TED-Ed
I'm pretty sure many of you have head of TED talks, and I have shared a few in my posts. However, I have now just discovered that there is TED-Ed that focuses on spreading ideas about the future of education. And in the spirit of this week's topic about instructional design for social media, I thought I shared what I found.
While not your traditional social media, one is still able to develop a network within this site, and thus adheres to some of the "rules" of social media, in which you can share videos and ideas among other things.
While TED talks usually discusses philosophical or policy-level topics, TED-Ed goes beyond that and offers lessons about Mathematics, Physics, Arts, and many more. One great function that TED-Ed offers is the "Create a Lesson" where an educator is able to combine various TED-Ed videos, and essentially make it a full lesson, or even a course.
As an example, a biology teacher could access this site, and string together videos regarding "How does caffeine keep us awake" and "How do drugs affect the brain?" and perhaps "How does your body process medicine?" This, then becomes a lesson on human stimulation, or explaining body internal receptors or the circulatory system. The permutations are endless.
The best part about it is that there are functions on the side of each video called "Think", "Dig Deeper" and "Discuss" which provide multiple choice questions, extra resources, and discussion topics, respectively.
Overall, this week has helped me move beyond my myopic view of social media and its utility for education. However, another lesson I learnt is that it is not sufficient to take old content and re-package it into a new mode of delivery. The use of web 2.0 and social media obliges us to re-think about the content, even about simple things such as duration and flow. And this TED-Ed format, I think, begins to redesign education moving forward -- with short 5-6 min lessons, using great analogies, and even better multimedia to physical demonstrate what you cannot in a traditional classroom.
While not your traditional social media, one is still able to develop a network within this site, and thus adheres to some of the "rules" of social media, in which you can share videos and ideas among other things.
While TED talks usually discusses philosophical or policy-level topics, TED-Ed goes beyond that and offers lessons about Mathematics, Physics, Arts, and many more. One great function that TED-Ed offers is the "Create a Lesson" where an educator is able to combine various TED-Ed videos, and essentially make it a full lesson, or even a course.
(Source: https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=science-technology)
As an example, a biology teacher could access this site, and string together videos regarding "How does caffeine keep us awake" and "How do drugs affect the brain?" and perhaps "How does your body process medicine?" This, then becomes a lesson on human stimulation, or explaining body internal receptors or the circulatory system. The permutations are endless.
The best part about it is that there are functions on the side of each video called "Think", "Dig Deeper" and "Discuss" which provide multiple choice questions, extra resources, and discussion topics, respectively.
Overall, this week has helped me move beyond my myopic view of social media and its utility for education. However, another lesson I learnt is that it is not sufficient to take old content and re-package it into a new mode of delivery. The use of web 2.0 and social media obliges us to re-think about the content, even about simple things such as duration and flow. And this TED-Ed format, I think, begins to redesign education moving forward -- with short 5-6 min lessons, using great analogies, and even better multimedia to physical demonstrate what you cannot in a traditional classroom.
Wow! That is awesome, I really should use this sometime. TED is awesome, wish this actually was promoted more for those in education. TED is just one of the many ways to keep attention to students, especially in a fast paced video content world!
ReplyDeleteVery cool resource! This is definitely something I want to check out. Thanks for sharing it.
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