In-person lectures vs. Recordings: Do you actually manage to focus on either?
Now that pretty much every module is recorded, how many of you have actually stopped going in person?
I’m stuck in a bit of a weird loop right now. I'm paranoid about skipping in-person lectures and just relying on recordings because I'm scared I'll completely fall behind on the pace of the module.
But at the same time, when I actually sit in the lecture hall, I find it so hard to just listen and focus. If I zone out for even a minute and miss one tiny concept, I completely lose the plot and the rest of the lecture feels like a total waste of time.
Then, when I try to use the recordings at home to catch up, I run into another problem. Being able to pause and rewind is obviously a lifesaver, but my attention span just dies looking at a screen. Because I keep losing focus and having to rewind again and again, a single 1-hour lecture ends up taking me like 2 hours to actually finish. It takes so long to catch up this way that I feel like I'll end up falling behind anyway.
Is anyone else stuck in this cycle? Are recordings actually a decent substitute for you, or do you struggle with focusing on both like I do?