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Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative
About the Course Intended for both newcomers who are curious about video games and experienced gamers who want to reflect on their passion, this course will explore what happens to stories, paintings, and films when they become the basis of massively multiplayer online games. 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. The course is designed as a university-level English literature class—a multi-genre, multimedia tour of how literature, film, and games engage in the basic human activity of storytelling. Our journey will enable us to learn something about narrative theory, introduce us to some key topics in media studies and cover some of the history and theory of video games. Drawing on centuries of romance narrative conventions, the twenty-first century gaming industry has become a creative and economic powerhouse. Reviews of the last offering: Course Syllabus J. 1. 2.
A Crash Course on Creativity
With the power to cross borders and languages, music serves as a compelling tool for unlocking creative potential. Creativity: Music to My Ears is a six week course designed to explore several factors that stimulate creativity in individuals, teams, and organizations. In each session we will focus on a different variable related to creativity, such as reframing problems, connecting and combining ideas, and challenging assumptions. All of the projects in this experiential course will deal with some aspect of music, including listening, creating, and sharing. No musical talent is required - just an interest in exploring the role that music plays in our lives. To deepen your understanding of music, throughout the course we will include video clips from experts in the music industry, including world-renowned Warner Music recording artists, Stanford music scholars, and industry executives who work to bring new and innovative musical expression to a global audience. « Less
6 Habits of Highly Annoying Public Speakers
Watching public speaking -- at a corporate seminar, a presentation, a high school assembly -- is more often than not a miserable experience. Part of the problem is that a lot of what's being presented is bullshit, which already doesn't bode well, but lots of speakers make it even worse by trying to glaze the bullshit with decorative cake frosting and sprinkles, so to speak. They'll dress up a five-minute talk on the most obvious and meaningless statements about sexual harassment with annoying gimmicks and tricks to the point where everyone leaves the seminar determined to sexually harass somebody, just out of spite. Here's a couple of their worst habits: Blaming the Audience for a Lack of Enthusiasm I think a lot of us have run into a guy like this at some time in our lives. Well, that's his job. It's even slimier when a speaker equates lack of volume with the audience not caring deeply enough about the subject -- especially when the subject is some morally good cause.
Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Module 1: Introduction to Nutrition Science If you are what you eat, you should probably know something about how to eat! In this introductory module, you will learn about the field of nutrition science, the basics of nutrition research and some important terms that will set the stage for the remainder of the class. This module ends with a global look at meal planning guides and tools and provides you with an opportunity to determine your own individual nutrient needs. Module 2: Heart Disease Heart disease is the number one cause of death around the world. Module 3: Diabetes Globally, it is estimated that 438 million people – or roughly 8% of the world’s population – will have diabetes by 2030. Module 4: Cancer Diet and cancer are certainly linked; but the degree to which food intake impacts the development and progression of cancer is still not entirely understood. Module 5: Obesity and Weight Management Global statistics for obesity did not exist 50 years ago. Yes. Yes.
Business Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Keynote and Key Note Speakers, Inspirational Speakers - Washington Speakers Bureau
Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
About the Course Intended for teachers (Grades 4-12) from all disciplines, this course will introduce ways to integrate works of art into your classroom by using inquiry-based teaching methods commonly used in museum settings. This course is designed to give teachers the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. We'll explore strategies that emphasize literacy, critical thinking skills and that connect across disciplines. The strategies and content that you will learn in this course parallels the proficiencies outlined in the Common Core State Standards as they relate to literacy, speaking and listening, critical thinking, analyzing informational text, and citing evidence to support arguments. Course Syllabus Week One: Introduction to Inquiry | Why Engage in Inquiry Around Art? Week Two: Close Looking and Open-Ended Inquiry Week Three: Activities as Inquiry Recommended Background Suggested Readings Course Format
Public speaking is an art form | Ginger Public Speaking
Most public speaking training advises us to “do this” and “not that”. Should’s and shouldn’ts listed as facts by “experts” simply because it worked for them. Their message is clear: “Follow me and do exactly as I do and you’ll be a wonderful public speaker.” However, this is untrue for two key reasons… Public Speaking is an Art, not a Science The ‘Rules’ approach to public speaking training gives the illusion that there is a specific science to speaking well. This is confusing and even deceptive for two reasons: 1. If you have to remember all these “rules”, the should’s and shouldn’ts, it’s simply going to make you more nervous. Brilliant public speaking is an art form… an art form that is created by the voluminous verbal stylings of YOU. It’s less about rules and more about what comes from your “brush”. As I explain in this video, it’s much better to develop your own style, rather than idolise someone else’s. 2. Think of famous artists. Public Speaking is an art. Authenticity matters.
BerkeleyX: Stat2.3x Introduction to Statistics: Inference
Philip B. Stark Philip B. Stark is Professor of Statistics at University of California, Berkeley where he developed the university's first online course. He has published research on the Big Bang, causal inference, the census, earthquake prediction, election auditing, food web models, the geomagnetic field, geriatric hearing loss, information retrieval, Internet content filters, nonparametrics, the seismic structure of Sun and Earth, spectroscopy, spectrum estimation, and uncertainty quantification for computational models of complex systems. He has consulted for the U.S.
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