To be honest, that's a problem with a lot of in-person workshops and the like as well. There's a lot of type this, type that, run this script, etc. without enough context as to why you're doing these various steps.
Yep - so many workshops could simply be a list of steps to do X. But often times the real world isn't that simple, and then the workshops are essentially worthless. With an understanding of how something works, I can apply it to more scenarios, or modify it to fit more scenarios. This is often woefully lacking in modern training/documentation.