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where anyone can teach or take a class or course


 * Add or take a free, open India course.

Select Courses

 * Add free, open India courses below.

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

Select Blogs
Spicy IP. 2013. Spicy IP: De-Coding Indian Intellectual Property Law. Berkeley, CA; http://spicyip.com/.

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 Books
Chatterjee, Partha. 1997. A Possible India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chatterjee, Partha. 1997. The Present History of West Bengal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chatterjee, Partha. 2003. A Princely Impostor? The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom. 1999. The Saffron Wave. Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom and Finn Stepputat (eds.). 2005. Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hansen, Thomas Blom. 2001. Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Select Communities, Email lists, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

Select Films
Lee, Ang (dir.). 2012. Life of Pi. 20th Century Fox.

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

Select Maps
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. 2013. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. Paris, FR: whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/in.

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

Select References
Baja, Vikas. 2012 Strains on India’s Government Grow After Sharp Economic Slowdown. May 31. New York, NY: The New York Times.

CHANDRASEKARAN, ANUPAMA. 2012. Lacking Teachers and Textbooks, India’s Schools Turn to Khan Academy to Survive. October 15. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Gates, Bill. 2012. Bill Answers #askBillG Questions about India. July 6. Seattle, WA: thegatesnotes.com/

Koch, Katie. 2013. Inside India’s pop-up city: Harvard team maps the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering. January 21. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu.

MacKinnon, Rebecca. 2011. Surveillance and Censorship in India. November 11. rconversation.blogs.com.

Mazumdar, Siddhartha. 1981. [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1981/9/18/east-and-west-the-search-for/ East And West The Search For Eternal India]. September 18. Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Crimson.

McMurtrie, Beth. 2011. At U.S.-India Summit, Leaders Call for More Collaboration in Higher Education. October 13. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Najar, Nida. 2011. Squeezed Out in India, Students Turn to U.S.. October 13. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India: Dalit Camera - Media for the Marginalised. September 5. Cambridge, MA: Global Voices Online.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India: The Curious Case of Draping Statues to Ensure Fair Elections. January 11. Global Voices Online.

Ray, Aparna. 2012. India, Bangladesh: Water Disputes and Teesta River Diplomacy. June 8. Cambridge, MA: Global Voices.

Sandhana, Lakshmi. 2011. An Indian Inventor Disrupts The Period Industry.

terminus. 2011. INDIA'S PROPOSAL FOR A UN COMMITTEE FOR INTERNET-RELATED POLICIES (CIRP). October 29. Internet Governance Forum Watch.

Select Video and Audio
Bhattacharjee, Moni. 1960. Talat & Lata - Aaha Rimjhim Ke Yeh Pyaare Pyaare - Usne Kaha Tha - 1960. Youtube.com.

Select Websites
The Virtual University of Pakistan. 2012. The Virtual University of Pakistan - Open Course Ware. ocw.vu.edu.pk/

Select Wikis
India Wiki at Wikia: http://india.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

One Laptop per Child India. 2011. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India

World University and School Links
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China: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/China

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Classical Indian Music: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Classical_Indian_Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Asia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/South_Asia

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

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

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

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Academic Press at World University and School
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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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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
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Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
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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)
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Counseling
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Coordinates
... in a virtual world

Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

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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

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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
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

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://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (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/

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

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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
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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

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

Wiki Software for Courses
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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

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

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

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

Wikidata / Bots
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