Raw Clips Library

Watching unedited classroom footage gives instructors a common experience to explore and discuss instructional practices, providing the opportunity for participants to more actively construct meaning and contribute their expertise. To that end, we have created this robust library of raw clips, which you can search and sort in multiple ways to find content that will enable you to lead rich discussions. You can explore this sample session plan to get one idea of what this learning can look like in practice. Each raw clip also includes “Facilitators Notes” that you can use to guide your planning. We welcome you to submit any raw clip lesson plans you create for potential inclusion on this site.

Sample Clips Focused on Opening Class

Classroom with students

Topics Covered

Opening class; Building rapport; connecting to prior sessions; technological difficulties; authenticity

  • Instructor: Christina "V" Villarreal, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Ethnic Studies and Education
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 56 seconds (0:08-3:04)

Go To Villarreal - Clip 1

Classroom with students

Topics Covered

Opening class; Using humor; Instructional technology; Making thinking visible; differentiation; learning objectives; attending to affective elements; polling; soliciting pre-conceptions; making pedagogical choices visible

  • InstructorDan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes 46 seconds (0:08-3:54)

Go To Levy - Clip 1

Classroom with students

Topics Covered

Opening class; connecting to the broader course; framing the discussion

  • InstructorJulie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Power and Influence
  • Clip Length: 1 minute, 54 seconds (0:08-2:02)

Go To Battilana - Clip 1

Classroom with students

Topics Covered

Opening class; Peer learning; Challenging content; role of student discussion leaders; application; grounding in the text, bringing in current events

  • InstructorTimothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery and Freedom
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 46 seconds (00:08-03:54)

Go To McCarthy - Clip 1