Master Plan
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
Year 2010
"All Ways Free" to students. Budget for this in perpetuity (perhaps like Tokyo University and Scandnavian companies). World University and School, like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware, is an open, free, digital
Technologies:
Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all languages. Anyone may teach to their web camera.
Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).
Translation between all languages. Using Google Wave translation? Wiki Language additions?
Outputs:
Laptop -
One Laptop per Child size screen, capable of virtual worlds like Second Life , a`nd all related technologies as they develop
Mobile - handheld size screen, roughly 2 x 3 inches
NY Times mobile format?
Engage new technological developments robustly, as they emerge.
Budget robustly for technological innovation and experimentation.
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Start World University & School, as a nonprofit corporation in California
Engage General Manager and Head Fundraiser interns
hire 2-10 interns this year
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Build community of Universitians - like Wikipedians - who contribute richly idea-wise to WUaS (e.g. students, worldwide, at great universities - Cal, Stanford, MIT, Ivy Leagues, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc. as one group of such folks?; Quakers as another group?; Bohemians as another?; Peace community as another?)
get One Laptop per Child Languages working with at least 4 subjects (1 intern)
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Year 2011
Plan for mobile video capable device acquisitions, like OLPC handhelds with video, for OLPC countries, to complement OLPC areas, and to reach out to other populations.
Server farms
Unique WUaS video publishing (e.g. WUaS's own open, free Ustream or Youtube) for some teaching and learning material.
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Year 2012
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Year 2013
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Year 2014
Begin degree granting process - Ph.D., M.D. Music Degrees
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Accept first Ph.D. students
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1st year of credit and degree granting
First groups of students matriculate (in partnership with great Universities? All online)
toward the following degrees Bachelor degrees (in 4 different disciplines) Ph.D. (in 4 different disciplines) M.D. (4 students) Music School (4 instruments, or areas, composition, theory, etc.)
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Year 2015
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2nd year for these 16 students
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Year 2016
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3rd year for these 16 students
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Year 2017
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Medical students (and Music School? students) graduate - first Medical Degrees and Music Degrees at WUaS
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4th year of credit and degree granting
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Year 2018
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Undergraduate students (and Music School? students) graduate - first 4 Bachelor degrees
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5th year of credit and degree granting
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Year 2019
5th year of credit and degree granting
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