First session: rules and expectations

One test: after the session, learners can do something unaided that they could not before. Without that, richness is noise.

Task: The first session is admin and nobody cares.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - who they are and why they came
   - difficulty
   - assessment
   - class size
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- first ten minutes: a small task related to the content
- three things: how to learn, how you pass, what you take away
- collect their expectations and respond
- one class rule with a reason

[Process]
1. Write an observable 'can do' statement
2. Work backwards and cut what does not serve it
3. One ten-minute exercise per session
4. One question that exposes misunderstanding
5. Mark where learners drop out

[Output]
Goal, content, exercise, check, dropout point.

[Do not]
- No unobservable objectives like 'understand'
- One point per session
- Never lecture without practice
- Do not assume their interest matches yours