Open Access Resources



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where anyone can teach or take a class or course


 * Add or take a free, open Open Access Resources course.

Select Courses

 * Add free, open Open Access Resources courses below.

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

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

Select References
boyd, danah. 2008. open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals. February 6. Zephoria.org.

Carson, Steve. 2012. MIT OpenCourseWare video retrospective. February 22. Cambridge, MA: OpenFiction [Blog].

crazyvas. 2011. For Academic Publishing, Princeton Goes Open Access By Default. October 04. science.slashdot.org.

Creagh, Sunanda. 2011. Princeton goes open access to stop staff handing all copyright to journals – unless waiver granted. September 28. theconversation.edu.au.

Darnton, Robert. 2011. A Digital Library Better Than Google’s. March 23. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Gikunda, Dennis. 2011. Open Data in Kenya - Setting the Pace for Africa. August 5. Mountain View, CA: Google Public Policy Blog.

Goldberg, Carey. 2001. Auditing Classes at M.I.T., on the Web and Free. April 04. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Monbiot, George. 2011. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist: Academic publishers charge vast fees to access research paid for by us. Down with the knowledge monopoly racketeers]. August 29. Manchester, England: guardian.co.uk

Park, Jane. 2011. Creative Commons & the Association of Educational Publishers to establish a common learning resources framework. June 7. Creative Commons.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. The importance of dark deposit. March 12. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. Dissertation distribution online: my comments at the AHA. February 14th. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. Institutional memberships for open-access publishers considered harmful. March 1. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. JSTOR opens access to out-of-copyright articles. September 8. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. The NIH responds to my letter. June 7. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. On guerrilla open access. July 28. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Shieber, Stuart. 2011. Subscription fees as a distribution control mechanism. September 11. Cambridge, MA: The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication.

Stodden, Victoria. 2011. Open peer review of science: a possibility. March 6. New York, NY: blog.stodden.net.

Suber, Peter. 2011. Welcome to the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #155 - Recent watershed events - Open for edits - Five years ago in SOAN .... March 2. Richmond, IN: SPARC Open Access Newsletter.

Suber, Peter. 2006. Six things that researchers need to know about open access. February 2. Richmond, IN: SPARC Open Access Newsletter.

Select Video and Audio
Carson, Steve. 2012. MIT OpenCourseWare video retrospective. February 22. Cambridge, MA: OpenFiction [Blog].

MIT. 2011. MIT’s Institutional Decision to do OpenCourseWare. Cambridge, MA: Open Course Ware Consortium Global.

Select Websites
Suber, Peter. 2011. Open Access News: News from the open access movement. Richmond, IN: Earlham College.

Swartz, Aaron. 2008. Guerilla Open Access Manifesto. July. Eremo, Italy:

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Social Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Science

Academic Press at World University and School
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Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

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

Credits
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Digital To Do
Android

Broadcast to radio frequency

Create EMail group for page

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

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Translate

Videophone

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

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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

In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
OpenSim. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page

ScienceSim. 2011. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php. Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

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

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

Learning Networking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.

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

Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts

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TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television

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

Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail

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

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

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/

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

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