Flipped Classroom: TEDTalk

The existence of flipped classroom or the real concept name, The Flipped Instruction Approach, has been beneficial for educators worldwide. The flipped classroom is a type of blended learning that allows students to work on their homework or assignments in their own time rather than during school time. It is a reverse way of learning because face-to-face instruction is by blending independent study that primarily uses technology. With the flipped classroom, students can learn the lesson outside the classroom. While in class, they will have to participate in discussions or debates about the topics.

Meanwhile, teachers will guide them and acknowledge the flipped classroom concept. But before going to an actual class, teachers will prepare class modules such as recording the online lecture, revealing the course material, and asking students to do their research. Students will come in prepared during the actual class to practice their skills during discussions, presentations, reviews, or experiments.

The concept of flipped classrooms is fascinating and widely used in this century. It matters because it can help teachers rethink their teaching, motivate students to work on their own, and, most importantly, improve the learning session between teachers and students. As mentioned above, the flipped classroom uses online technology to deliver the task. As for today, I will focus on using TEDTalk as one of the ways to introduce flipped classrooms for students and why it is beneficial in my point of view.

TEDTalk has always been a favourite of mine when I need to study specific topics during classes. To this day, TEDTalk has covered almost every issue from economy, society, literature, and many more. It means the options are unlimited and only at the end of one search button. StarTED during 1984, TEDTalk community has vastly spread worldwide with more than 100 languages involved in spreading ideas online with powerful talks that only take up a maximum of 18 minutes. Besides spreading ideas and knowledge, the TEDTalk community aims to let their audience know that there is no limit to learning something new. From my own experience, I have been watching TEDTalk a lot for literature. The easiest way to find a TEDTalk video is to go on Youtube. While Youtube provides thousands more educational videos, I find TEDTalk more attractive for its design, graphics, and voice-over.

Most importantly, the video will not take too much time to watch as it may be only a few minutes long. Everyone involved in producing one TED video did their research well and covered almost every important aspect of the topics. In those matters, most of the talks presenTED on TEDTalk are by someone who knows what they are delivering. Due to that, TEDTalk is one of the most reliable sources for students to do their research on their own.

I have always enjoyed watching TEDTalk so that I have something new to learn and discover by myself. We do not know so much about this world, be it global issues, the environment, or almost anything. TEDTalk has opened up my mind to know a little bit of everything about this world.