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Peer Review

How containerization shaped the modern world

Reviewed:
May 31, 2022 by Business
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 4.8 stars
Effectiveness: 4.5 stars
Ease of Use: 5.0 stars
Overview:

Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean, a small-town truck driver, to invent the shipping container. Containerization was born, and it transformed the modern global economy. This is a TED-Ed presentation that includes a video, a quiz, and links to other resources such as guided discussions.

Type of Material:

Presentation

Recommended Uses:

In-Class, homework, discussion, assignment

Technical Requirements:

Mozilla Firefox 100.0.2

Safari, Google Chrome.

Identify Major Learning Goals:
  • Understand the origins of transportation of goods via containerization
  • Describe how containerization leads to human choice and globalization
Target Student Population:
  • Upper level marketing classes
  • Logistics classes
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Supply Chain/Distribution/Marketing Principles

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:
  • Content is clear and concise
  • A strong exercise that can be used in multiple situations
  • Active video that could spur some creative conversations
  • The user has access to visuals that helps with understanding what the narrator is saying.
Concerns:
  • Could use References/Resources
  • Could use some follow-up resources/next steps

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:
  • Easy to integrate into a course/topic
  • Could be used as a strong individual or small group activity for active learning or for a discussion assignment, etc. (aka adaptable)
  • The material is designed for audiovisual learners.
Concerns:
  • Could use learning objectives
  • Could use a follow-up or to scaffold some other concepts into it
  • The voice needed clarity in some areas.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:
  • Very to use
  • Very engaging
  • Includes interactive elements with a quiz at the end
  • The site has a clear and consistent layout.
Concerns:

Some accessibility issues with the quiz at the end, could be an issue for some users

Other Issues and Comments:
  • Overall great resource
  • Easy to adapt to a course/topic
  • Good activity to help students engage actively with supply chain/distribution/marketing
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