Aug 29, 2018
Corey Olsen, aka The Tolkien Professor, began out striking his
school lectures out in podcast shape, and ended up founding an
on-line grasp’s program dedicated to the learn about of imaginative
literature: Signum College. We speak about Signum, the state
approval procedure, the present benefits and possibilities of on-line
schooling, some variations between Tolkien and Lewis, and studying
Tolkien with kids.
Hyperlinks
Signum College https://signumuniversity.org/
Mythgard Institute (Signum’s unfastened methods 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 licensed by way of the New Hampshire Upper
Schooling Fee
3:02 Scope of research at Signum College: definition of
imaginative literature; Tolkien on the middle
5:54 A elementary distinction between Tolkien and Lewis
15:23 The method of having an academic program licensed by way of
a state board
22:46 Corey’s motivations to podcast: want to be in contact with
greater than a tiny educational target market, unfulfilled call for from other folks
who need to learn about Tolkien significantly
28:43 Making on-line schooling extra than simply an effective
correspondence path: real-time interplay and group
33:14 On-line schooling as an reasonably priced choice to bilking
scholars and exploiting college
40:00 Signum’s unfastened methods for the general public on the Mythgard
Institute
47:04 How outdated will have to your child be to learn The Lord of the
Rings?
52:38 Moralizing Tolkien vs. Lewis: how they lend themselves to
other ways of studying with kids
56:17 This week’s studying: J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter
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