1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comBrett Slabaugh Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/cognimancer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cTOwTJPqhI"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/lord-of-the-rings-online-course-attracts-40000-students/"><i>Lord of the Rings Online</i> Course Attracts 40,000 Students</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/lord-of-the-rings-online-course-attracts-40000-students/embed/#?secret=cTOwTJPqhI" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Lord of the Rings Online</i> Course Attracts 40,000 Students” — The Escapist" data-secret="cTOwTJPqhI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Lord of the Rings Online is the subject of a college-level online course that follows Tolkien’s narrative across three mediums. Video games pop up in the world of academia every now and again, being used as tools to teach anything from creative art to Norse folklore. Now you can add narrative studies to that list, as Professor Jay Clayton of Vanderbilt University is teaching a class revolving around Lord of the Rings Online. The six-week class is titled “Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative.” It’s offered part of the free online education hub Coursera, so while students won’t earn […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/597/597643.jpg