Yet for an active learner, lecture-driven instruction can be useful and creative. Good sound ideas and information can be well presented offering a rich, informed picture. You need to keep active mentally - making notes can help. I'm just a dust bin assume too much about my listening ability. My mind can absorb only as my bottom can endure.
Any lecture is an experience.
Even a dull lecturer and lecture can offer useful information and concepts if you work hard as a participant. The lecture may facilitate reflection, development of your own thoughts. Take notes actively. Write key points with a flourish . Keep the blood flowing.