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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 |
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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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Acuña, Rodolfo. 1970. Occupied America: the Chicano's struggle toward liberation. Canfield Press.
Bok, Derek. 2003. Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Unviersity Press.
Freire, Paulo, and Myra Bergman Ramos (trans.). 1970. The Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York, NY: Continuum International.
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.
Harvard Gazette. 2011. Record applications to Harvard College: Nearly 35,000 seek admission to Class of '15. January 14. 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.
Lacey, Marc. 2011. Rift in Arizona as Latino Class Is Found Illegal. January 7. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Lifshits, Yury. 2011. 100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education. January 7. Mashable.com
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.
Miyagawa, Shigeru. 2010. MIT OpenCourseWare: A Decade of Global Benefit. Vol. XXIII No. 1. September / October 2010. Cambridge, MA: web.mit.edu
Ramirez, Gerardo and Sian L. Beilock. 2011. Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom. 14 January Vol. 331 no. 6014 pp. 211-213. Science.
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.
Wall, Mike. 2010. Far-flung movies may inspire future scientists: Movies can influence young people with open, malleable minds. December 28. msnbc.msn.com.
Young, T.R. 1998. Interactively Rich and Informationally Diverse Techniques. The Red Feather Institute.
Grades
Lewin, Tamar. 2010. A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean. New York, NY: The New York Times.
Lewis, Harry. 2010. Can Grades Be Controlled in a "Fair" Way?. (Former Dean of Harvard College). December 26. Cambridge, MA: harry-lewis.blogspot.com
Lewis, Harry. 2003. October 30, 2003: Grades. October 30. Cambridge, MA: people.seas.harvard.edu
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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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MIT> 2011. MIT + 150.
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World University and School Links
Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
One Laptop per Child: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT
Theories of Learning subject: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning
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