Why is that, I wonder? I tutor off and on and I just can't believe that lecture material has become more dense. From my own experience, I'd have to say that students are no longer taught how outline lectures.
But the handwriting angle is interesting. Mine has degraded, no doubt. In fact, I was thinking of teaching myself copperplate this summer to sharpen it up a little.
The lecture notes are on the course website. The computer is needed to access them.