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World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course

Add or take a free, open Education course.

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Courses

Add free, open Education courses	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Economics of Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-126j-economics-of-education-spring-2007/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Frank Levy	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate/graduate
Educational Theory and Practice III	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-131-educational-theory-and-practice-iii-spring-2012/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Reen Gibb	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-124-introduction-to-education-looking-forward-and-looking-back-on-education-fall-2011/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Eric Klopfer, Wendy Huang (Program Manager), Jo-Ann Graziano (Writing Tutor), Jason Haas (Teaching Assistant)	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-125-introduction-to-education-understanding-and-evaluating-education-spring-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Eric Klopfer	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Learning Seminar: Experiments in Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-291-learning-seminar-experiments-in-education-spring-2003/	MIT	non-degree	James Rising	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences I	http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details_new.php?seriesid=2008-D-24232&semesterid=2008-D	UC Berkeley	non-degree	Instructor Mark WILSON	Browser	Start anytime	English
Media Education and the Marketplace	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-034-media-education-and-the-marketplace-fall-2005/	MIT	non-degree	Mr. Manish Gaudi, Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

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).

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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Hake, Richard. 2012. Hake'sEdStuff: Commentary on Education Reform. Bloomington, IN: http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/

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Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

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

Select Book Reviews

Carson, Stephen. 2012. Unlocking the Gates by Taylor Walsh. Vol. 76. Continuing Higher Education Review.

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Acuña, Rodolfo. 1970. Occupied America: the Chicano's struggle toward liberation. Canfield Press.

Bok, Derek. 2003. Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Unviersity Press.

Freire, Paulo, and Myra Bergman Ramos (trans.). 1970. The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Continuum International.

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.

Khan, Salman. 2012. The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. Twelvebooks.com/

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

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Khan, Sal, with Nina Rees. 2012. After Words with Salman Khan. c-spanvideo.org.

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Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.

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

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

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Google Apps for Education. 2011. Google Apps for Education - Free email and collaboration tools for schools. Mountain View, CA: Google, Inc.

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Select References

Atkinson, Pamela. 2001. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY AND THE FUTURE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley.

Bady, Aaron. 2013. The MOOC Moment and the End of Reform. thenewinquiry.com.

Bartlett, Thomas. 2009. Phoenix Risen: How a history professor became the pioneer of the for-profit revolution. July 6. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Boardman, Elizabeth, Janet Hale, Ed Hale, and Kathy Runyan, Bob Runyan, and Steve Leeds. 2011. Latest news from the "Pay Your Taxes Under Protest" Campaign. April 26. laquaker.blogspot.com.

Brown, Jerry. 2010. State of California's Education Platform. Oakland, CA: jerrybrown.org.

Carey, Kevin. 2012. An Idea Too Sensible to Try, Until Now. November 11. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Carson, Stephen. 2013. edX announces new partner universities, doubles membership. May 21. Cambridge, MA: mitopencourseware.wordpress.com.

Chafkin, Max. 2013. UDACITY'S SEBASTIAN THRUN, GODFATHER OF FREE ONLINE EDUCATION, CHANGES COURSE: HE CAPTIVATED THE WORLD WITH VISIONS OF SELF-DRIVING CARS AND GOOGLE GLASS AND HAS SIGNED UP 1.6 MILLION STUDENTS FOR ONLINE CLASSES. SO WHY IS HE PIVOTING AWAY FROM MOOCS? "WE DON'T EDUCATE PEOPLE AS OTHERS WISHED, OR AS I WISHED," THRUN SAYS. November 14. fastcompany.com/3021473/udacity-sebastian-thrun-uphill-climb .

Christensen, Clayton, and Henry Eyring. 2011. Why You Should Root for College to Go Online. September 26. The Atlantic.

Cohon, Jared. 20 . A Game Changer: The Open Learning Initiative. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

Cormier, Dave. 2011. Seven black swans for education in 2012. December 19. Charlottetown, PE, Canada: davecormier.com.

Deneen, Patrick. 2013. We're All to Blame for MOOCs. June 2. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Education/Assignment Design. 2012. Education/Assignment Design. outreach.wikimedia.org.

Fischman, Josh. Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System. October 13. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Flipping the classroom. 2011. Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at last be bearing fruit. Sep 17th LOS ALTOS, CA: The Economist.

Friedman, Tom. 2010. The Professors’ Big Stage. March 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Friedman, Tom. 2013. Revolution Hits the Universities. January 26. New York, NY: The New York Times.

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.

Gordhamer, Soren. 2011. 4 Lessons for Parents in a Constantly Connected World. April 30. Mashable.com

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

Harvard Gazette. 2010. Like-minded: Reform advocates Rhee, Bush, Podesta talk politics of education. November 18. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Gazette.

Harvard Gazette. 2011. Record applications to Harvard College: Nearly 35,000 seek admission to Class of '15. January 14. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Gazette.

Haynie, Devon. 2013. Learn for Free with MOOCs: Massive open online courses may help your career, but don’t bank on them for credit - yet. May 10. usnews.com.

Heller, Nathan. 2013. LAPTOP UHas the future of college moved online?. May 20. New York, NY: The New Yorker.

Hellweg, Eric. 2013. Eight Brilliant Minds on the Future of Online Education January 29. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.

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

Hu, Winnie. 2010. Studying Engineering Before They Can Spell It. June 13. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Improving Education Essay. 2013. Improving Education Essay. antiessays.com.

Ito, Mimi. 2010. When Youth Own the Public Education Agenda. November 24. huffingtonpost.com.

Jacobs, Andrew. 2010. China’s Army of Graduates Is Struggling. December 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Kamenetz, Anya. 2011. #OccupyEverywhere: University of the Streets. October 14. Huffington Post.

Kessler, Andy. 2013. [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424127887324659404578504761168566272-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwMzEwNDMyWj.html Professors Are About to Get an Online Education Georgia Tech's new Internet master's degree in computer science is the future]. June 2. New York, NY: The Wall Street Journal.

Kolowich, Steve. 2013. With Open Platform, Stanford Seeks to Reclaim MOOC Brand. Palo Alto, Calif: Chronicle of Higher Education.

Lacey, Marc. 2011. Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal. January 7. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Lifshits, Yury. 2011. 100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education. January 7. Mashable.com

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

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. If Supermarkets Were Like Public Schools . May 5. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Mankiw, Greg. 2011. The Rate of Return on Human Capital - David Leonhardt reports. June 27. Cambridge, MA: gregmankiw.blogspot.com.

Manousos, Anthony. 2011. Howard Brinton as a Theologian and Apologist for “Real Quakerism”. April 26. Llaquaker.blogspot.com

Mary Ann. 2012. Open for voting: "Why Open Education Matters" video competition. July 4. opensource.com.

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Why top students don’t want to teach. December. mckinseyquarterly.com/newsletters/chartfocus

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching--full report. September.

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching--47-page appendix including charts on U.S. and international systems. September. Miyagawa, Shigeru. 2010. MIT OpenCourseWare: A Decade of Global Benefit. Vol. XXIII No. 1. September / October 2010. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.

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

Metz, Rachel. 2013. Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning: Udacity cofounder and CEO Sebastian Thrun says more AI is coming to online education, but we’ll still need humans to grade our English essays. July 19. Mountain View, CA: MIT Technology Review.

mikejuk. 2012. The $100 Masters Degree From Udacity. developers.slashdot.org

Newmark, Craig. 2011. Infographic: How the Top 50 Nonprofits Do Social Media. October 14. Huffington Post.

Noer, Michael. 2012. The $1 Trillion Opportunity: No Field Operates More Inefficiently than Education - A New Breed of Disruptors is Finally Going to Fix It - Here's How to Join Them. November 19. New York, NY: Forbes.

Van Norman, Brenna. 2013. Sebastian Thrun: Announcing Online Masters Degree in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech and AT&T. blog.udacity.com.

Papert, Seymour. 1990. A Critique of Technocentrism in Thinking About the School of the Future. (A version of this piece was published as "M.I.T. Media Lab Epistemology and Learning Memo No. 2" (September 1990). Its content was based on a talk presented at Children in an Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation, and New Activities (Sofia, Bulgaria, May 1987).). Cambridge, MA: papert.org.

Pioneers in college education for all. 2012. Pioneers in college education for all: A salute to four people who have made extraordinary efforts to improve access to a college education. August 31. money.cnn.com.

Ramey, Jessie B. 2012. What I Told The White House About Public Education: Public education is one of America's greatest success stories -- so let's stop talking about the system as if it's irretrievably broken. March 31. Pittsburgh, PA: alternet.org/education/154770/what_i_told_the_white_house_about_public_education .

Ramirez, Gerardo and Sian L. Beilock. 2011. Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom. 14 January Vol. 331 no. 6014 pp. 211-213. Science.

Regalado, Antonio. 2012. The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years: Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. What will that do to the trillion-dollar education business?. November 2. MIT technology Review.

Richtel, Matt. 2010. Growing Up Digital, Wired For Distraction. November 21. 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.

Schuman, Rebecca. 2013. Thomas Friedman’s Vision of Online Oligarchy. March 8. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Stacey, Paul. 2013. The Pedagogy Of MOOCs. May 11. edtechfrontier.com.

Stratford, Michael. 2012. Senate Report Paints a Damning Portrait of For-Profit Higher Education. July 30. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

theodp. 2012. Khan Academy: the Future of Taxpayer Reeducation?. December 02. news.slashdot.org.

Thrun, Sebastian. 2012. Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning. SmithsonianMagazine.

Wall, Mike. 2010. Far-flung movies may inspire future scientists: Movies can influence young people with open, malleable minds. December 28. msnbc.msn.com.

Watters, Audrey. 2013. Hacking at Education: TED, Technology Entrepreneurship, Uncollege, and the Hole in the Wall. March 3. hackeducation.com.

THE WORLD'S TOP 10 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN EDUCATION. 2013. THE WORLD'S TOP 10 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN EDUCATION. February 11. fastcompany.com.

Xie, Jenny. Technology in Schools Still Subject to Digital, Income Divides. March 1. pbs.org.

Young, Jeffrey R. 2012. A Conversation with Bill Gates: The Future of Higher Education. June 29. Redmond, WA: The Gates Notes.

Young, T.R. 1998. Interactively Rich and Informationally Diverse Techniques. The Red Feather Institute.

Assessment and Grades

Lewin, Tamar. 2010. A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Lewis, Harry. 2010. Can Grades Be Controlled in a "Fair" Way?. (Former Dean of Harvard College). December 26. Cambridge, MA: harry-lewis.blogspot.com.

Lewis, Harry. 2003. October 30, 2003: Grades. October 30. Cambridge, MA: people.seas.harvard.edu.

Thomas, David. 2011. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizes 305 Schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools. September 15. www.ed.gov.

Khan Academy

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.

Murphy, Kate. 2012. Sal Khan. November 3. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Strauss, Valerie. 2013. Sal Kahn on his famous online academy. February 20. Washington DC: The Washington Post.

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Whittle MD, Amy, and Anda Kuo MD. 2011. From Dinosaur to Digital: Adapting Traditional Curriculum to Blended E-Learning Formats. San Francisco, CA: USCF.

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Select Timelines

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Select Video and Audio

Alsagoff, Zaid Ali. 2011. Insightful Videos Exploring Why the Finnish Education System Rocks!. Malaysia: zaidlearn.blogspot.com.

Cornwell, Reid. 2011. Instructional Technology: Looking Backward, Thinking Forward - Earlham College. May 25. The Center for Internet Research.

Davos: 12-Year-Old Pakistani Prodigy Girl Talks About Her Online Learning. 2013. Davos: 12-Year-Old Pakistani Prodigy Girl Talks About Her Online Learning. Davos, Switzerland: wiredacademic.com.

Education Nation heads to Cambridge, Massachusetts to talk technology in the classroom at the MIT Media Lab. 2012. Education Nation heads to Cambridge, Massachusetts to talk technology in the classroom at the MIT Media Lab. September 13. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.

Eggers, Dave. 2013. Dave Eggers' wish: Once Upon a School. ted.com.

de Martin, Juan Carlos, and Charles Nesson. 2011. The Post-Humboldtian University: Re-thinking the University's Role in Society in the Network Age. May 17, 2011. Cambridge, MA: Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. Solve for X: Nicholas Negroponte on learning by themselves. Solve for X.

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

Spitzer, Manfred. 2010. Mediathek: Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer in Oldenburg. Oldenburg, Germany: OldenburgEins

Watters, Audrey. 2013. On 'Viral" Education Videos. May 13. hackeducation.com.

Khan Academy

Khan, Sal. 2013. Radio Interview: Sal on AirTalk talking about his new book: Sal talks with Larry Mantle about The One World School House (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1455508381?tag=khanacad-20). khanacademy.org.

Khan, Sal. 2011. Salman Khan of Khanacademy.org. May 4. charlierose.com

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MIT. 2011. MIT + 150.

New York Times' Education Section. 2011. New York Times' Education Section. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Songs for Teaching: The Definitive Source for Educational Music. 2011. Songs for Teaching: The Definitive Source for Educational Music Index. Bloomfield Hills, MI: songsforteaching.com.

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Dopp. 2011. Wikis in the Classroom. April 15. community.wikia.com.

Williamson, Ben. 2011. Wikirriculum: Curriculum in the Digital Age. February 7. dmlcentral.net - Digital Media Learning Central.

World University and School Links

Assessment and Grading at WUaS as Part of Conversation in Learning - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assessment_and_Grading_at_WUaS_as_Part_of_Conversation_in_Learning

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

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

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

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

One Laptop per Child: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT

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

Proof of Educational Information Technologies' Effectiveness: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Proof_of_Educational_Information_Technologies%27_Effectiveness

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

Theories of Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning

WUaS Navigation

Academic Advising at WUaS

Academic Press at World University and School

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.

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Admissions at World University and School

Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

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.

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

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MIT OCW Audio Video Courses: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

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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
(beginning with United Nations' languages - 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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Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool

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TV-Live Broadcasting

Broadcast to television

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

Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts

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

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

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://anymeeting.com/homepage/

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

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

Universal Translator at WUaS

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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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