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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 Astronomy course.

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Add free, open Astronomy subjects below.

Courses

Add free, open Astronomy courses	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics	http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/content/class-sessions	Yale University	non-degree	Professor Charles Bailyn	Browser	3 particularly interesting areas of astronomy: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy	English
Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-409-hands-on-astronomy-observing-stars-and-planets-spring-2002/	MIT	non-degree	James Elliot	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Introduction to Astronomy	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-282j-introduction-to-astronomy-spring-2006/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Saul Rappaport	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject

Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

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

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(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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Select Programs, Applications, Software

Matussek, Dirk. 2010. Your night sky map in the internet AstroViewer.

Sawicki, Alan. 2010. ASTRONOMY - FREE SOFTWARE.

Worldwide Telescope. 2010. Worldwide Telescope. (Enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Research.

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Select References

gerddie. 2011. Astronomers Find Largest Known Extraterrestrial Water Reserve. July 23. science.slashdot.org

Hipschman, Ron. 2012. How to View an Eclipse. San Francisco, CA: Exploratorium.

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Doherty, Paul. 2012. Dark Matter. (a talk given on February 11, 2012 by Paul Doherty, Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, also known as Patio Plasma in SL, and director of The Splo Museum (in SL). A brief overview of what we know about dark matter, some history of when the idea arose, and current experiments designed to detect or otherwise figure out what dark matter is. "I gave a lecture this morning in the virtual world of Second Life for the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics on Dark Matter. I used images as well as constructing 3D interactive objects. At the beginning of the presentation I am referring to 3 boxlike objects one black representing dust in visible light, one red representing dust glowing in the infrared. And one transparent representing Dark Matter, which is't actually dark, it is transparent. I'll upload an image of the boxes.") San Francisco, CA: The Exploratorium.

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

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

WUaS Navigation

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Academic Press at World University and School

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Additional Categories

with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;

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Digital To Do

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In Google Earth

Google Earth.

In Virtual World

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

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

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

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

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. unity3d.com/

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Tutoring

TV-Live Broadcasting

Broadcast to television

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

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

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

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Universal Translator at WUaS

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

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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/

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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.

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