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Hardesty, Larry. 2013. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/automatically-grading-programming-homework-0603.html Automatically grading programming homework: Software that identifies errors in students’ programs — however idiosyncratic their approaches — could be a boon for online learning]. June 3. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.
Hardesty, Larry. 2013. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/automatically-grading-programming-homework-0603.html Automatically grading programming homework: Software that identifies errors in students’ programs — however idiosyncratic their approaches — could be a boon for online learning]. June 3. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu.


Knight, Will. 2013. [http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516606/facial-analysis-software-spots-struggling-students/ Facial Analysis Software Spots Struggling Students: A computer can learn to recognize, and respond intelligently to, users’ emotional state.]. July 1. Cambridge, MA: MIT technologyreview.com.
Knight, Will. 2013. [http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516606/facial-analysis-software-spots-struggling-students/ Facial Analysis Software Spots Struggling Students: A computer can learn to recognize, and respond intelligently to, users’ emotional state.]. July 1. Cambridge, MA: MIT technologyreview.com.


Macleod, Scott. 2013. [http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/06/arakan-forest-turtle-new-assessment-and.html New, 'Assessment and Grading at WUaS as Part of Conversation in Learning,' wiki, Subject page at WUaS, WUaS plans to build on student assessment and grading practices at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, Reed College, Haverford and Swarthmore, and online successes, particularly Udacity (http://blog.udacity.com/), etc., especially in terms of learning as conversation]. June 4. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com.
Macleod, Scott. 2013. [http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/06/arakan-forest-turtle-new-assessment-and.html New, 'Assessment and Grading at WUaS as Part of Conversation in Learning,' wiki, Subject page at WUaS, WUaS plans to build on student assessment and grading practices at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, Reed College, Haverford and Swarthmore, and online successes, particularly Udacity (http://blog.udacity.com/), etc., especially in terms of learning as conversation]. June 4. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com.
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===Subjects' Social Networking Sites===
===Subjects' Social Networking Sites===


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


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

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

Inspiration in learning and teaching: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Inspiration_in_learning_and_teaching

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

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

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




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World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-applying for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of August 2013.


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.
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.