http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:55 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:55 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=287739 MIT OCW is a large scale, web-based electronic publishing initiative whose goals are to : Provide free, searchable access to MIT's course materials for educators, students an self - learners around the world, and extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the "open courseware" concept. There are courses available in the following areas:Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Health Sciences and Technology, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Management, Science, Atheltics, Physical Education and Recreation, Experimental Study Group and Special Programs. This website also contains the following features: images/graphics, links to related material,learning assignments and teacher's guide to help further understand the courses. For more information about MIT Open Courseware Collections go to: http://ocw.mit.edu http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=554827 The goals of this instructional course are to get you started in this wonderful sport and to give you a working knowledge of tennis. It should help you to understand the basics of a sport and how to perform these basics. Most of the course will focus on the basic stroke techniques. Variation to those techniques will be presented, as well as drills and games, so that you can take it to the court. Singles and doubles tactics will be covered as well. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=452487 This online course is designed to help scouting leaders know how to safely plan an outdoor climbing adventure. Goes over 8 essential points to planning a safe climbing trek. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=554731 An historical examination and analysis of the evolution and development of games and game mechanics. Topics include a large breadth of genres and types of games, including sports, game shows, games of chance, schoolyard games, board games, roleplaying games, and digital games. Students submit essays documenting research and analysis of a variety of traditional and eclectic games. Project teams required to design, develop, and thoroughly test their original games. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=554673 This class will explore the cultural history and media industry surrounding the masculine drama of professional wrestling. Beginning with wrestling's roots in sport and carnival, the class examines how new technologies and changes in the television industry led to evolution for pro wrestling style and promotion and how shifts in wrestling characters demonstrate changes in the depiction of American masculinity. The class will move chronologically in an examination of how wrestling characters and performances have changed, focusing particularly on the 1950s to the present. Students may have previous knowledge of wrestling but are not required to, nor are they required to be a fan (although it is certainly not discouraged, either). Special thanks to the WWE for allowing us to use various materials and for their participation and help with the course. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555064 The purpose of this class is to tell you something about our Tech Dinghy and how to sail it. This OCW site is arranged as a series of skills, explained both with lecture notes and videos. Please do not think of these skill checks as tests, but instead, as measures of your understanding of our sport. We don't expect perfection from our beginners, but only that our members be able to safely handle the boats and themselves on the Charles. For those who wish it, there will be much more that can be learned about other boats and other waters, but what can be learned here will provide the basis to build on. For more detail, a text on sailing the Tech Dinghy is provided in the readings section. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490965 This online exhibition features a small selection of material held by Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University of Nottingham relating to sport. It includes photographs of University sports teams and items relating to the wider history of team sports and individual exercise through the centuries. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=554678 The media play a huge part in sport; we find out what’s happening, how our team is doing and it creates great sporting moments and sports celebrities and stars. This unit looks at the role played by the media in sport and how this has changed with the development of internet and satellite TV. Who calls the shots – athletes, teams or the media moguls? How do social scientists explain this relationship between sport and the media?