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That's the vision that we want to chase: education that wrings more value out of the unyielding asset of time. There are limits to the amount we can lengthen class periods and the additional homework we can assign, but we can use our limited time in ways that boost engagement and retention.

"Students gain control of the learning process through studying course material outside of class, using readings, pre-recorded video lectures (using technology such as Tegrity), or research assignments."

Peer instruction specialist short video

Interesting way of looking at online users done as a video lecture

Nephrology on demand - Brody School of Medicine site with lecture resources, articles for medical students, physicians, patients etc.

"As science faculty, we naturally emphasize the cognitive domain in our teaching. After all, students think and learn with their brains (we hope!). Yet the affective domain can significantly enhance, inhibit or even prevent student learning. The affective domain includes factors such as student motivation, attitudes, perceptions and values. Teachers can increase their effectiveness by considering the affective domain in planning courses, delivering lectures and activities, and assessing student learning."

A presentation promoting the use of clickers in medical lectures

"A single obstetric simulation is more effective than lecture only for increasing students' end-of-rotation oral and written examination scores."

"Under the new model, online learning is combined with the Socratic method to ensure that medical students are fully comprehending new information in a meaningful way."

David Shieh of the Chronicle of Higher Education recently took a look at a community college program that features a microlecture format, presentations varying from one to three minutes in length.

Learning Styles based list of tools