Big concept to small detail

Think of a textbook, it offers a subject from big detail to small factoids, but they usually don't relate to other related subjects. This makes it an unnatural learning experience. We learn naturally by experiencing a lot of big topics until we know them, then we learn the finer points to those topics until we understand the whole subject, as nature intends.

One of the strategies I am looking into for DVD Video Brochures is to present information in this way. The first chapters in linear order would be big picture overviews, the next chapters would be that material but a little more in depth, and finally the last chapters would be the subject in depth in all it's detail. Now this would be an awkward design at first, as it takes patience to learn all the big concept stuff before you learn the details, but if you have the patience, you will get a better learning experience. With DVD Video Brochure we have the opportunity to escape the standard textbook design that the educational system has had us hooked on for 100 years. Now we might be able to improve it.