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===Ideas=== |
===Ideas=== |
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This is the beginning of the Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School. |
This is the beginning of the Bookstore / Computer Store / Robotics' Store & Hospital Technologies' Distribution Centers (New & Used) at World University and School. |
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The online World University and School bookstore is planning to be in the 6 United Nations' languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the I.B. and bachelor degrees, to start, and perhaps eventually on the ground, as bookstore/computer store / informal student center / and possibly also as wired classroom for 40 people, in a nice neighborhood, perhaps near a Quaker Meeting, and in a major city (with a culture of learning?) of that language: Arabic -Tehran/Riyadh/Dubai? Chinese (Mandarin) - Beijing, English - London/Cambridge, French-Paris, Russian-Moscow/St. Petersburg, Spanish-Madrid? |
The online World University and School bookstore is planning to be in the 6 United Nations' languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the I.B. and bachelor degrees, to start, and perhaps eventually on the ground, as bookstore/computer store / informal student center / and possibly also as wired classroom for 40 people, in a nice neighborhood, perhaps near a Quaker Meeting, and in a major city (with a culture of learning?) of that language: Arabic -Tehran/Riyadh/Dubai? Chinese (Mandarin) - Beijing, English - London/Cambridge, French-Paris, Russian-Moscow/St. Petersburg, Spanish-Madrid? |
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The online WUaS bookstore / computer store will carry textbooks, books and other resources for MIT OCW and Yale OYC courses with video, as well as eventually computers. |
The online WUaS bookstore / computer store will carry textbooks, books and other resources for MIT OCW and Yale OYC courses with video, as well as eventually computers. |
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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project. |
Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project. |
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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 http://www.academia.edu). |
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===Select Books=== |
===Select Books=== |
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Add an ISBN. |
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks |
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<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''<nowiki>Select Chapters'</nowiki>''' |
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===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject=== |
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===Select Channels=== |
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===Select Databases=== |
===Select Databases=== |
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===Select Facts=== |
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===Select Films=== |
===Select Films=== |
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===Select Film Reviews=== |
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===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues=== |
===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues=== |
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Reed College Alumni. 2015. [https://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&item=5968008557642215425&type=member&gid=59769&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-group_discussions-2-grouppost-disc-0&midToken=AQHBPZDhU4RywA&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3cd9vi0x8a-mA1 Reed College Alumni: Amazon Makes a Push on College Campuses]. inkedin.com/groupItem?view=&item=5968008557642215425&type=member&gid=59769&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-group_discussions-2-grouppost-disc-0&midToken=AQHBPZDhU4RywA&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3cd9vi0x8a-mA1 . |
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===Select Images, Infographics, etc.=== |
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===Select Maps=== |
===Select Maps=== |
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===Select Multimedia=== |
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(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums). |
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums). |
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===Select Newspapers, News=== |
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===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.=== |
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.=== |
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===Select RSS Feeds=== |
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===Select References=== |
===Select References=== |
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Bensinger, Greg. 2015. [http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-makes-a-push-on-college-campuses-1422825521 Amazon Makes a Push on College Campuses: Co-Branded Websites Created for Purdue, UMass Amherst, and UC Davis]. February 1. wsj.com/articles/amazon-makes-a-push-on-college-campuses-1422825521 . |
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Manjoo, Farhad. 2014. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/technology/personaltech/amazon-not-as-unstoppable-as-it-may-appear.html Amazon Not as Unstoppable as It Might Appear]. December 17. New York, NY: nytimes.com/2014/12/18/technology/personaltech/amazon-not-as-unstoppable-as-it-may-appear.html . |
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===Select RSS Feeds=== |
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Menand, Louis. 2011. [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2011/06/06/110606crat_atlarge_menand LIVE AND LEARN: Why we have college]. JUNE 6. New York, NY: The New Yorker. |
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Udell, Jon. 2013. [http://blog.jonudell.net/2013/01/08/calendar-feeds-are-a-best-practice-for-bookstores/ Calendar feeds are a best practice for bookstores]. January 8. blog.jonudell.net. |
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===Select Reviews=== |
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===Select Search Engines=== |
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===Select Textbooks=== |
===Select Textbooks=== |
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===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.=== |
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===Select Timelines=== |
===Select Timelines=== |
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===Select Twitters=== |
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===Select Video and Audio=== |
===Select Video and Audio=== |
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===Select Video Conferences=== |
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme |
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme |
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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 |
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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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Digital and Print catalog |
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===Assistive Technologies=== |
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WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar - |
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Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies |
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Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS |
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS |
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with educational electronics, as well; |
with educational electronics, as well; |
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with musical instruments; |
with musical instruments; |
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value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; |
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; |
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available via mail and electronically; |
available via mail and electronically; |
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===Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)=== |
===Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)=== |
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Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ |
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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/ . |
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/ . |
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===Coordinates=== |
===Coordinates=== |
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Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS |
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Geohash keys |
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... in a virtual world |
... in a virtual world |
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Broadcast to radio |
Broadcast to radio frequencies |
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Broadcast to TV |
Broadcast to TV / television |
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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?) |
Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?) |
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Google Glass |
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MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/ |
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/ |
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Oculus Rift |
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===Free Degrees / Credit=== |
===Free Degrees / Credit=== |
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MIT OCW Audio Video Courses: |
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http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/ |
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Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School |
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School |
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme |
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme |
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===In Virtual World=== |
===In Virtual World=== |
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(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds) |
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Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/ |
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3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/ |
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Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com |
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Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/ |
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Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice |
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Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net |
Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net |
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Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/ |
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Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html |
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ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010 |
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Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/ |
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Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/ |
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OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide) |
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide) |
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Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet |
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/ |
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Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/ |
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/ |
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Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php |
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Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI). |
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Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI). |
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ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat. |
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SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/ |
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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. |
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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SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/ |
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Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/ |
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There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/ |
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Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar |
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Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/ |
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WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/ |
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World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage |
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Travel to this virtual island to learn building: |
Travel to this virtual island to learn building: |
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===Item Number=== |
===Item Number=== |
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Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system |
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===Learning Networking=== |
===Learning Networking=== |
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Teach and Learn using free Social |
Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning .... |
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About Me - World University and School - |
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http://about.me |
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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived'). |
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Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool |
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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived). |
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Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com |
Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/ |
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Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts |
Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts |
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School |
LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337 |
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Quora - http://www.quora.com/ |
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Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ |
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World University |
Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/ |
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World University & School 'subject page' group |
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===RSS Feed=== |
===RSS Feed=== |
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===Tutoring=== |
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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web: |
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web: |
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Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com |
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Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts |
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Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv |
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv |
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Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com |
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''Free video conferencing'' |
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iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html |
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Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail |
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Skype - http://www.skype.com/ |
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''Free, group video conferencing'' |
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AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/ |
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Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/ |
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Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection |
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ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx |
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Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com |
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sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/ |
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Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok |
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Vyew - http://vyew.com/ |
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Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/ |
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Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/ |
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http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator |
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Google Translate language: |
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Sugar Labs: Translation System language: |
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=== Wiki Software for Courses === |
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Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki |
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'''Select Translators''' |
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Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ . |
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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/ |
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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/ . |
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Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ . |
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/ |
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Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ . |
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SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ . |
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Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia |
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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/ . |
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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/ |
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===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School=== |
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[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]] |
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===World University and School Licensing=== |
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=== Wiki Software for Courses === |
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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. |
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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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Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki |
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All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ . |
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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/ |
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/ |
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Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia |
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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/ |
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===Wikidata / Bots === |
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http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots |
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===World University and School Licensing=== |
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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. |
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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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All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ . |
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Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities |
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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation |
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation |
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LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE |
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE |
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Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers |
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers |
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 16 December 2023
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
- Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS
WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources[edit]
Ideas[edit]
This is the beginning of the Bookstore / Computer Store / Robotics' Store & Hospital Technologies' Distribution Centers (New & Used) at World University and School.
The online World University and School bookstore is planning to be in the 6 United Nations' languages plus Portuguese, a lingua franca for a significant part of Africa, for the I.B. and bachelor degrees, to start, and perhaps eventually on the ground, as bookstore/computer store / informal student center / and possibly also as wired classroom for 40 people, in a nice neighborhood, perhaps near a Quaker Meeting, and in a major city (with a culture of learning?) of that language: Arabic -Tehran/Riyadh/Dubai? Chinese (Mandarin) - Beijing, English - London/Cambridge, French-Paris, Russian-Moscow/St. Petersburg, Spanish-Madrid?
The online WUaS bookstore / computer store will carry textbooks, books and other resources for MIT OCW and Yale OYC courses with video, as well as eventually computers.
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 http://www.academia.edu).
Select Bibliographies[edit]
Select Blogs[edit]
Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.[edit]
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
Select Book Reviews[edit]
Select Books[edit]
Add an ISBN.
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks
'Select Chapters'
Select Calendars for Events in this Subject[edit]
Select Channels[edit]
Select Communities, Email lists, etc.[edit]
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).
Select Conferences Online[edit]
Select Databases[edit]
Select Facts[edit]
Select Films[edit]
Select Film Reviews[edit]
Select Forums, Spaces, etc.[edit]
Select Funding Sources[edit]
Select Humor[edit]
Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues[edit]
Reed College Alumni. 2015. Reed College Alumni: Amazon Makes a Push on College Campuses. inkedin.com/groupItem?view=&item=5968008557642215425&type=member&gid=59769&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_weekly-group_discussions-2-grouppost-disc-0&midToken=AQHBPZDhU4RywA&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=3cd9vi0x8a-mA1 .
Select Images, Infographics, etc.[edit]
Select Institutes, etc.[edit]
Select Interviews[edit]
Select Journals, Serials, etc.[edit]
Select Labs[edit]
Select Lectures[edit]
Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.[edit]
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
Select Maps[edit]
Select Multimedia[edit]
Select Museums[edit]
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
Select Newspapers, News[edit]
Select Office Hours[edit]
Select Photos[edit]
Select Programs, Applications, Software[edit]
Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems[edit]
Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.[edit]
Select RSS Feeds[edit]
Select Recordings[edit]
Select References[edit]
Bensinger, Greg. 2015. Amazon Makes a Push on College Campuses: Co-Branded Websites Created for Purdue, UMass Amherst, and UC Davis. February 1. wsj.com/articles/amazon-makes-a-push-on-college-campuses-1422825521 .
Manjoo, Farhad. 2014. Amazon Not as Unstoppable as It Might Appear. December 17. New York, NY: nytimes.com/2014/12/18/technology/personaltech/amazon-not-as-unstoppable-as-it-may-appear.html .
Menand, Louis. 2011. LIVE AND LEARN: Why we have college. JUNE 6. New York, NY: The New Yorker.
Udell, Jon. 2013. Calendar feeds are a best practice for bookstores. January 8. blog.jonudell.net.
Select Reviews[edit]
Select Search Engines[edit]
Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations[edit]
Select Slideshows[edit]
Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.[edit]
Select Study Guides[edit]
Select Syllabi[edit]
Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information[edit]
Select Tests, Exams, etc.[edit]
Select Textbooks[edit]
Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.[edit]
Select Timelines[edit]
Select Twitters[edit]
Select Video and Audio[edit]
Select Video Conferences[edit]
Select Websites[edit]
Select Wikis[edit]
World University and School Links[edit]
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_%26_Used)_at_WUaS
The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School
Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning
Honor Principle at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Honor_Principle_at_World_University
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
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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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 catalog
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
Publish to DVD
Recommend
Send to phone
Tablets
Translate
Videophone
Free Degrees / Credit[edit]
MIT OCW Audio Video Courses: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/
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 Earth[edit]
Google Earth.
In Virtual World[edit]
(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
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
Bar code
Labels[edit]
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
Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/
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
LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
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/
RSS Feed[edit]
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
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/ .
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
World University and School Licensing[edit]
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 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ .
WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages
Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources
Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States
You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University
Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums
Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research
Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
WUaS's Guidestar.org listing - https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .
Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
http://worlduniversityandschool.org
Thank you!