Teaching with TED: a curated set of TED Talks and discussion prompts for microbiology and cellular biology courses.

ABSTRACT: Engaging students in biology courses can be enhanced through assignments that introduce research relevant to course content. Despite their potential, such assignments are often underutilized due to the time required to identify suitable research and to create assignments. Here, we address this issue by proposing the use of TED Talks as a resource for introducing research related to scientific topics commonly taught in undergraduate biology courses. The extensive TED Talk library offers numerous options, but selecting appropriate content can be daunting for instructors. Here, we provide a curated set of TED Talks and field-tested discussion prompts aimed specifically for Microbiology and Cellular Biology courses. These assignments were implemented in both asynchronous online and synchronous

SUBMITTER: Morgan DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020802 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature