Comment by amarcheschi

Here in italy, in stem university (especially computer science) being given slides is a given.

Some teachers record their lectures as well, although it's not mandatory. For some subjects I prefer following in the class, and for some others imho having the slides and doing on your own is much better than having to follow lectures. It depends. But at least, you have a choice

Edit now that I think about it, everyone's mileage may vary wildly. I think I haven't been studying by taking notes in a lot of time. I'd rather just read the slides and try to understand the whys and whats behind what was explained. Some colleagues of mine would rather take notes or write a condensed version of the course material to better remember it. I guess ymmv a lot