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**Yswxomvy** · 06-14-2010, 01:31 PM

Bismillah
Salaam aleikum,

I really love to listen to talks and I love to take notes on the different lectures I listen to. But I realized sometimes its hard to hear certain portions of these talks, and because I am still an amateur, the notes I take might not be always exact. We live in a time of High-Definition video, but not High-Definition Audio so very often, something gets distorted in quoting a hadith or a line of poetry, simply because of how the audio comes out or if the speaker spoke in a hurry.

There is a lot of talks out there- and I know Sunniforum, has a number of people who have strong foundation in the deen. So what do you think about having a section for collaborative note-taking on various talks, exchanging notes, and clarifying distortions or typos? What do the moderators think about this? There are some learned veterans on here, who can make quick corrections and others who can be encouraged to learn.

Alhamdulillah, it's a big blessing we have so of technology at our disposal but I don't think we have figured out how to use it for optimal communal learning. Many still treat khutbahs and bayaans as if they are a form of entertainment, when we could be using the Internet to expand the circle of the halaqa. One of the characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam was the sharing and "trade" of knowledge, exchanging texts and translations, talking about what they were learning, doing some follow-up and that can be easily done today via the Web. I think this is all the more important because websites and talks can disappear from the Internet overnight, so we need to preserve knowledge in our hearts. And indirectly, we would be putting more ilm out onto the web.

Think of it as an ever-growing digital halaqa...

WHAT DO YOU SAY, OH WISE BEARDED ONES?

PS. This is not to down-play the great importance to studying at the feet of a scholar with a sanad, which I have firm intention to do one day, when I am able to, inshallah! But it's just to really make hearts and minds meet in the valley of ilm that we love oh so dearly.

06-14-2010, 01:31 PM	#1
Yswxomvy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	Collaborative Note-taking Section? Bismillah Salaam aleikum, I really love to listen to talks and I love to take notes on the different lectures I listen to. But I realized sometimes its hard to hear certain portions of these talks, and because I am still an amateur, the notes I take might not be always exact. We live in a time of High-Definition video, but not High-Definition Audio so very often, something gets distorted in quoting a hadith or a line of poetry, simply because of how the audio comes out or if the speaker spoke in a hurry. There is a lot of talks out there- and I know Sunniforum, has a number of people who have strong foundation in the deen. So what do you think about having a section for collaborative note-taking on various talks, exchanging notes, and clarifying distortions or typos? What do the moderators think about this? There are some learned veterans on here, who can make quick corrections and others who can be encouraged to learn. Alhamdulillah, it's a big blessing we have so of technology at our disposal but I don't think we have figured out how to use it for optimal communal learning. Many still treat khutbahs and bayaans as if they are a form of entertainment, when we could be using the Internet to expand the circle of the halaqa. One of the characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam was the sharing and "trade" of knowledge, exchanging texts and translations, talking about what they were learning, doing some follow-up and that can be easily done today via the Web. I think this is all the more important because websites and talks can disappear from the Internet overnight, so we need to preserve knowledge in our hearts. And indirectly, we would be putting more ilm out onto the web. Think of it as an ever-growing digital halaqa... WHAT DO YOU SAY, OH WISE BEARDED ONES? PS. This is not to down-play the great importance to studying at the feet of a scholar with a sanad, which I have firm intention to do one day, when I am able to, inshallah! But it's just to really make hearts and minds meet in the valley of ilm that we love oh so dearly.
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