didactic-notes

What problem does it solve?

Educators often create materials without explicitly documenting the pedagogical reasoning behind their design choices. This skill helps you embed "didactic notes" directly into LaTeX educational content, making the "why" of teaching explicit for future instructors, authors, and researchers, saving time in understanding and adapting materials.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Pedagogical Documentation: Guides the use of the \ltnote{...} command from the didactic LaTeX package to document learning objectives, theoretical connections, and design rationale.
• Learning Theory Integration: Ensures notes connect to established learning principles like Variation Theory, Try-First Pedagogy, and Cognitive Load Theory, providing a robust theoretical foundation.
• Audience-Specific Views: Allows toggling notes on/off (\ltnoteon/\ltnoteoff) for different audiences (instructors vs. students), streamlining content delivery.
• Use Case: When designing a LaTeX lecture on recursion, you can add a \ltnote next to an activity to explain, "This activity uses try-first pedagogy to activate prior knowledge before we formally define the concept."

Quick Start

I am writing a LaTeX document for a course. Guide me on how to add didactic notes using the \ltnote command to explain my pedagogical design choices.