Education



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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


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Ideas
What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook. (Henry David Thoreau - Undated entry) (http://hdt.typepad.com/henrys_blog/2010/11/november-3-1850.html)

Select Books
Illich, Ivan 1971. Deschooling Society. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.

Illich, Ivan 1973. Tools for Conviviality. (http://www.scytheconnection.com/adp/convivNote.html). New York, NY: Harper and Row.

Select Libraries
See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Select References
Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology. 2007. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

Friedman, Tom. 2010. Steal this Movie, Too. August 24. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Friedman, Tom. 2010. We’re No. 1(1)!. September 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Guttenplan, D.D. 2010. For Exposure, Universities Put Courses on the Web. November 1. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Hofstadter, Richard. 1966. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. New York, NY: Vintage Press.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. A Course Load for the Game of Life. September 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee. 2010. Rising Above the Gathering Storm Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

Select Video and Audio
Nesson, Charles, and David Weinberger (interviewer). 2010. The University in Cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: MediaBerkman.

Select Wikis
Theories for Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning

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): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.

Digital To Do
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In Virtual World
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life:

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

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

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/

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

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