What is allowed at the university what is not allowed at school. Mobile games allowed? Working with the laptop? Etc.
Nowadays you mostly LEARN with your laptop
"May" is such a thing.
At school, the teacher ensures that the students learn the material.
At university, the lecturers don't really care, it's your life. Whether you spend your time at university playing mobile phone games only has an impact on you. Those who can't learn / work independently should not attend a university. As long as you don't disturb the lecture, you can actually do what you want.
At university you are solely responsible for your learning success. Normally nobody will check whether you are present at the lecture, are taking notes and / or have done your homework.
How long did it take you to get expert status?
Do you also have subjects at the university and can you usually take a course at several times?
No idea. I've been a member here for 9 years, but there have always been changes. I never aspired to this status; at some point I got an email.
There are different types of events at the university.
Many of the classic lectures are designed for a large number of listeners and take place in large lecture halls. Almost every student in the subject attends and they are mostly (but not always, depending on the curriculum) voluntary. The students sit there and take notes. Or not, university is not a school, whether you are paying attention or not, whether you are learning something or just wasting your time, the lecturer does not care about such lectures. Unless you disturb the lecture, most of the lecturers will not take care of you. Or they ask you a question and watch how you react when 300+ fellow students watch… It depends on the lecturer. Learning is your responsibility - as are the consequences if the stuff comes in the exam and you have no idea. At the university, it is assumed that students are interested in their chosen subject, learn voluntarily and appreciate being presented with relevant things in a condensed form instead of having to roll through books themselves. After all, nobody is forced to study and you could choose your area of interest. Often there's also no compulsory attendance at all, you could just play at home and acquire the content of the lecture in another way. Most of them are much more tedious than just paying attention for 90 minutes…
Then there are courses and events where you have to be present in order to be able to rate the course as passed later. These are often seminars with a limited number of participants, so it is noticeable negatively when you do something else on the side. The lecturer will probably ask you a question to see if you are still thinking about it. If you are not interested in the topic, then you should not have taken a fellow student's place. Often presentations are given by the other students and it is simply inconsistent to not listen. It just doesn't make a good impression and can be a disadvantage.
Unlike in school, however, the ultimate responsibility lies with you and you have to live with the consequences. If you miss important content, then the lecturer will not feel responsible for you, it is your job to ask for notes or explanations from fellow students or simply to spend more time in the library.
In most of the lectures there's no compulsory attendance, it is not checked whether student X is present or not. You can work on your laptop, you can play games on your mobile phone or send messages, you can even sleep during the lecture.
At a university you can attend lectures / courses of your choice. You have to take care of that yourself, nobody makes you a timetable.
Really cool
