7 hours
    • Level: Intermediate
    • Format: Self-paced with practical exercises
    • Status: Published

    Building personal knowledge systems for research and learning

    Develop systematic approaches to capturing, organizing, and retrieving knowledge across your academic work.

    Lessons

    • IntroductionUnderstand why notes are the core of academic work and how to build a unified conceptual framework for your thinking.
    • Daily notesEstablish a reliable daily practice to externalise your working memory and reduce cognitive load.
    • Temporary notesCreate a designated home for information that's important enough to capture but doesn't yet have a clear destination.
    • Literature notesDocument your critical observations and questions as you engage with sources, moving beyond passive consumption to active intellectual engagement.
    • Project notesCreate bounded spaces for complex, extended work to track meetings, tasks, and resources throughout a project's lifecycle.
    • Permanent notesPreserve concepts and ideas that remain valuable throughout your career, building an external long-term memory that grows with your expertise.
    • SummaryReview the complete note-taking framework and reflect on how to maintain a sustainable, lifelong knowledge system.

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