Top Guest Speakers for Public Economics Lectures: a proposal based on an innovative experience exploiting TED
Autores: Sanz-Arcega, Eduardo (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo. Calle Violante de Hungría 23, 50.009-Zaragoza, España.)
The aim of this work is to extend the discussion about the suitability of TED Talks for teaching Public Economics. According to the literature, the TED platform offers the combination of two teaching tools widely used in high education, namely: guest speakers and ICT. Based on the literature developments about these teaching resources, this paper describes the experience put into practice in the subject Socio-Labor Policies II, a compulsory subject pertaining to the Degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources of the University of Zaragoza. The indiciary evidence obtained might support the exploitation of the TED platform as a teaching resource in Public Economics. To this end, the article concludes by exemplifying its suitability for Public Economics lectures.