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TED-Ed

Principal function(s): Autonomous learningGroup/pair work - classmatesIndividual workListening

TED-Ed is an online educational platform that provides interactive lessons with informative videos on a wide range of topics. It consists of short video animations put together by a variety of experts such as educators, historians, and journalists. Each of these animated videos is accompanied by questions and other resources to integrate into a lesson, which can also be customised by teachers. TED-Ed is accessible for free and does not require having an account to visualise content, but teachers have to log in to create a lesson. TED was first developed as a conference by Richard Saul Wurma in 1984. Evaluation: TED-Ed is a handy tool for flipped classroom approaches, offering many complementary resources to be integrated into a course. It also is a very tailorable tool since it allows teachers to introduce specific different types of questions, images, and more.

Cost: Free.

Website: https://ed.ted.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - classmates
  • Individual work

Skills

  • Listening

Content

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Easy to navigate, intuitive.

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium.

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

English.

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium. TED collects various types of personal information and cookies for multiple purposes, such as providing services, personalisation, or communication. It may share user data with third parties for various purposes, including behavioural analysis to tailor TED’s advertising to users' interests on other websites. However, users can opt out of this. TED implements updates and safeguards to ensure the secure processing, management, and storage of user data. It also acknowledges users’ rights to update, change, or delete their personal data. TED complies with the GDPR. See more here.

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes, teachers can save lessons into their TED profiles.

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Interactivity

Engagement

Collaboration

Communication

Technical requirements

Installation required?

Compatibility/ Operating System

Other technical requirements