Comment by forgotmypw17

Having a copy of slides open during lecture is a total game-changer for technical classes.

You can follow along and keep 2-3 slides open at a time to have a better sense of the context, skip back to review an idea, screenshot and get clarification with AI, there are so many possibilities which enhance the lecture.

Some professors also write/diagram right on top of the slides and then provide them after class.

A lot of CS classes have switched to GitHub, with basically entirely open course materials.

Even on closed systems like Canvas, it's typically an entire library of content that you have access to.

I personally love lectures, but I'm also not doing a typical degree program, where I'd be forced to take 3-5 courses per semester. If I was under that much workload, I can't imagine having the time to absorb all the material, do all the work, sleep, and go to every lecture.