Thread by @brandontoner

Been hovering around how to structure and organize sets of knowledge.

Building a map — piece by piece.

Today I got some clarity.

Course and lecture design holds some important clues!

A good course and a good lecture have intentional design elements that OREINT the learner.

That build appropriate perspective for the learner, so they can see how the material interacts with the rest of their knowledge or the domain.

There is a map, hidden in the linear structure of many courses.

I want to deconstruct the linearity, to build the multi-dimensional.

Courses
Syllabus
Modules
Lectures
Assignments
Evaluations

All highlight and emphasize pieces of the map.

Typical breakdown of a lecture:
- Introduction
- Learning Objectives
- Outline
- Concepts
- Sub-concepts
- Examples
- Summary

The problem is that in a linear experience like a slide-deck, perspective is lost.

It’s easy to get stuck in the weeds — losing sight of the bigger picture… how everything fits together.

Over the break, I aim to explore how I might be able to deconstruct linear presentation content, and assemble those pieces into a more interactive, explorative and dynamic map of contents.

Take the content and lessons, and begin to form a more holistic view of the many parts.

Ha, brutal to typo the capitalized word 😂