Re: Tech writing class (was suggestions needed...)

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com>]

Keith Cronin wrote:
> 
> > Were I designing your course, I would focus intensely on working with
> > extremely complex information.
> 
> Very good idea, Andrew.
> 
> Without forcing students to spend too much time studying a specific area
> of technology that may not be useful/pertinent to them in the future, can
> you suggest a good generic example?
> 

It's not the specific information that students need to learn: it's
learning how to learn and generally deal with complex information that's
important. 

Most people in the class would probably have no serious trouble learning
a set block of material. But I've seen people with MAs and doctorates
choke when asked to master complex material quickly and to start writing
about it while they're still learning.


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