Master Plan



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The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},

Multilingual University & School

where anyone can teach or take a class or course

Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, open, (future degree-granting - Ph.D., M.D., & Music School, etc.), free-to-students, university and school, with great universities (e.g. MIT, Ivy League Schools, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Oxford, T.U.M., Sorbonne, L.M.U., Juilliard Music School, Cambridge, Collège de France, Cal Tech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc.) as key web content generators, based on a Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone.

Mission

World University & School's (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) - mission, in reaching out to the entire world, is to provide a free, wiki-based education platform, with FREE DEGREES, and, through facilitating the development of broadband worldwide, to make our service accessible to under served parts of the world. The WUaS mission is thus to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and future degrees) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.

Master Plan

To Do List

(Business Plan)

(WUaS Information Technologies and Data Plan)

"All Ways Free" to students. Budget for this in perpetuity (perhaps like Tokyo University and Scandinavian universities).

Year 2010

Technologies:

Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all languages; anyone may teach to their web camera in this open wiki. Information technologies here include human minds. Anyone may teach to and learn, in real time, in a virtual world, like Second Life, using the wiki-like Google calendar, for example.

Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).

Translation between all languages. Building on Google Translate and others? Be able to add Languages wiki-like?

Outputs:

Laptop/Desktop - One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life, and all related technologies as they develop, as well as streaming video; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.

Classroom - MIT OCW & Khan Academy, for example, in Arabic on Egyptian classroom projectors (even on little Pica projectors) through World University & School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages? (Each language at WUaS will become its own ONLINE University or School wiki for people-to-people teaching & learning, too).

Mobile - Handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times' mobile format, with video?

Printer - Printable teaching and learning materials from World University & School for OLPC countries, and everyone, from OLPC and hand held devices.

Plan for Google TV

New Technologies:

Engage, and help to generate, new technological developments (partnering with MIT?) robustly, as they emerge.

Budget robustly for technological innovation and experimentation.

Become the low cost worldwide provider of internet access, focusing on the OLPC countries.

2011

WUaS will prioritize for DESIGN (think Apple) & robust information technological development in hiring, as we aim for a billion Universitians on the SCHOOL idea-social network side of WUaS - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Information_Technologies_and_Data_Plan - and for around 100 undergraduate students on the UNIVERSITY, free, degree-granting side, first matriculating in 2014, with MIT OCW for course curriculum (32 15 week MIT courses over 4 years).

World University and School Volunteer positions:

Volunteers

Moderators

Add suggestions for developments to World University & School here:

or add a new Request for Comments page.

World University and School Intern / Student Managers' positions:

Internship Program at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School

Volunteers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers

WUaS Intern positions: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Intern_positions

WUaS Intern positions in the first two years (typically 8-12 hrs a week):

The following report to the WUaS Executive Director:

1 WUaS intern manager

1 WUaS intern accountant

1 [[WUaS intern web designer)

1 WUaS intern head of University community building – like Wikipedians – Everyone can teach – new content generators with web cameras

1 WUaS intern head of wiki Information Technology technical development

1 WUaS intern head of wiki Academic sections, for eventual degrees (Ph.D., Bachelor, Law, M.D.)

1 WUaS intern head of One Laptop per Child wiki languages' development

1 WUaS intern head of wiki, new, open Teaching and Learning content aggregation

1 WUaS intern head of broadband development in OLPC countries

1 WUaS intern head of languages' development – liaison with other WUaS languages

1 WUaS intern head of nation state wiki development – and eventual accreditation in each

1 WUaS intern head of Virtual Worlds development

1 WUaS intern head of New Intern Development – nascent Human Resources position – job descriptions

1 WUaS intern head of Legal Counsel - Creative Commons law, California Law, U.S. Law

1 WUaS intern head of outreach and marketing (and branding?)

1 WUaS Recording Clerk Minutes for all the committees, each of the above being a committee, facilitating and training other recording clerks - (email collation?)

1 WUaS intern head of intern head of Medical School and Teaching Hospital development

1 WUaS intern head of Music School

1 WUaS intern head of Law School

1 WUaS intern head of Design

1 WUaS intern head of New Schools (e.g. Law, Veterinary, Dental)

1 WUaS intern head of WUaS Membership Schools

1 WUaS intern director of Courses' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Subjects' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of wiki Languages' development – liaison with other WUaS languages

1 WUaS intern director of Nation States' wiki development – and eventual accreditation in each

1 WUaS intern director of 'You at World University' and School wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Research wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Educational Software wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Library Resources' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Museums' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Hardware Resource Possibilities wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of the WUaS Foundation page

The following report to the WUaS Head of Fundraising and Fiduciary Responsibility:

1 WUaS intern head of grant writing (e.g. Bill and Melinda Gates' foundation, Buffett, Sloan, Soros, Silicon Valley computer company foundations, all of the Domini Social Equity Corporations' Foundations (companies that have met socially responsible and activist screens)

1 WUaS intern head of corporate liaisons (where WUaS could offer accounting courses for companies, and related course development as 'thank you' courses, for significant grants)

1 WUaS intern head of academic liaison for pension and health benefits for FTEs

1 WUaS intern head of accounting

1 WUaS intern head of communication with board members (for 5 person clerk board and for 100+ person board – a board member in every major city in the world?)

1 WUaS intern head of endowment management and planning (socially-conscious mutual fund indexing approach).

Fund Raising

2010

Quarter 1

Start World University & School, as a nonprofit corporation in California, U.S.A.

Apply to the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)3 status

Engage General Manager and Head Fundraiser interns

Hire 2-10 interns this year

Begin accreditation process

Quarter 2

World University and School incorporated in the State of California on April 30, 2010, and WUaS is treated as a 501 c 3 tax exempt organization.

World University and School received its EIN number on July 26, 2010.

Build community of Universitians - like Wikipedians - long into the future, through active outreach, who contribute richly idea-wise to WUaS (e.g. students, worldwide, at great universities - e.g. Cal, Stanford, MIT, Ivy Leagues, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc. as one group of such Universitians?; Quakers as another group?; Bohemians as another?; Peace community as another?)

Get One Laptop per Child languages working with at least 4 subjects & 1 intern for all 9 languages, at first; plan to hire a Ph.D. per language to generate a university and school in each language.

Quarter 3

Apply for tax-exempt status

Quarter 4

Add 10-20 nation states to WUaS in rudimentary form (with around 4 subjects each, textbook sections, legal questions for eventual degree granting)

Year 2011

Add 10-20 languages to WUaS in rudimentary form (with around 4 subjects each); As a wiki, people can add languages if they want.

Hire 20-70 interns this year

Add remaining 175-ish Wikipedia languages, not added earlier

Add 10-20 more nation-states

Plan for mobile video capable device acquisitions, like OLPC handhelds with video, for OLPC countries, to complement OLPC areas, and to reach out to other populations.

Plan for wiring some OLPC countries (New Guinea?) for video capability

Server farms?

Unique WUaS video publishing (e.g. WUaS's own open, free Ustream or Youtube) for some teaching and learning material.

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Begin to hire Faculty?

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Year 2012

Add remaining 3000-8000 languages to WUaS in rudimentary form (with around 4 subjects)

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Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation

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Year 2013

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Year 2014

Begin degree granting process - Ph.D., Medical Degrees, Law Degrees, Music Degrees, Bachelors Degrees (in the English version)

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Accept first degree students - Ph.D., Medical Degrees, Law, Degrees, Music Degrees, Bachelors

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1st year of credit and degree granting

First groups of students matriculate (in partnership with great Universities? All online)

toward the following degrees

Ph.D.s (in 4 different disciplines) (M.A. as part of the process) M.D.s (4 students) Music School (4 instruments, or areas, composition, theory, etc.) Bachelor degrees (in 4 different disciplines) Watsu certificate program Focus on enjoyment?

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Year 2015

online Law School opens (Harvard?)

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2nd year for these 16 students

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Year 2016

online Dental School opens with students (with Michigan?)

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3rd year for these 16 students

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Year 2017

online Veterinary Medicine School opens (with Cornell?)

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Medical students (and Music School? students) graduate - first Medical Degrees and Music Degrees at WUaS

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4th year of credit and degree granting

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Year 2018

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Undergraduate students (and Music School? students) graduate - first 4 Bachelor degrees

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5th year of credit and degree granting

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Year 2019

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Year 2020

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first Ph.D.s graduate

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Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Books at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Books_at_WUaS

Academic Journals at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Journals_at_WUaS

Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School

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.

Contacts for this page

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

Blog for 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

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 Virtual World
- Coordinates in virtual worlds

- Add a learning-oriented virtual world here.

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 Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Google Earth. http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

Google Maps | Street View. http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/

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

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://questatlantis.org/ and http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://questatlantisblog.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.

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/

- Travel to this virtual island to learn virtual world building ...

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

Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/

Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool

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

Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School

Like

LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337

Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/

Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool

Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

World University & School subject group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television

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

Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com

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

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Apple iChat - http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/

Google Video Chat - https://www.google.com/chat/video/

G+ Video Hangout - http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/talkvideo/hangouts/

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

Universal Translator at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator

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/

World University and School Licensing
World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.

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.

All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/.

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

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

Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

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

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

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

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

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