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Welcome to World University and School Wiki
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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

Add or take a free, open course about Species.

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CoursesEdit

Add free, open courses about Species	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Darwin and Design	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-448j-darwin-and-design-fall-2010/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. James Paradis	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic ResourcesEdit

IdeasEdit

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subjectEdit

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 Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.

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Begin a Google + Hangout:

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MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/

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

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Add an ISBN.

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks

Darwin, Charles. 1859. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin. gutenberg.org.

Winston, Judith. E. 1999. Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

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

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Biological Species Concept. 2012. Biological Species Concept. (See also 'Other Species Concepts' - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VA2OtherSpeciesConcept.shtml). UC Berkeley.

Fearnley, Lyle. 2015. Wild Goose Chase: The Displacement of Influenza Research in the Fields of Poyang Lake, China. 30, no. 1 (2015): 12-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.14506/ca30.1.03 . Cultural Anthropology.

KOOPS, KATHELIJNE, CASPAR SCHÖNING, WILLIAM C. MCGREW AND TETSURO MATSUZAWA. 2014. Chimpanzees Prey on Army Ants at Seringbara, Nimba Mountains, Guinea:Predation Patterns and Tool Use Characteristics. academia.edu/8784810/Chimpanzees_Prey_on_Army_Ants_at_Seringbara_Nimba_Mountains_Guinea_Predation_Patterns_and_Tool_Use_Characteristics .

Mushegian, Alexandra. 2012. http://eol.org/info/species_concepts?language=en What Is A Species?]. eol.org.

Other Species Concepts. 2012. Other Species Concepts. (See also 'Biological Species Concept' - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VA1BioSpeciesConcept.shtml). UC Berkeley.

Powell, Alvin. 2013. Three days, three wild finds: MCZ associate’s Australian adventure turns up new species. November 5. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu.

Rosner, Hillary. 2012. In a Place for the Dead, Studying a Seemingly Immortal Species. Decemeber 31. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Virata, John. 2015. 7 New Miniature Poison Frogs Discovered in Brazil’s Cloud Forests. June 2. (See, too - https://plus.google.com/+CarinBondar/posts/8sGn1gKDCfQ). www.reptilesmagazine.com/Frogs-Amphibians/Information-News/7-New-Miniature-Poison-Frogs-Discovered-in-Brazils-Cloud-Forests/ .

Whitty, Julia. 2012. Languages Decline as Species Disappear. May 14. San Francisco, CA: Mother Jones.

Zimmer, Carl. 2008. Is a Species? To this day, scientists struggle with that question. A better definition can influence which animals make the endangered list. May 19. Scientific American.

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Frank, Ze. 2013. True Facts About The Octopus. (Special thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for letting us shoot on location! Check out youtube.com/MontereyBayAquarium). zefrank1 Youtube channel.

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Encyclopedia of Life. 2012. Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org.

Wildlife Campus. 2014. Welcome To WildlifeCampus. Sandton, South Africa: wildlifecampus.com .

Select WikisEdit

Biowikifarm. 2014. Biowikifarm. biowikifarm.net.

Biowikifarm Member Wikis. 2014. Biowikifarm Member Wikis. biowikifarm.net/meta/Member_wikis.

Wikispecies. 2014. Welcome to Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org.

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Subject's Social Networking SitesEdit

TutoringEdit

WUaS NavigationEdit

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Academic Advising at WUaSEdit

Academic Press at World University and SchoolEdit

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Access to Live, or Email, University Technical ExpertiseEdit

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Additional CategoriesEdit

Admissions at World University and SchoolEdit

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, Greatest Universities-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.

Digital and Print catalog

Assistive TechnologiesEdit

WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -

Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies

Blog at World University and SchoolEdit

http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and SchoolEdit

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)Edit

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

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/ .

CareersEdit

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

CounselingEdit

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

CoordinatesEdit

Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS

Geohash keys

... in a virtual world

CreditsEdit

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 DoEdit

Android

Brainwave device / Headset

Broadcast to radio frequencies

Broadcast to TV / television

Create EMail group for page

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

Google Glass

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

Oculus Rift

Print

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Recommend

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Tablets

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / CreditEdit

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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
(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

In Google EarthEdit

Google Earth.

In Virtual WorldEdit

(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com

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

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/

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.

SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage

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Linked Open DataEdit

Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.

List of WikipediasEdit

List of Wikipedias. 2015. List of Wikipedias. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .

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xls

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TV-Live BroadcastingEdit

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

MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video CommunicationEdit

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 - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection

ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com

sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎

Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok

Vyew - http://vyew.com/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/

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

Universal Translator at WUaSEdit

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

Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:

Select Translators

Babelxl. 2015. Babelxl: the best translator. http://babelxl.com/ .

Babylon Online Translation. 2015. Babylon Online Translation. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .

Free-translator.com. 2015. Free-translator.com. free-translator.com/ .

Google Translate. 2015. Google Translate. translate.google.com/ .

SDL Free Translation. 2015. SDL Free Translation. freetranslation.com/ .

Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .

Select Video with Subtitles for Translation

Amara.org. 2015. Amara.org: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified. (Amara makes video globally accessible: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified). amara.org/en/

TED Open Translation Project. 2015. TED Open Translation Project. (See - https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project - and - https://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started). ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project .

The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and SchoolEdit

The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS

Wiki Software for CoursesEdit

Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

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

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

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

Wikidata / BotsEdit

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots

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