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[[Image:AphiloWorldUniversitySchool5Sep07.jpg|200px|thumb|left|World University and School {in a virtual world}]]
 
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<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big><br />
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
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Multilingual University & School
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where anyone can teach or take a class or course
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| A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
| Sinhala basic course
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-040-a-passage-to-india-introduction-to-modern-indian-culture-and-society-spring-2012/
| http://www.fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=Sinhala
| MIT OCW
| USA Foreign Service Institute (FSI)
| non-degree
| Prof. Sunil H. Sharma
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| Start anytime
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| Audio/Video Lectures at MIT OpenCourseWare
| Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture
| http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreignaudio-languagesvideo-and-literatures/21f-041-topics-in-south-asian-literature-and-culture-fall-2004courses/
| MIT
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| Prof. Arundhati Banerjee
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| WUaS is accrediting for bachelor and Ph.D. degree programs on Audio/Video Lectures at MIT OpenCourseWare.
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| MIT OCW
| http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
| MIT
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| MIT OCW Translated Courses
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===Ideas===
 
This Sinhala language, wiki, subject page at WUaS - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sinhala_language - will become an online, wiki, MIT OCW-centric university in the Sinhala language, with an invitation to begin translation of this here and help translate MIT OCW into Sinhala.
 
 
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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs 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 Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.
 
 
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===Select Blogs, Blog Aggregators===
 
 
===Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.===
 
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts
 
https://plus.google.com/hangouts
 
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
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===Select Books===
 
Clough, B. 1997. Sinhala English Dictionary, 2nd new & enlarged edition. New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services.
 
''''Select Chapters''''
Gair, James. 1998. Sinhala and Other South Asian Languages. New York.
 
Gair, James. 1998. Studies in South Asian Linguistics. ISBN 0-19-509521-9. New York: Oxford University Press.
 
===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===
Gair, James and Paolillo, John C. 1997. Sinhala. München, Newcastle.
 
Geiger, Wilhelm. 1938. A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language. Colombo.
 
===Select Channels===
Indrapala, Karthigesu. 2007. The evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils in Sri Lanka C. 300 BCE to C. 1200 CE. ISBN 978-955-1266-72-1. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa.
 
Karunatillake, W.S. 1992. An Introduction to Spoken Sinhala. [several new editions]. Colombo.
 
Van Driem, George. 2002. Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. ISBN 90-04-10390-2. Brill Academic Publishers.
 
 
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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).
 
 
===Select Conference Materials===
 
 
===Select Conferences Online===
 
 
===Select Conversations / Dialogues / Idea Competitions===
 
 
===Select Databases===
 
 
===Select Facts===
 
 
===Select Films===
 
 
===Select Film Reviews===
 
 
===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===
 
 
===Select Funding Sources===
 
 
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===Select IdeaImages, CompetitionsInfographics, / Conversations / Dialoguesetc.===
 
 
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===Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, Repositories, etc.===
 
Sinhala books/novels. 2012. http://lankahands.com/
 
 
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
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===Select Maps===
 
 
===Select Multimedia===
 
 
===Select Museums===
 
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
 
 
===Select OfficeNewspapers, HoursNews===
 
 
===Select PhotosOffice Hours===
 
 
===Select Programs, Applications, SoftwarePapers===
 
Sinhala English Dictionary for Android. 2012. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sachith.com.projects.dictionary Mountain View, CA: Google Play Store.
 
===Select Photos, Pictures, etc.===
 
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems===
 
===Select Poetry===
 
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
 
===Select Programs, Applications, Languages, Software===
 
===Select Recordings===
 
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems, FAQs===
 
===Select References===
 
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
Guide to Sinhala language & Culture. 2012. http://sinhalapage.com/
 
Wikidata:Wikiquote. 2014. [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote Wikidata:Wikiquote]. wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote.
Sinhala. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala Wikipedia.
 
Sinhala Input Method Editor. 2012. http://www.softdevex.com/products/EasyLangIME/SI/index.php
 
===Select RSS Feeds, SMS, etc.===
Sinhala language. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhala_language. Wikipedia.
 
 
===Select Recordings===
'''Online Dictionaries'''
 
Kapruka Sinhala dictionary. 2012. http://www.lanka.info/dictionary/EnglishToSinhala.jsp
 
===Select References===
Madhura Sinhala English Dictionary. 2012.
 
Sinhala dictionary (Beta). 2012. http://sinhala-online.com/
 
===Select Reviews===
Sinhala dictionary resources online. http://www.sinhaladictionary.org/
 
 
===Select RSSSearch FeedsEngines===
 
 
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===Select Slideshows===
 
 
===Select Social Networking Pages===
 
 
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===Select Study Guides===
 
 
===Select Surveys===
 
 
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===Select Textbooks===
 
 
===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.===
 
 
===Select Timelines===
 
 
===Select Twitters===
 
 
===Select Video and Audio===
 
 
===Select Video Conferences===
 
 
===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===
 
 
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===Select Wikis===
 
 
Viki - The Sinhala Encyclopedia. 2012. http://viki.lk/
===Select Writers, Researchers, etc.===
 
 
===Subject's Social Networking Sites===
 
 
===Tutoring===
 
 
===Wikimedia Commons===
 
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
 
===Wikipedia===
 
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/
 
 
===Wikiquotes===
 
Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
 
===Wikisource===
 
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page
 
 
===Wikivoyage===
 
Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/
 
 
===World University and School Links===
 
IndiaForeign Languages and Literatures: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/IndiaForeign_Languages_and_Literatures
 
Sinhala language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sinhala_language
 
Southeast Asia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Southeast_Asia
 
Sri Lanka: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sri_Lanka
 
Languages of Sri Lanka: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages_of_Sri_Lanka
 
Languages of South Asia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages_of_South_Asia
 
South Asia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/South_Asia
 
Tamil language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Tamil
 
Tamil language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Tamil_language
 
World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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)===
 
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/ .
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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
 
 
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===Free Degrees / Credit===
 
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
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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(probablybeginning inwith United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
 
 
 
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===In Virtual World===
 
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
 
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
 
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com
 
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
 
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
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://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
 
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (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.
 
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/
Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.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
 
 
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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
 
Bar code
 
 
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===Learning Networking===
 
Teach and Learn using free Social BookmarkingNetworking software to identifyshare what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
 
 
About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me
 
 
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DiggFacebook.com's World University and School - http://diggwww.facebook.com/worlduniversityandschoolgroup.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').
 
 
Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).
 
 
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
 
 
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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/
 
 
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Wer Kennt Wen - World University &and School subject- grouphttp://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/
 
 
World University & School 'subject page' group
 
 
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===RSS Feed===
 
 
===Tutoring===
 
 
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Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
 
 
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts
 
 
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
 
 
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
 
 
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''Free, group video conferencing''
 
AnyMeeting - http://l.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/
Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin
 
Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/
 
Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
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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===
 
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]]
 
 
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaintwikifoundry.com/
 
 
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World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit ineffective April 2010 and ishas 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 2011September 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 licenseInternational (CC BY-SA 3.0) - httphttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ .
 
 
The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.
 
 
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Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
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Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
 
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SUBJECTLANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATELANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
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MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
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NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
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SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worldunivephrsity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
 
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Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
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Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
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WUaS's Guidestar.org listing - https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .
 
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Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
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