The traditional lecture is dying and needs to be replaced. Here comes the micro-lecture. We have 57 micro-lectures on our YouTube Channel to help people learn organic chemistry. All of our videos are less than ten minutes and three videos (about 30 minutes) contains all the information given in a traditional one hour lecture.

How were we able to cut the time in half? Unlike in-person lectures, videos get right to the point. We can post background material for people to read prior to the lecture which we have found to be much more efficient. People can read a paragraph faster than it takes to explain it by a lecturer. The additional benefit to learning online is that people can watch these micro-lectures whenever they want and rely on the discussion board monitored by the professor to get feedback and engage on a particular subject. All of this can be done anywhere in the world and finally breaks us free of the traditional classroom.