http://qualityandinnovation.com/2009/06/22/good-tutorials-and-bad-tutorials/ exploring quality, productivity & innovation in socio-technical systems Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:38:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://qualityandinnovation.com/2009/06/22/good-tutorials-and-bad-tutorials/#comment-294 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:21 +0000 http://qualityandinnovation.com/?p=742#comment-294 I think leaving people with something to take home is a really important one actually. It leaves you with a nice aftertaste of the tutorial and the feeling you can now do something.
You mentioned a quick-start guide or a new app, I would go as far as perhaps an exercise or an idea of what to do next to start exploring what you have learnt.

]]> http://qualityandinnovation.com/2009/06/22/good-tutorials-and-bad-tutorials/#comment-292 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:04:13 +0000 http://qualityandinnovation.com/?p=742#comment-292 Indeed. Help people figure out what they can DO with the information, in addition to uniting them with it in the first place. Actually, the best research papers I’ve seen do the same thing – although without the hands-on emphasis.

]]> http://qualityandinnovation.com/2009/06/22/good-tutorials-and-bad-tutorials/#comment-291 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:11:28 +0000 http://qualityandinnovation.com/?p=742#comment-291 It seems like a key point is that the tutorial should be aimed at users, unlike a conference paper, which is often aimed at peer researchers.

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