TEDTalks on Films On Demand Expand Streaming Video Access
Infobase Learning is pleased to announce the addition of world-renowned TEDTalks. They are now part of its Films On Demand family of streaming video products.
More than 200 TEDTalks have been added.These talks are widely respected and bring together fascinating, forward-thinking minds. Topics include technology, science, and global issues, as well as entertainment, design, and business. Hundreds more are expected by the end of the year.
About the Streaming Video Collaboration
Through this collaboration, Films On Demand is the first subscription video platform to index TEDTalks for higher education. It also integrates TEDTalks into its platform. Already, TEDTalks are now part of Films On Demand‘s streaming video products. These products serve the high school and public library markets. They include Films On Demand, Classroom Video On Demand and Access Video On Demand, respectively.
Video On Demand’s acclaimed digital delivery system lets educators, students, and librarians easily watch TEDTalks in full. They can also access predefined segments to quickly find specific curriculum topics.
Users who watch TEDTalks on the Films On Demand streaming platform can use many helpful features. They can save and organize favorite videos. They can also integrate videos into an educational CMS. Additionally, users can create custom playlists. They can also browse and search with powerful tools, including the new Search Assist feature. Subscribers can also access content easily through the Special Collections tab.
“The addition of these exceptional lectures to our streaming video subscriptions strengthens our mission to deliver the highest-quality video content from the best producers,” said Mark McDonnell, president and CEO of Infobase Learning, parent company of Films Media Group, Facts On File, and other esteemed brands. “The Films On Demand platform introduces a whole new level of flexibility to viewing and sharing TEDTalks in an educational setting.”
“Teachers are heroes, and we’re committed to doing all we can to empower them,” said Chris Anderson, Curator of TED. “Collaborating with Infobase Learning to unlock the learning power of TEDTalks through the Films On Demand platform is an important step in our concerted effort to support the work of great teachers worldwide.”
TEDTalks Speaker Highlights
Highlights among the newly added TEDTalks titles include the likes of actor, playwright, and social critic Anna Deavere Smith; inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil; physician and author Dean Ornish; linguist Steven Pinker; theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking; psychologist Philip Zimbardo; climate change prophet Al Gore; behavioral economics founder Daniel Kahneman; writer Elizabeth Gilbert; dictionary editor Erin McKean; positive psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; and tech visionary Nicholas Negroponte, to name just a few of the distinguished speakers.
