UNIV4395 - Topics: Online Education in a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World
UNIV 4395 Topics: Online Education in a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (3 semester credit hours) The internet is rapidly reshaping the landscape of education at all levels. This course seeks to inspire new innovation in the world of online education through gaming with focus on social media, computer programming, chemistry and economics. This course will consist of a combination of lecture periods, reading and hands on project development partially based around UT Dallas developed Minecraft mod, Polycraft World. Students must obtain a Minecraft license and a free Polycraft account. Open to all majors. Instructor consent required. (3-0) S