good video clips about teaching

The POD list this week has been discussing videos as tools for faculty development.  In general, people feel that taping workshops is not cost effective and after the fact, people don’t come in to watch them.  On the other hand, short clips that provide a glimpse into someone else’s classroom/techniques and strategies can be useful tools when used as discussion starters in a group of faculty.  I wonder if some of this type of videos, available on the internet, might also be useful to faculty on their own.  The site of the Center for Excellence in Teaching  at Iowa State  has some unusually useful videos I think, and they are short!  Another great resource mentioned by my POD friends was the Institute for Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education’s site : the viewing room. 

There you can see a clip of Ken Bain talking about the phenomenon in physics education that has inspired a lot of higher education reform efforts.  Can’t wait to get started planning his visit to our campus next spring!