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JohnNixdorf
9 years agoCommunity Member
"Too much content" is like the critic in the movie Amadeus telling Mozart he had "too many notes."
The course needs to contain the content it needs to bring the learner to a minimally acceptable level of competence on the subject.
Keep asking the SME "does the learner NEED to have this to accomplish the task?"
First cover the MUST have.
DON'T EAT WILD MUSHROOMS is all anybody who isn't a mushroom hunter needs to know.
The learner may be better off with a few, simple, easily remembered, easily applied rules vs. being deluged with everything there is to know about the subject.
The course needs to contain the content it needs to bring the learner to a minimally acceptable level of competence on the subject.
Keep asking the SME "does the learner NEED to have this to accomplish the task?"
First cover the MUST have.
DON'T EAT WILD MUSHROOMS is all anybody who isn't a mushroom hunter needs to know.
The learner may be better off with a few, simple, easily remembered, easily applied rules vs. being deluged with everything there is to know about the subject.