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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

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Courses

Add free, open Education courses	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Economics of Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-126j-economics-of-education-spring-2007/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Frank Levy	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate/graduate
Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-125-introduction-to-education-understanding-and-evaluating-education-spring-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Eric Klopfer	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Learning Seminar: Experiments in Education	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-291-learning-seminar-experiments-in-education-spring-2003/	MIT	non-degree	James Rising	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences I	http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details_new.php?seriesid=2008-D-24232&semesterid=2008-D	UC Berkeley	non-degree	Instructor Mark WILSON	Browser	Start anytime	English
Media Education and the Marketplace	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-034-media-education-and-the-marketplace-fall-2005/	MIT	non-degree	Mr. Manish Gaudi, Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook. (Henry David Thoreau - Undated entry) (http://hdt.typepad.com/henrys_blog/2010/11/november-3-1850.html)

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Bok, Derek. 2003. Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Unviersity Press.

Illich, Ivan 1971. Deschooling Society. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.

Illich, Ivan 1973. Tools for Conviviality. (http://www.scytheconnection.com/adp/convivNote.html). New York, NY: Harper and Row.

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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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Brown, Jerry. 2010. State of California's Education Platform. Oakland, CA: jerrybrown.org

Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology. 2007. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

Friedman, Tom. 2010. Steal this Movie, Too. August 24. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Friedman, Tom. 2010. We’re No. 1(1)!. September 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Guttenplan, D.D. 2010. For Exposure, Universities Put Courses on the Web. November 1. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Harvard Gazette. 2010. Like-minded: Reform advocates Rhee, Bush, Podesta talk politics of education. November 18. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Gazette.

Hofstadter, Richard. 1966. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. New York, NY: Vintage Press.

Jacobs, Andrew. 2010. China’s Army of Graduates Is Struggling. December 11. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Mankiw, Greg. 2010. A Course Load for the Game of Life. September 4. New York, NY: The New York Times.

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Why top students don’t want to teach. December. mckinseyquarterly.com/newsletters/chartfocus

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching--full report. September.

McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching--47-page appendix including charts on U.S. and international systems. September.

Richtel, Matt. 2010. Growing Up Digital, Wired For Distraction. November 21. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee. 2010. Rising Above the Gathering Storm Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

Young, T.R. 1998. Interactively Rich and Informationally Diverse Techniques. The Red Feather Institute.

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Nesson, Charles, and David Weinberger (interviewer). 2010. The University in Cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: MediaBerkman.

Spitzer, Manfred. 2010. Mediathek: Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Spitzer in Oldenburg. Oldenburg, Germany: OldenburgEins

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World University and School Links

World University and School's Theories of Learning subject: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning

WUaS Navigation

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 McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. [http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/newsletters/chartfocus/2010_12.htm Why top students don’t want to teach]. December. mckinseyquarterly.com/newsletters/chartfocus
-McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. [http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Social_Sector/our_practices/Education/Knowledge_Highlights/~/media/Reports/SSO/Closing_the_talent_gap.ashx Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching]. September.
+McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. [http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Social_Sector/our_practices/Education/Knowledge_Highlights/~/media/Reports/SSO/Closing_the_talent_gap.ashx Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching]--full report. September.
+McKinsey Quarterly. 2010. [http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Social_Sector/our_practices/Education/Knowledge_Highlights/~/media/Reports/SSO/Closing_talent_gap_appendix.ashx Closing the talent gap: Attracting and retaining top third graduates to a career in teaching]--47-page appendix including charts on U.S. and international systems. September.
 Richtel, Matt. 2010. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html?_r=1&ref=technology&pagewanted=all Growing Up Digital, Wired For Distraction]. November 21. New York, NY: The New York Times.