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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 Assistive Technologies course.

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Add free, open Assistive Technologies courses below.

Courses[edit]

Add free, open Assistive Technologies courses	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Autism Theory and Technology	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-962-autism-theory-and-technology-spring-2007/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Cynthia Breazeal, Dr. Rana el Kaliouby, Prof. Rosalind W. Picard, Prof. Sherry Turkle	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology: A Problem-Based Learning Experiment	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-693-gender-race-and-the-complexities-of-science-and-technology-a-problem-based-learning-experiment-spring-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Peter Taylor, Prof. Anne Fausto-Sterling	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
Perspectives in Assistive Technology	http://engr110.stanford.edu	Stanford	non-degree	David L. Jaffe	Browser	Stanford's Assistive Technology course explores the design, development, and use of technology that benefits people with disabilities and older adults	English	Undergraduate
Relational Machines	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/media-arts-and-sciences/mas-965-relational-machines-spring-2005/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Cynthia Breazeal	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources[edit]

Ideas[edit]

Develop a web html Validator for assistive technologies at the W3 - like this one: http://validator.w3.org/.

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject[edit]

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

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

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ADDING OR IMPROVING A LANGUAGE. 2011. http://espeak.sourceforge.net/add_language.html (I believe it uses eSpeak as its voice engine. That project's site has a page on adding languages). SourceForge.

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA). 2011. Welcome to the Home of NVDA. (free, open source screen reader for Windows). NVDA.

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Au, Wagner James. 2013. Woman with Parkinson's Reports Significant Physical Recovery After Using Second Life - Academics Researching. February 7. New World Notes.

Avotcja. 2015. Send Avotcja to Nicaragua for the Poetry Festival. Oakland, CA: indiegogo.com/projects/send-avotcja-to-nicaragua-for-the-poetry-festival .

Barence. 2012. Adjusting Your PC Set-Up To Cope With Sudden Sight Loss. June 14. hardware.slashdot.org.

Boss, Suzie. 2012. Accessible Images: An open source web application draws on the wisdom of the crowds to give the blind access to images. Fall. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.

FCC Honors Innovators in Accessibility Communications Technologies. 2012. FCC Honors Innovators in Accessibility Communications Technologies. Washington DC: fcc.gov.

Lardinois, Frederic. 2013. Google Launches Sign Language Interpreter App For Hangouts, Adds Accessibility Features To Gmail, Drive And Chrome. March 1. techcrunch.com.

Parker, Robert. 2012. Yale journeys, Yale epiphanies. May 28. Los Angeles, CA: giftsofms.blogspot.com.

Shivetya. 2012. ADA May Force Netflix To Provide Closed Captioning On Content. June 26. yro.slashdot.org.

Thomason, Andy. 2015. edX Settles With Justice Dept. Over Disability-Law Compliance. April 2. chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/edx-settles-with-justice-dept-over-disability-compliance/96609 .

hypnosec. 2012. Georgie: Smartphone For the Blind and Visually Impaired. July 15. hardware.slashdot.org.

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Brewer, Judy. 2011. http://www.w3.org/People/Brewer/.

Gentle Heron in Second Life.

Hourcade, Juan Pablo. 2013. Juan Pablo Hourcade. homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~hourcade/research.html.

Lazar, Jonathan. 2011. http://triton.towson.edu/%7Ejlazar/.

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3D-Printed Exoskeleton for Children. 2013. 3D-Printed Exoskeleton for Children. Youtube.com.

Evans, Henry and Chad Jenkins. 2013. Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity. Los Altos, CA: TEDxMidAtlantic.

Herr, Hugh. 2013. DLD13 - Extreme Bionics. DLDConference.

Lazar, Jonathan. 2011. Preventing Societal Discrimination: Accessible Web Design for People with Disabilities. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Nicolelis, Miquel. 2013. Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really. TEDMED 2012.

Tek Robotic Mobilization Device. 2013. Robotic Mobilization Device. (see: wimp.com/newdevice/ and http://tekrmd.com/ and http://www.matiarobotics.com/). tekrmd.com/.

In German

German TV Live Show featuring LOGIN2LIFE. 2011. ON3 Südwild TV SHOW featuring LOGIN2LIFE. (http://on3.de/element/11928/on3-suedwild-vom-18-bis-21-oktober-2011-graz#/element/12006/on3-suedwild-aus-graz-die-sendung-vom-freitag). ON3 Südwild.

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Thatcher, Jim. 2011. Side by Side WCAG vs. 508. (The intention here is to compare the Priority 1 Web Content Accessibility checkpoints with the Section 508 Web Accessibility standards). jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm.

Thatcher, Jim. 2009. Skip Navigation Links (Updated 6/19/2009). jimthatcher.com/skipnav.htm.

W3 Markup Validation Service. 2011. W3 Markup Validation Service. (This validator checks the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc. If you wish to validate specific content such as RSS/Atom feeds or CSS stylesheets, MobileOK content, or to find broken links, there are other validators and tools available). validator.w3.org/.

WebAIM. 2011. WebAIM. webaim.org/.

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WUaS Navigation[edit]

New WUaS in MediaWiki: http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page

Academic Advising at WUaS[edit]

Academic Press at World University and School[edit]

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[edit]

Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

Additional Categories[edit]

Admissions at World University and School[edit]

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 course catalog[edit]

Digital course catalog

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing

Assistive Technologies[edit]

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 School[edit]

http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School[edit]

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/ .

Careers[edit]

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[edit]

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

Coordinates[edit]

Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS

Geohash keys

... in a virtual world

Credits[edit]

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 Do[edit]

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 / Credit[edit]

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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[edit]

Google Earth.

In Virtual World[edit]

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

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).

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

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

Item Number[edit]

Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system

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Learning Networking[edit]

Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....

About Me - World University and School - http://about.me

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Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').

Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool

Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts

Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School

Like

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Quora - http://www.quora.com/

Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/

Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/

Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool

Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/

World University & School 'subject page' group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

Linked Open Data[edit]

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

List of Wikipedias[edit]

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

RSS Feed[edit]

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GeoJSON

csv.csvm

map.html

csv

xls

rdf

klm

TV-Live Broadcasting[edit]

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 Communication[edit]

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 WUaS[edit]

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 School[edit]

The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS

Wiki Software for Courses[edit]

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 / Bots[edit]

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

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