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Flipping the classroom. 2011. [http://www.economist.com/node/21529062 Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at last be bearing fruit]. Sep 17th LOS ALTOS, CA: The Economist.
Flipping the classroom. 2011. [http://www.economist.com/node/21529062 Flipping the classroom: Hopes that the internet can improve teaching may at last be bearing fruit]. Sep 17th LOS ALTOS, CA: The Economist.


Kolowich, Steve. 2013. [http://chronicle.com/article/A-Universitys-Offer-of-Credit/140131/ A University's Offer of Credit for a MOOC Gets No Takers]. July 8. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Kolowich, Steve. 2013. [http://chronicle.com/article/A-Universitys-Offer-of-Credit/140131/ A University's Offer of Credit for a MOOC Gets No Takers]. July 8. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Meyer, Robinson. 2013. [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/the-post-lecture-classroom-how-will-students-fare/279663/ The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? A new study finds moderate student gains in courses where lectures take place at home and "homework" happens in the classroom]. Sep 13. The Atlantic.


New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning. 2012. [http://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/new-learning-lab-will-research-develop-games-engage-students-measure-learning/ New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning]. June 28. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.
New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning. 2012. [http://www.macfound.org/press/from-field/new-learning-lab-will-research-develop-games-engage-students-measure-learning/ New Learning Lab Will Research, Develop Games to Engage Students, Measure Learning]. June 28. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.
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Theories of Learning subject: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning
Theories of Learning subject: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Theories_of_Learning







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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/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.
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.




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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 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.
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.