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[[Image:AphiloWorldUniversitySchool5Sep07.jpg|200px|thumb|left|World University and School {in a virtual world}]]
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Multilingual University & School
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Friends,
World University Sign Up - Free & CC
Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D. & I.B. degrees planned in many large languages and all 200+ countries
What are your name, email address and when you'd like to begin:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gd8qeBkWe8Q9hfSi8GHYk-L8Mmb9dimFaunB-nlMNwQ/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
or here: http://worlduniversityandschool.org/
* Add or take a '''free, open''' Admissions at World University and School course.
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==WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources==
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===Ideas===
If you are a high school student actively interested in applying to
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Begin studying, teaching, learning or creating now at this online, free, wiki "College at WUaS," - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School - or via this MIT Courses' page - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/.
WUaS plans to accredit on
(Online, wiki, virtual World University & School, with its first, matriculating, bachelor's degree class in 2015, and with its free bachelor's, Ph.D., Law and M.D. degrees, accrediting on
WUaS plans to offer something like 36 majors, based on these
WUaS will eventually accredit in at least 50-100 languages/countries, and as many as possible, to offer free, online,
Accreditation to offer bachelor degrees is a 3 stage process, with WASC, with WUaS's first, matriculating, bachelor's degree class in 2015 (graduating in 2019). WUaS plans to graduate at least 1000 students, every year, with a bachelor's degree, in the online, free college.
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World University & School may target smart phone mobile internet devices with video, and group text chat for the conference method - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning - of teaching and learning, as the bare minimum hardware to begin to study for a
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(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.
===Select Analytics===
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===Select Blogs, Blog Aggregators===
===Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.===
Begin a Google + Hangout:
https://plus.google.com/hangouts
MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
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===Select Books===
Add an ISBN.
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks
===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===
===Select Call for Papers, Chapters, Submissions, etc.===
===Select Case Studies===
===Select Channels===
===Select Chapters, Book Chapters, etc.===
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===Select Conferences, Conferences Online===
===Select Conversations / Dialogues / Idea Competitions===
===Select Databases===
===Select Dictionaries===
===Select Encyclopedias===
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===Select Films===
Dobie vs. the Machine. 1961. [http://www.hulu.com/watch/725079 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dobie vs. the Machine]. (Dobie and Maynard are unable to decide their future after graduation from high school so they decide to let a computer make the decision for them.). hulu.com/watch/725079 .
Weitz, Paul (Dir.). 2013. Admission. (Drama about the Admissions' department at Princeton University). Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Stuber Productions.
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===Select Funding Sources===
===Google + Hangouts, Group Video, etc.===
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===Select Interviews===
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===Select Newspapers, News, Newsletters===
HALPER, JAMIE D. 2017. [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/5/3/junior-deferral-program-expanded/ Law School Expands Junior Deferral Program to Students at All Colleges]. Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Crimson.
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===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems, FAQs===
McGann, Matt. 2010. [http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/qa_with_prof_nancy_kanwisher_8 Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!)]. Cambridge, MA: mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/qa_with_prof_nancy_kanwisher_8 .
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Lederman, Doug. 2013. [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/affirmative-action-innovation-and-financial-future-survey-presidents Affirmative Action, Innovation and the Financial Future: A Survey of Presidents]. March 1. Inside Higher Ed.
Leonhardt, David. 2015. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/upshot/07up-leonhardt.html New Prize Rewards Economic Diversity at Colleges]. April 7. New York, NY: nytimes.com/2015/04/07/upshot/07up-leonhardt.html .
Lewis, Harry. 2012. [http://harry-lewis.blogspot.com/2012/02/weird-harvard-students.html "Weird" Harvard Students]. Cambridge, MA: harry-lewis.blogspot.com.
LinkedIn University Rankings Based on career outcomes. 2015. [https://www.linkedin.com/edu/rankings/gb/graduate?trk=mkt_eml_grankings_s_CTA LinkedIn University Rankings - Based on career outcomes: From university to career, see which universities are launching graduates into desirable jobs]. linkedin.com/edu/rankings/gb/graduate?trk=mkt_eml_grankings_s_CTA .
Liptak, . 2012. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/us/supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-affirmative-action.html Race and College Admissions, Facing a New Test by Justices]. October 8. New York, NY: The New York Times.
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Princeton University’s Statement on Early Action Deadline. 2013. [http://www.princeton.edu/admission/pdfs/Common-App-StatementFinal.pdf Princeton University’s Statement on Early Action Deadline]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
SALLES, JOAQUIM MOREIRA. 2014. [http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/10/01/3574551/germany-free-college-tuition/ This Country Just Abolished College Tuition Fees]. OCTOBER 1. thinkprogress.org/education/2014/10/01/3574551/germany-free-college-tuition/.
Waldron, Travis. 2012. [http://thinkprogress.org/education/2012/03/28/453632/half-college-students-drop-out/ Study: Nearly Half Of America’s College Students Drop Out Before Receiving A Degree]. March 28. Think Progress.
Winsor, Ben. 2015. [http://www.businessinsider.com/10-things-that-are-harder-to-get-into-than-harvard-2015-3 10 things that are harder to get into than Harvard]. (As Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust once said, "We could fill our class twice over with valedictorians"). businessinsider.com/10-things-that-are-harder-to-get-into-than-harvard-2015-3 .
Yale College Course Selection in Freshman Year. 2013. [http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/course-selection-freshman-year Course Selection in Freshman Year]. New Haven, CT: yalecollege.yale.edu/content/course-selection-freshman-year.
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Ito, Joi. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbqib311QgA Joi Ito's Deep Dive]. Cambridge, MA: MIT Media Lab.
Normandin, Ryan. 2014. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRp3ND-fBNw How to Get into MIT]. Cambridge, MA: Ryan Normandin Youtube channel.
Normandin, Ryan. 2014. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYGLooa3c_4 How to Graduate from MIT]. Cambridge, MA: Ryan Normandin Youtube channel.
That's Why I Chose Yale. 2013. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn3-RW8Ajk That's Why I Chose Yale]. ("An introduction to undergraduate life at Yale College. The project was an independent collaboration between Yale undergraduates and recent alumni working in the admissions office. All filming, editing, and vocal recording was done on Yale's campus exclusively by Yale students. www.yale.edu/admit"). New Haven, CT: Yale Campus Youtube Channel.
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Degreed. 2013. [http://degreed.com/ Degreed Scores Your Lifelong Education]. (Degreed is a free service that scores and validates your lifelong education from both accredited (i.e. Harvard) and non-accredited (i.e. iTunesU, Lynda.com, Khan Academy, etc.) sources). San Francisco: degreed.com.
Redeeming America's Future. 2014. [http://www.redeemingamericaspromise.org/ Redeeming America's Future: A plan to make college tuition free]. Washington state: redeemingamericaspromise.org/ .
Useful Handouts and Study Strategies. 2013. [http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-students Useful Handouts and Study Strategies]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
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Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA). 2013. [http://www.aneca.es/ANECA Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA)]. Madrid, ES: aneca.es/ANECA .
===Select Wikidata Queries===
===Select Wikis===
WikiBase (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client)
WikiData (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata)
===Select Workshops===
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Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
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
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_%26_Used)_at_WUaS
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==WUaS Navigation==
New WUaS in MediaWiki:
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150324001526/http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page
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===Digital and Print course catalog===
Digital course catalog
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing
===Assistive Technologies===
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -
Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
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===Coordinates===
Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS
Geohash keys
... in a virtual world
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
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(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com
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Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
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.
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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
===Linked Open Data===
Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.
===List of Wikipedias===
List of Wikipedias. 2015. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias]. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .
===RSS Feed===
===Save this page for download in the following formats===
atom
GeoJSON
csv.csvm
map.html
csv
xls
rdf
klm
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Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/
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'''Select Translators'''
Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ .
Babylon Online Translation. 2015. [http://translation.babylon.com/ Babylon Online Translation]. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .
Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ .
Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ .
SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ .
Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. [http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products/ Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products]. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .
'''Select Video with Subtitles for Translation'''
Amara.org. 2015. [http://www.amara.org/en/ 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. [https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project 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 .
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===World University and School Licensing===
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity.
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-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications
a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, World University and School b) MIT does not offer credit to WUaS students, and c) All MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu
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WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
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Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
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LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
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LIBRARY TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LIBRARY_TEMPLATE
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MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
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WUaS's Guidestar.org listing -
https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .
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