Higher Education in Virtual Worlds: Teaching and Learning in Second Life (International Perspectives on Education and Society) Reviews

Higher Education in Virtual Worlds: Teaching and Learning in Second Life (International Perspectives on Education and Society)





Virtual Worlds are a new interface through which people can meet and collaborate with others using their natural voice, sharing PowerPoint presentations, videos, team meetings, as well as other sorts of simulations and role playing. 'Education in Second Life' is an important type of distance learning. Certainly it enables classes to meet without the overhead that goes with the traditional brick and mortar classroom building. Also, the environmental impact associated with commuting is eliminated. This volume is a forum for leaders in utilizing the Second Life virtual world in higher education to share their experience and ideas. Second Life is free and readily accessible. The characters called avatars used in virtual worlds can gesticulate and smile creating an immediacy supporting learning. Some universities such as the Open University involve non-academic staff in using and supporting activity in virtual worlds. We hope this book will help you to join us in extending this new frontier of education.









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The First Book of Samuel (New International Commentary on the Old Testament)

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David and Goliath, the call of Samuel, the witch of Endor, David and Bathsheba â€" such stories are among the most famous from the entire ancient world. Though these stories are memorable and easy to follow, however, the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, where they are recorded, are among the most difficult ones in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew text is widely considered corrupt and sometimes even unintelligible. The social and religious customs are strange and seemingly divergent from the tradition of Moses.

In this first volume of an ambitious two-volume commentary on the books of Samuel, David Tsumura sheds light on the background of 1 Samuel by looking carefully at the Philistine and Canaanite cultures, and he untangles the difficult Hebrew text. Tsumura also discusses such fundamental matters as the date, literary structure, and purpose of 1 Samuel â€" to show that obedience to the word of God is the necessary condition for a king to be acceptable to the God of Israel.









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