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"Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim" is a new course at Rice University in Houston, TX, which "introduces students to fantasy as both psychological concept and driving force in gamer culture" by having students "read selections from Old Norse and Old Icelandic sagas (in translation) as they play different quests within Skyrim."

As you can imagine, enrollment availability is limited to actual, bona fide students at Rice University. Additionally, the class is only available this semester, which is sad considering that beating Skyrim will most likely take longer than passing the course.

JoystiqRice University offers course on Old Norse mythology, Skyrim originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In order to get data on how people learn to perform tasks, two Rice University professors have started a research project using our favorite new all-purpose motion input device, the Wii Remote. In their NSF-supported three-year research project, Marcia O'Malley and Michael Byrne will measure motions in various activities, receiving a constantly-updating stream of data as the repetition of the tasks leads to learning.

Making the Wii connection even easier: the first activities being measured right now are Wii games. "We're starting with a bunch of Wii games," said Byrne. "We find that some games have really good learning properties we can measure, and there are also some that people don't seem to get a lot better at." We're guessing the dual-wheel approach here is being used to gather even more detailed motion info (using more Wiimotes and thus more acceleromters) than just a single device.

The goal of this whole data-collection exercise is to create robotic systems to help teach physical tasks by providing direct feedback to the body -- basically pushing you in the way you need to move.

JoystiqRice University study uses Wii to measure learning originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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