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simulations and virtual worlds, have the potential to be an important teaching tool because they are interactive, engaging and immersive activities (for example see the work of Gee 2008; Shaffer 2005; Smith 2007). this document considers this claim. it begins by briefly considering the rationale for using games in education – informal and formal. it then considers the various types of digital games that are described as being educational, specifically: – the relationship between games,…

THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS by Ian Shapiro (Yale University) Substance of the course: the moral foundations of politics, of political argument. Explore some traditions: Enlightenment and Anti- Enlightenment Enlightenment. Two ideas 1) Basing the theories of politics on SCIENCE. 2) Individual freedom is the most important political good. Three traditions: utilitarian, Marxist and contratualist. Utilitarianism: maximize the greatest happiness of the greatest number.…

Fourdraine Cristina Gugler Stuart Siddall Zhanna Sklyarenko Rollins College Professor Dr. Cecilia McInnis-Bowers 05 December 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 1. INTERNAL ANALYSIS 3 1.1. Product Background 3 1.2. Current Status of Product 4 1.3. The Market and Customers 4 1.4. SWOT – Product Strengths and Weaknesses 5 1.4.1. Strengths 5 1.4.2. Weaknesses 6 2. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 6 2.1. SWOT – Product Opportunities and Threats 6 2.1.1. Opportunities 6 2.1.2.…

preview of Section I of Lean Six Sigma. It is printed with permission from McGraw-Hill. The full version of the book will be published in Spring 2002. Preface In 1996, General Electric CEO Jack Welch praised Six Sigma as “the most important initiative GE has ever undertaken.” Yet despite widespread success with Six Sigma, two years later Welch articulated one shortfall: “We have tended to use all our energy and Six Sigma science to move the mean [delivery time] to… 12 days.…

Journal of Visual Culture http://vcu.sagepub.com/ The Childhood of Human Rights: The Kodak on the Congo Sharon Sliwinski Journal of Visual Culture 2006 5: 333 DOI: 10.1177/1470412906070514 The online version of this article can be found at: http://vcu.sagepub.com/content/5/3/333 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Journal of Visual Culture can be found at: Email Alerts: http://vcu.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions:…

Fundamentals of Total Quality Management Fundamentals of Total Quality Management Process analysis and improvement Jens J.Dahlgaard Division of Quality and Human Systems Engineering, Linköping University, Sweden Kai Kristensen Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark and Gopal K.Kanji Centre for Quality and Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK LONDON AND NEW YORK Text © Jens J. Dahlgaard, Kai Kristensen and Gopal K. Kanji 2002 Original…

C h a p t e r One The Nature of Econometrics and Economic Data C hapter 1 discusses the scope of econometrics and raises general issues that result from the application of econometric methods. Section 1.3 examines the kinds of data sets that are used in business, economics, and other social sciences. Section 1.4 provides an intuitive discussion of the difficulties associated with the inference of causality in the social sciences. 1.1 WHAT IS ECONOMETRICS?…

Learning Styles and Strategies,” the author synthesizes research from various parts of the world on two key variables affecting language learning: styles, i.e., the general approaches to learning a language; and strategies, the specific behaviors or thoughts learners use to enhance their language learning. These factors influence the student’s ability to learn in a particular instructional framework. Introduction Language learning styles and strategies are among the main factors…

SETTLEMENT The early history of the Celts is murky, but it is thought that they originated somewhere in the eastern part of central Europe around the 2nd millennium BC and began to migrate across the continent, arriving in France some time in the 7th century BC. In the 3rd century a group of Celtic Gauls called the Parisii settled on the site of present-day Paris. Centuries of conflict between the Gauls and Romans ended in 52 BC, with the latter taking control of the territory.…

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