How you learned is not how everyone learns
I think that sometimes instructors teach to their own learning style. Remember, you were once a student and preferred a specific way of learning. Just because you like learning a certain way, this does not mean that you should teach to your own learning style. Get to know the learning styles of your students. There on websites where you can direct your students to take a learning style assessment, print it, and give it to you. How accurate are these online assessments? As an instructor, I use these just to help me get a hint of what their learning styles may be. The students seem to like knowing how they best learn as well.
This is an exscellent point, I remember when I was a student(years ago) I found it almost impossible to listen to lecture and take notes at the same time, without falling behind. After years of trail and error I found that, at least for me listening was the most important learning style I had at my disposal. Later if something was noteworthy I would write it down. But learning is definately not a "one size fits all" situation.
