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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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Boellstorff, Tom, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce & T. L. Taylor (eds.) George E. Marcus (foreword). 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
 
 
===Select Conferences Online===
 
 
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===Select Films===
 
Moshel, Daniel. 2009. [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1440676/Login-2-Life?setTime=15#/beitrag/video/1440676/Login-2-Life Login2Life]. (login2life trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOJCDXSAMI). (http://www.login2life.net/ - Login 2 Life is a documentary film, directed by Daniel Moshel, which portrays people, some of whom are handicapped, who have found an alternate home in an online world in Second Life. This is the starting
point of a journey into fascinating virtual realities, meeting diverse human beings in different parts of the world who have one thing in common – they are savvy in using virtual worlds as an extension of their real lives). Munich, Germany: Eidolon Entertainment in Coproduction with Moshel Film, ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel and ORF.
 
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Au, Wagner James. 2011. [http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2011/07/most-popular-second-life-sims-june-2011.html Top 50 Popular Second Life Sims for June 2011]. May 10. New World Notes.
 
Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce & T. L. Taylor (With a foreword by George E. Marcus). 2012. [http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s9882.pdf Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method]. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
 
Boyle, Alan. 2011. [http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/25/6344843-science-thrives-in-virtual-worlds Science thrives in virtual worlds]. March 25. cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
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Greenhaw, Andy. 2008. [http://www.kansan.com/news/2008/nov/24/secondlife/ University uses Second Life for nurses training]. November 24. Kansan.
 
Hemmerly-Brown, Alexandra. 2011. [http://www.army.mil/article/50751/ DoD gives PTSD help 'second life' in virtual reality]. January 24. http://www.army.mil.
Marshall, Gary. 2011. [http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/whatever-happened-to-second-life--1030314 Whatever happened to Second Life? In Depth: Why the hype didn't help - and where SL's headed now]. September 30. techradar.com.
 
Simon, Stephanie. 2010. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575124470868041204.html AvatarhtmlAvatar II: The Hospital
Health-care facilities are discovering that practicing in the virtual world can have major benefits in real life]. April 13. New York, NY: Wall Street Journal.
 
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===Academic Press at World University and School===
 
Academic Books at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Books_at_WUaS
 
Academic Journals at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Journals_at_WUaS
 
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School
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Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.
 
Contacts for this page
 
 
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===Blog forat World University and School===
 
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/
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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;
 
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Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling
 
 
===Coordinates===
 
... in a virtual world
 
 
===Credits===
 
 
 
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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)
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(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
 
 
===In Virtual World===
 
===In Google Earth===
- Coordinates in virtual worlds
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- Add a learning-oriented virtual world here.
 
Google Earth.
 
 
===In Virtual World===
 
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
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Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
 
Google Earth. http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
 
Google Maps | Street View. http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
 
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
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Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
 
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://questatlantiscrlt.orgindiana.edu/ and http:research//atlantisremixedqa.org/html (http://questatlantisblog.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.
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- Travel to this virtual island to learn virtual world building ...
 
- Add a learning-oriented virtual world here.:
 
- Travel to this virtual island to learn virtual world building ...:
 
===Item Number===
 
Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system
 
 
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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (thisThis group may be archived).
 
 
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337
 
 
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===Tutoring===
 
 
 
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''Free video conferencing''
Apple iChat - http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/
 
Google Video ChatiChat - httpshttp://www.googleapple.com/chatmacosx/videowhat-is-macosx/ichat.html
 
G+ Video Hangout - http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/talkvideo/hangouts/
 
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/
 
 
 
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=== Wiki Software for Courses ===
 
 
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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