There is currently a debate about the effectiveness of tutorials. RIO is not really a good stand alone product, although individual pieces of it are very good. Library sessions need to be tied to real-life assignments.
Teaching has to be tied to something real for the students.
It will help us teach better, be more consistent in our teaching. It will also foster transfer learning. Talk about how steps might be linear or circular at times. Actually our goals may be stated as goals for the instructor, rather than as exact wording for students. Science has done this with some faculty.