Tod's+discussion+of+Jon's+Module+2


 * __Tod’s discussion of Jon’s analysis__**

I agree that, for the most part this is a “how-to” approach to instruction with very little of the other elements. It does follow steps and sequences but in a very “cook-book fashion without a lot of opportunities for application beyond the task at hand. I really like the way you expanded on the topic to explain what the radius function does and gave concrete examples of it’s application with an “if-then” approach. This, throughout the tutorial would not only improve the learner’s retention of the information, but would supply them with tools to go beyond removing stubble (not that that’s not a worthy goal, of course).

Your course and mine suffer from the same problem of being just how-to. If we want to drag in all the other strategies, it would mean a major redo. I suppose it could start with information about photo retouching in general and talk about stubble removal as a kind of retouching technique, then on to the types of tools as part of a photo retouching tool box and finally some more on what happens when you do it right. Actually, I think your additions are already pretty good in that area.

Just rambling, really…