Aug 29, 2018
Corey Olsen, aka The Tolkien Professor, began out placing his
faculty lectures out in podcast kind, and ended up founding an
on-line grasp’s program dedicated to the research of imaginative
literature: Signum College. We talk about Signum, the state
approval course of, the present benefits and prospects of on-line
training, some variations between Tolkien and Lewis, and studying
Tolkien with kids.
Hyperlinks
Signum College https://signumuniversity.org/
Mythgard Institute (Signum’s free packages for the general public)
https://mythgard.org/
The Tolkien Professor Podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tolkien-professor/id320513707?mt=2
Corey Olsen’s web site https://tolkienprofessor.com/
Timestamps
Corey Olsen
2:38 Signum College authorised by the New Hampshire Larger
Training Fee
3:02 Scope of research at Signum College: definition of
imaginative literature; Tolkien on the middle
5:54 A basic distinction between Tolkien and Lewis
15:23 The method of getting an academic program authorised by
a state board
22:46 Corey’s motivations to podcast: need to speak with
greater than a tiny tutorial viewers, unfulfilled demand from folks
who need to research Tolkien significantly
28:43 Making on-line training extra than simply an environment friendly
correspondence course: real-time interplay and group
33:14 On-line training as an inexpensive different to bilking
college students and exploiting school
40:00 Signum’s free packages for the general public on the Mythgard
Institute
47:04 How previous ought to your child be to learn The Lord of the
Rings?
52:38 Moralizing Tolkien vs. Lewis: how they lend themselves to
alternative ways of studying with kids
56:17 This week’s studying: J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter
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