Last spring, as I was preparing for a new semester, I had an epiphany: Closed-book exams seem to unfairly aid students who excel at memorization. So I decided to allow my classes to use notes during ...

Halfway through a 75-minute lecture, you look around the room to peer at other students’ laptops. Instead of pages of quickly scribbled notes, you will likely find laptop screens displaying text ...

Once upon a time, university lectures were accompanied by the sound of pens scribbling on paper. But if you go into a lecture ...