Challenges of digital note taking

Abstract

There are world efforts to make technology act with education field for better learning achievements. Technology tries to replace the traditional learning environments, media, and activities into digital age. However, slow progress has been achieved to transfer the note taking activities into digital era. In this study, we explored current note taking tools which developed to bridge the gap between paper-based and technology-based notes. We tried to identify key specific problems and challenges that prevent note taking from existing in the digital age. This study is providing extensive investigation with systematic analysis about the impacts of current note taking tools in learning to identify constrains and limitations of typical note taking systems. Unfortunately, we agreed with similar previous studies that current tools are still inadequate and inefficient to be used for replacing the traditional note taking due to several issues. We found that developing a successful note taking applications is challenges because of four main issues, complexity, technology learning dilemma, integrity, and inefficiency issues. This study discusses the main implications to shape the future of digital notes.