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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 Energy Courses course.

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  • Add free, open Energy Courses courses below.

Courses Edit

Add free, open Energy Courses courses Web Site Organization (if any) Degree / Non-degree Instructor's Name Location Other Info Language Tags
Electrochemical Energy Systems http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemical-engineering/10-626-electrochemical-energy-systems-spring-2011/ MIT non-degree Prof. Martin Bazant Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate / Graduate, Chemical Engineering
Energy Courses http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/energy-courses/ MIT non-degree Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate / Graduate
Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-031j-energy-decisions-markets-and-policies-spring-2012/index.htm MIT non-degree Prof. Richard Schmalensee Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Fueling Sustainability: Engineering Microbial Systems for Biofuel Production http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-347-fueling-sustainability-engineering-microbial-systems-for-biofuel-production-spring-2011/ MIT non-degree Dr. Michelle O'Malley Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate, Biology
Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-60-fundamentals-of-advanced-energy-conversion-spring-2004/ MIT non-degree Prof. Jefferson W. Tester, Prof. Mujid S. Kazimi, Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, Prof. Ahmed F. Ghoniem Browser Start anytime English
Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/4-42j-fundamentals-of-energy-in-buildings-fall-2008/ MIT non-degree Prof. Leon Glicksman Browser Start anytime English undergraduate
Infrastructure and Energy Technology Challenges http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-165-infrastructure-and-energy-technology-challenges-fall-2011/ MIT non-degree Prof. Karen R. Polenske, Prof. Apiwat Ratanawaraha Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate / Graduate
Sustainable Energy http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemical-engineering/10-391j-sustainable-energy-spring-2005/ MIT non-degree Dr. Elisabeth Drake, Prof. Jefferson W. Tester, Prof. Michael Golay Browser Start anytime English Graduate
Course's Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English






WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources Edit

Ideas Edit

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).


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Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

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


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(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).


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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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Abate, Tom. 2013. Stanford Engineering Hero William J. Perry looks ahead to North American energy independence and back at a career In national defense: A professor emeritus of Management Science and Engineering, Perry has advised presidents, served as Secretary of Defense and dismantled nuclear weapons. Stanford, CA: Stanford Engineering.

THE BIG IDEAS THAT WILL CHANGE ENERGY. 2014. THE BIG IDEAS THAT WILL CHANGE ENERGY. July 14. Cambridge, MA: spectrum.mit.edu/continuum/the-big-ideas-that-will-change-energy.

Bornstein, David. 2013. Crowdfunding Clean Energy. March 6. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Can the Cost of Solar in the U.S. Compete with Germany?. 2013. Can the Cost of Solar in the U.S. Compete with Germany? RMI’s new report with Georgia Tech details U.S. installation cost reduction opportunities. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

cartechboy. 2014. Will Electric Cars and Solar Power Make Gasoline and Utilities Obsolete?. January 23. hardware.slashdot.org.

Cole, Rebecca. 2012. A Renewable and Resilient Electricity System. October 15. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Halber, Deborah. 2014. SEDUCTIVE SPACES, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. Cambridge, MA: spectrum.mit.edu.

Hansen, Lena. 2012. Introducing the Electricity Innovation Lab. June 25. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Hansen, Lena. 2012. How Your Company Can Benefit From the Evolution of Energy. March 16. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Hedges, Thomas. 2012. How Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy. Nov 15. Center for Study of Responsive Law. TruthDig.

Hodges, Tina. 2009. Public Transportation’s Role in Responding to Climate Change. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation.

Johnston, John. 2013. Germany Reaches 59% Renewable Energy Peak, Power Grid Doesn’t Blow Up. October 30. the9billion.com.

Krivonen, Marci. 2013. Banana Farm in the Mountains a Model of Energy Efficiency. ("There’s a house in Old Snowmass unlike any other home in the Roaring Fork Valley, or in the world for that matter. The home Amory Lovins shares with his wife doesn’t have a furnace and it creates more energy than it uses"). March 25. Aspen, CO: aspenpublicradio.org.

Newcomb, James. 2012. Mind the Gap: Backfilling Nuclear Shutdowns with Efficiency and Renewables in Japan, Germany, and California?. April 23. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

nmpost. 2012. U.S. Gas Prices Continue To Fall. June 23. news.slashdot.org.

Spark: Top 10 Clean Energy Developments of 2013. 2014. Spark: Top 10 Clean Energy Developments of 2013. (Top 10 Clean Energy Developments of 2013; A Multi-Pronged Approach To Building Efficiency (Part 3); A High-Renewables Tomorrow, Today: Varese Ligure, Italy). Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.


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Cole, Rebecca. 2012. Video: Reinventing Fire in Our Electricity System. November 5. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

eLab: Creating a Resilient Electricity System. eLab: Creating a Resilient Electricity System—Watch the Video of the Google Hangout. October 17. CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.

Rocky Mountain Institute Video. 2012. Rocky Mountain Institute Video. YouTube.com

The Oil Drum: Discussions about Energy and our Future. 2011. The Oil Drum: Discussions about Energy and our Future. http://www.theoildrum.com/

Vaughn, Kelly. 2012. Six Critical Levers to Transform our Energy Future (Video). November 6. CO: Rocky Mountain Institute.


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Subjects' Social Networking Sites Edit

Tutoring Edit

Wikimedia Commons Edit

Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikipedia Edit

Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/


Wikiquotes Edit

Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikisource Edit

Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikivoyage Edit

Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/


World University and School Links Edit

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

Battery Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Battery_Technologies

Building Green Houses and Dwellings: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Building_Green_Houses_and_Dwellings

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

Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicles

Energy Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Courses

Energy Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Technologies

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

Geothermal Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Geothermal_Energy

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

Nuclear Science and Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nuclear_Science_and_Engineering

Ocean and Climate Change Management Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ocean_%26_Climate_Management_Plan

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

Solar Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Energy

Solar Vehicle: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Vehicle

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

Wind Energy: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Energy







WUaS Navigation Edit

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.


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

... 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 frequency


Broadcast to TV


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:


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 (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-instating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of September 2013, effective 2010.

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-ShareAlike 3.0 International (CC BY-SA 3.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ .

The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.





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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://worldunivephrsity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE


Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers


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