Yeah man, we were just talking to my son about this same concept. For me, writing things down was a really important way for me to learn. In the digital age, another aspect of it for me was figuring out a place where I could take practice tests. I would rather take a 200 question test 25 times with varying arrangement of the questions than studying a book 5 times. It was much more effective for my discipline which was great!

What are you studying? I have had the itch to do some more academic stuff but need to find out where to channel it to!