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University is offering a free online class in MMO's and literature, starring Lord of the Rings
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Robby Altair
#1 - 2013-09-06 20:40:08 UTC
Wonder if buying a Gold Book at the cash shop improves your grade.

Vanderbilt University is offering a free online class in MMO's and literature, starring Lord of the Rings

Oh No! It's true! Lol

Free online course using online games to examine literature and new media launches Sept. 9

“The Lord of the Rings trilogy—the novels, films and video game—are our central example of how ‘remediation’ transforms familiar stories as they move across media.” Great. Another opportunity to quote Marshall McLuhan.

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-09-08 09:59:02 UTC
Whoever manages to convince the university funding council to fund these kinds of programmes must be an effing genius.

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#3 - 2013-09-08 10:09:47 UTC
Graygor wrote:
Whoever manages to convince the university funding council to fund these kinds of programmes must be an effing genius.

Whattayawanna bet getting this funded was someone's doctoral research project..?

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-09-08 10:16:51 UTC
Not a lot because I'd know I'd lose.

Thats probably the case.

Wasnt there a story from the 60s or the 70s about a phony course that was really a psychology project for a PhD candidate?

If memory serves the professor who tutored the class was his supervisor and in on the whole thing.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate