Let students sit exams with iPads and laptops, says Cambridge academic to combat students not used to ‘the lost art of handwriting’ turning in unreadable papers

‘Cambridge University is considering letting students take exams on laptops and iPads because they rarely use ‘the lost art’ of handwriting during their studies.
Students who struggle to write by hand or need extra time in exams are already allowed to use laptops – but this could soon become widespread rather than exceptional.
The university’s review is part of its Digital Strategy for Education, which aims to ‘introduce technology that supports teaching and learning’.
History lecturer Dr Sarah Pearshall said handwriting was becoming a ‘lost art’.
She told the Daily Telegraph: ‘Fifteen or twenty years ago students routinely have written by hand several hours a day – but now they write virtually nothing by hand except exams.”
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