Microlecture

A microlecture is a type of short-form instructional content for online and mobile learning, typically 60 seconds to three minutes long.¹ These lectures are combined with specific activities designed to promote the epistemic engagement of the learner.

When used in flipped classrooms, which aim to reduce in-class lectures, microlectures are often tailored to student progress based on the results of quizzes or other formative assessments.²

According to Matt Crosslin, an instructor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, microlectures follow a constructivist approach.³ David Penrose, an instructional designer and eLearning consultant at San Juan College, has articulated the process for creating microlectures.¹⁴⁵⁶⁷

The interest surrounding the use of microlectures has grown outside of the United States to places like Hong Kong University,⁸ Yantai Nanshai University,⁹ Liaoning Police Academy, and East China Normal University.¹⁰ In the United States, the use of microlectures is considered a part of the Pandemic Response Plans.¹¹ Even scholars at schools like Princeton University,¹² UNC's School of Government,¹³ Humboldt State University,¹⁴ the University of West Florida, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign support the importance of an innovative teaching-learning approach for learners in the 21st century.

The response of the higher education community is mostly positive,^15161718 but some is not.¹⁹