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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 History course.

History

Add free, open History subjects below.

Courses

Add free, open History subjects	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-433-the-age-of-reason-europe-from-the-17th-to-the-early-19th-centuries-spring-2011/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
America in Depression and War	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-209-america-in-depression-and-war-spring-2012/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Meg Jacobs	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
American Classics	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-105Spring-2006/CourseHome/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Pauline Maier	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
American History to 1865	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-101-american-history-to-1865-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Pauline Maier	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
The American Revolution	http://oyc.yale.edu/history	Yale	non-degree	Professor Joanne Freeman	Browser	The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations -- converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause -- but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war. As John Adams put it, "The Revolution was in the Minds of the people . . . before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington" -- and it continued long past America's victory at Yorktown. This course will examine the Revolution from this broad perspective, tracing the participants' shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers, revolutionaries, and Americans	English	Undergraduate
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/civil-war-and-reconstruction/content/sessions.html	Yale University	non-degree	Professor David Blight	Browser	The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction	English
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts	http://oyc.yale.edu/history	Yale	non-degree	Professor Keith Wrightson	Browser	This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Particular issues addressed in the lectures will include: the changing social structure; households; local communities; gender roles; economic development; urbanization; religious change from the Reformation to the Act of Toleration; the Tudor and Stuart monarchies; rebellion, popular protest and civil war; witchcraft; education, literacy and print culture; crime and the law; poverty and social welfare; the changing structures and dynamics of political participation and the emergence of parliamentary government	English	Undergraduate
The Energy Crisis: Past and Present	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-207-the-energy-crisis-past-and-present-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Meg Jacobs	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Epidemics and Western Society Since 1600	http://oyc.yale.edu/history	Yale	non-degree	Professor Frank Snowden	Browser	This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public health measures; the role of medical ethics; the genre of plague literature; the social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; the rise of the germ theory of disease; the development of tropical medicine; a comparison of the social, cultural, and historical impact of major infectious diseases; and the issue of emerging and re-emerging diseases.	English	Undergraduate
European Civilization, 1648-1945	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/european-civilization-1648-1945/	Yale	non-degree	Professor John Merriman	Browser	Start anytime	English
France, 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Napoleon	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-346-france-1660-1815-enlightenment-revolution-napoleon-spring-2011/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel	Browser		English	Undergraduate
France Since 1871	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/france-since-1871/content/sessions.html	Yale University	non-degree	Professor John Merriman	Browser	emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and the Right to changing French society	English
History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/	MIT	non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate, graduate
History of MIT	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-050-the-history-of-mit-spring-2011/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. David Mindell, Prof. Merritt Roe Smith	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Introduction to Environmental History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-421-introduction-to-environmental-history-spring-2011/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Harriet Ritvo	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Metropolis: History of New York City	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-235-metropolis-history-of-new-york-city-fall-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Craig Wilder	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Nature, Environment, and Empire	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-968j-nature-environment-and-empire-spring-2010/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Harriet Ritvo	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
People and Other Animals	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-909j-people-and-other-animals-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Harriet Ritvo	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate/Graduate
Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-104j-riots-strikes-and-conspiracies-in-american-history-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Pauline Maier, Prof. Robert Fogelson	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Technology in History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/science-technology-and-society/sts-007-technology-in-history-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Rosalind Williams	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Theories and Methods in the Study of History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-991-theories-and-methods-in-the-study-of-history-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
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.

Select Bibliographies

Select Blogs

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.

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

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

Select Book Reviews

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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).

Select News

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Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems

Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.

Select RSS Feeds

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Select References

Guldi, Jo. 2011. deracination: a short history. October 11. Cambridge, MA: landscape.blogspot.com.

Guldi, Jo. 2011. the slow burn of the 99 percent. October 13. Cambridge, MA: landscape.blogspot.com.

Guldi, Jo. 2011. what is being occupied?. October 19. Cambridge, MA: landscape.blogspot.com.

Tabb, William. 2012. Getting Serious About Class Dynamics: Culture, Politics and Class. Summer. New York, NY: New Politics.

Zinn, Howard. People's History of the American People. historyisaweapon.com.

Select Search Engines

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Select Textbooks

Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.

Select Timelines

Select Twitters

Select Video and Audio

Burns, Ken. 2011. Prohibition. PBS.

Duncan, Mike. 2008. The History of Rome Podcast. Learn Out Loud.

Zinn, Howard. 2009. Holy Wars. DemocracyNow.org

Select Video Conferences

Select Websites

Burns, Ken. 2011. Ken Burns. PBS.

Select Wikis

World University and School Links

Film - Documentaries: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Film_-_Documentaries

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

Historical Societies:

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

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

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

WUaS Navigation

Academic Advising at WUaS

Academic Press at World University and School

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

Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

Additional Categories

Admissions at World University and School

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, MIT OCW-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

http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School

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)

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

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

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

Coordinates

... in a virtual world

Credits

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

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?)

MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Tablets

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit

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
(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

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/

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

Item Number

Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system

Labels

Learning Networking

Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.

Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/

Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool

Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).

Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google Profiles 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

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

World University & School subject group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

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

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://l.anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin

Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/

World University and School Licensing

World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity, as of 2011.

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 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ .

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
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Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
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Thank you!