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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.
Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).




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===Select Books===
===Select Books===


Burrell, Jenna. 2013. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. Cambrigde, MA: The MIT Press.
Burrell, Jenna. 2013. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. Cambrigde, MA: The MIT Press.


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===Select Museums===
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(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).




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Gates, Bill. 2013. [http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Health/Seeing-Ghanas-Healthcare-System-in-Action?WT.mc_id=03_28_2013_GhanaBlog2 Seeing Ghana’s Health Care System in Action]. Redmond, WA: thegatesnotes.com.


Zuckerman, Ethan. 2013. [http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2013/02/12/who-let-all-those-ghanaians-on-the-internet-jenna-burrell-on-internet-exclusion/ Who let all those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on internet exclusion]. February 12. Cambridge, MA: ethanzuckerman.com.
Zuckerman, Ethan. 2013. [http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2013/02/12/who-let-all-those-ghanaians-on-the-internet-jenna-burrell-on-internet-exclusion/ Who let all those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on internet exclusion]. February 12. Cambridge, MA: ethanzuckerman.com.
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Burrell, Jenna. 2013. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/02/burrell Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana ]. February 12. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Burrell, Jenna. 2013. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/02/burrell Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana ]. February 12. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.




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Tswana language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Tswana
Tswana language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Tswana





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===In Virtual World===
===In Virtual World===

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/


Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/


Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/


OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)


Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/


Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/


Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).


Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/


Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.


Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/


WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/




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===Learning Networking===
===Learning Networking===


Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
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Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/




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World University & School subject group
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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
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===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===

[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School]]





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Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
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Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course

  • Add or take a free, open Ghana, Republic of course.

Select Courses

  • Add free, open Ghana, Republic of courses below.

Courses

Add free, open Ghana, Republic of courses Web Site Organization (if any) Degree / Non-degree Instructor's Name Location Other Info Language Tags
Course's Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English
Course's Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English






WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject

Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).


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Burrell, Jenna. 2013. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. Cambrigde, MA: The MIT Press.


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Gates, Bill. 2013. Seeing Ghana’s Health Care System in Action. Redmond, WA: thegatesnotes.com.

Zuckerman, Ethan. 2013. Who let all those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on internet exclusion. February 12. Cambridge, MA: ethanzuckerman.com.


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Burrell, Jenna. 2013. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana . February 12. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.


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Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, MIT OCW-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.


Blog at World University and School

http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/


Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS

with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;


Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)

Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/ .


Careers

Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling

Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting


Counseling

Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling


Coordinates

... in a virtual world


Credits

Many thanks to each of you!

Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.


Digital To Do

Android


Brainwave device / Headset


Broadcast to radio frequency


Broadcast to TV


Create EMail group for page


Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)


MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/


Print


Publish to DVD


Recommend


Send to phone


Tablets


Translate


Videophone


Free Degrees / Credit

Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning

The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School

World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School

World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School

World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School

WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)


In Google Earth

Google Earth.


In Virtual World

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)

Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/


Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').


Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool


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Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts


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RSS Feed

Tutoring

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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:

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Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv


Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv


Video Communication

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software


Free video conferencing

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html


Skype - http://www.skype.com/


Free, group video conferencing

AnyMeeting - http://l.anymeeting.com/homepage/


Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin


Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/


Universal Translator at WUaS

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator


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The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School


Wiki Software for Courses

Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki


PB Works - http://pbworks.com/


Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/


Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia


Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/


Wikidata / Bots

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots


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World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.

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