Many professors who have ventured into online education are finding that shorter, modular clips are a more successful teaching approach than traditional 50-minute lectures. The author cites educators from several institutions who have adapted smaller, 15-20 minute instructional units originally developed for online courses, to their face-to-face classroom encounters as well. Although some instructors express concern regarding what they term the "oversimplification" of education, most of the educators cited recommend shorter, modular clips as more successful both outside and inside the classroom.