The Myth of the Six-Minute Rule: Student Engagement with Online Videos

Larry Lagerstrom is the Director of Online Learning for the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Before coming to Stanford he taught computer programming and electrical engineering for sixteen years at U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Davis. He has degrees in physics, math, history, and interdisciplinary studies, including a PhD in the history of science and technology. He also recently taught a MOOC on ”Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity.”