Flipping Further

     

     TED has developed an education specific Beta test that, along with similar experiments on YouTube, may break new ground for those interested in utilizing the 'flipped' classroom or just making the most of the fascinating talks the conference generates. The lessons already online rely on clever animation to communicate material and include standard but well-organized sets of activities (multiple choice, open ended questions, further resources). Not only does the site organize education-friendly TED talks into easily navigable categories, but it allows the teacher or student to alter what is already there, Wikipedia style, in order to create interactive and customized lessons for the videos on the TED-Ed site AND for any video on YouTube. The new wave of the flipped lesson is taking hold, and TED joins the likes of Khan Academy and YouTube to promote the next incarnation of online learning.

     I recently used this TED-Ed talk as a means to introduce our discussion of Eric Hofstadter's 'The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/jonathan-haidt-on-the-moral-roots-of-liberals-and-conversatives