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Third International Workshop on the establishment of MOOC multimedia annotations

The Third International Workshop on the establishment of MOOCs with multimedia annotations (III Workshop internacional sobre Creación de MOOC con anotaciones multimedia) has published the pre-print versions of its proceedings from March 2014. The initiative that universities like Harvard, MIT and Stanford launched in 2012 with the edX platform for MOOCs generated numerous opportunities not only for university education but also for education in general all… Read more

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Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization, 2011 Proseminar Close Reading Modules

Concepts of the Hero: 2011 Proseminar Close Reading Modules As part of its educational mission, the Center for Hellenic Studies offers free access to a dynamic online archive of all the resources associated with a distance learning version of Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization. This course has been taught by Harvard Professor Gregory Nagy, assisted by a team of teachers and Teaching Fellows, almost every… Read more

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CHS Resources–Hesiod and Theognis: Bridge to the Polis

Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization, Video Proseminar on Hesiod Kevin McGrath, Gregory Nagy, and the Heroes Teaching Fellows discuss Hesiod as a bridge between the world of Homer and the polis of ancient Greek drama. Laura Slatkin, “Measuring Authority, Authoritative Measures: Hesiod’s Works and Days” in The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays. Slatkin shows that in early Greek thought and poetics, both values and… Read more