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    Jeffrey McGurren Com. 103 March 4‚ 2004 Research Paper 1 "Face-to-Face Versus Online Education" Education is essential to the future of our society. Many adults‚ including scholars and teachers‚ are constantly searching for the best way to educate students today. Face-to-face education‚ being the genuine form‚ seems to be the first choice of many students. However‚ online education is becoming more popular and is being used more often at universities. Online courses are convenient for some who

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    People are modifying their behavior‚ and technology continues to make leaps and bounds on a path that seems to know no boundaries. Within scope‚ I think social networking is growing rapidly and it has effects on face-to-face interaction. The combination of social networking and face-to-face interactions can lead to positive experiences as the rise of social networking continues. In order to better understand concept of social networking ‚ I want to consider all popular social network sites (Facebook

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    The extent that virtual learning environments (VLEs) enhance traditional face to face teaching in higher education is in itself a very complex issue‚ since most of the universities across the world intend to upgrade their teaching facilities to be more state of the art. The Joint Information Systems Committee JISC (2007‚ citied in Maltby & Mackie 2009:49) defines a VLE as a set of components in which learners and tutors participate in ‘online’ interactions of various kinds‚ including online learning

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    Several motifs appear throughout the narratives of traditional medieval romantic texts and The Carl of Carlisle is no exception to this. As established the giant character of these texts acts as the foundation on which the rest of the narrative forms around; The Carl of Carlisle reads as a series of tests given to prove the courtesy of the knights in a place where courtesy is stripped from them‚ truly testing their commitment to the chivalric code. At the first test both the Bishop and Key fail as

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    Face of War

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    The Face of War There are many different forms of artwork that can depict moments in my life. Many musical compositions‚ sculptures‚ and architecture‚ that express the trials and tribulations that I have endured in my lifetime. There is one piece of artwork that I find to be a complete expression of my entire life. Although "The Face of War" by Salvador Dali was influenced by tragedy in times of war; I have a different view on the painting. The painting itself shows a head that was severed

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    One of the motifs Mandel uses in both Station Eleven‚ the novel and the comic is the appearance of the sky. In the novel‚ there is a reoccurrence of a storm. The scenery after Arthur died was people drinking their sadness away‚ some crying and in shock. “The snow was almost abstract‚ a film about bad weather on a deserted street.”(Mandel 15) The storm as it is described outside the theater can add to the scene‚ as the day ended with the death of Arthur. As seen in movies‚ on TV or read in other novels

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    The motif of children and babies in Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the recurring motif of babies and children was mentioned throughout the novel alongside the theme of death and innocence in order to depict the immorality of characters. Children were commonly associated with death and murder since that stark distinction aided in supporting the English stereotype that portrays Scots as violent and Barbaric people. In other instances‚ Shakespeare associated children with foolishness and

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    The Savings and Loan Crisis Savings and loans were created after the great depression as a government regulated way for people to have home mortgage loans. The creation of these savings and loans resulted from thousands of homes being foreclosed after the great depression. The idea of savings and loans were simple; first the government allowed savings and loans to pay slightly higher interest rates on deposits to attract investors. The government also offered insurance for these investments

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    Face Validity

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    Face validity refers to how a test ‘looks’ as it measure what it is meant to measure. For listening test‚ it is expected that the questions and test subject will require takers to listen to audio recordings. Face validity also includes other factors such as the setting of the examination and the equipment used (Hughes‚ 2007). Finally‚ criterion validity refers to the criteria wherein the results of the examination will be compared to (Hughes‚ 2007. The criteria used to evaluate the skills of students

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    Are Faces Special?

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    Are faces special? Critically evaluate the evidence that we have evolved a specialised neural network dedicated to processing faces. Brian Marron‚ 11461992‚ SF TSM. INTRODUCTION Processing faces is extremely important to humans as social beings. We are able to put and identity on thousands of faces (Gazzaniga‚ 2002) with ease‚ something we might take for granted. The value of this ability can be better understood when the world is viewed through the eyes of somebody with prosopagnosia‚ the inability

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