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TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
TED Conferences LLC
New York and Vancouver
URL: https://ed.TED.com
Last visited March 2014
Gratis after free registration
Keywords Electronic media, Learning, Resources, Visual media
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-06-2014-0155
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing is a collaborative "library of lessons". It is a collection of lessons created around educational YouTube videos geared toward high school and college students and educators. Like TED.com, TED-Ed is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization. The board of advisors for TED-Ed include Aaron Sam and Jonathan Bergman, both Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science winners; John Hunter who created the World Peace Game, which has been played across the world since 1978, Jackie Bezos and Salman Khan, both founders of educational foundations, and Sir Ken Roberts and Melinda French Gates, both known for their philanthropy and support of education.
Much like TED.com, TED-Ed provides informative lectures and lessons on subjects that can be used in the classroom. What sets TED-Ed apart is that it not only presents the talk but also includes lessons, assessments of the material presented under "Think" and information to Dig Deeper within any subject. Users can use the lesson as is, or can easily customize it to suit the needs of the information requirement or goals and objectives. Creating a custom lesson is relatively simple, but...