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Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.
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 http://www.academia.edu).
(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===
===Select Blogs, Blog Aggregators===




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


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

https://plus.google.com/hangouts


Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
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===Select Books===
===Select Books===

Add an ISBN.


https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks


<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''<nowiki>Select Chapters'</nowiki>'''




===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===
===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===


===Select Call for Papers, Chapters, Submissions, etc.===




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===Select Conferences Online===
===Select Conference Materials===


===Select Conferences, Conferences Online===


===Select Conversations / Dialogues / Idea Competitions===




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===Select Humor===
===Select Humor===


===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===




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===Select Institutes, etc.===
===Select Institutes, Centers, Networks of Centers, etc.===




===Select Interviews===
===Select Interviews, Question and Answers, Q&As===




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===Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.===
===Select Letters===


===Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, Repositories, etc.===


(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
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===Select Photos===
===Select Papers===


===Select Photos, Pictures, etc.===


===Select Platforms===


===Select Poetry===




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===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems===
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems, FAQs===




===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===


Wikidata:Wikiquote. 2014. [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote Wikidata:Wikiquote]. wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote.



===Select RSS Feeds===
===Select RSS Feeds, SMS, etc.===




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===Select Slideshows===
===Select Slideshows===


===Select Social Networking Pages===




===Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.===
===Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.===


===Select Statistics===




===Select Study Guides===
===Select Study Guides===


===Select Surveys===




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===Select Twitters===
===Select Twitters===


===Select Updates===




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===Select Video Conferences===
===Select Video Conferences===



===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===




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geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation. 2013. [http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home.html geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation]. (The federal geodata portal is a publicly accessible platform for geographical information, data and services. Geographical information consists of geographically and spatially referenced data. It describes the characteristics of a country or region in the form of coordinates and place names; Documentation - http://api.geo.admin.ch/main/wsgi/doc/build/). Wabern, Switzerland: www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home.html.
geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation. 2013. [http://www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home.html geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation]. (The federal geodata portal is a publicly accessible platform for geographical information, data and services. Geographical information consists of geographically and spatially referenced data. It describes the characteristics of a country or region in the form of coordinates and place names; Documentation - http://api.geo.admin.ch/main/wsgi/doc/build/). Wabern, Switzerland: www.geo.admin.ch/internet/geoportal/en/home.html.

XpatXchange - My Swiss Xpat List. 2015. [http://paper.li/TheXpatXchange/myswissxpatlist# XpatXchange - My Swiss Xpat List]. paper.li/TheXpatXchange/myswissxpatlist# .

XpatXchange.ch - Switzerland. 2015. [http://www.xpatxchange.ch/ XpatXchange.ch]. (Your one-stop for English-speaking Expatriates in Switzerland). xpatxchange.ch/ .




===Select Wikis===
===Select Wikis===


===Select Workshops===


===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/




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United Nations: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/United_Nations
United Nations: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/United_Nations









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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.


Digital and Print catalog


===Assistive Technologies===

WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -

Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies





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===Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)===
===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/ .
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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===Coordinates===
===Coordinates===

Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS

Geohash keys


... in a virtual world
... in a virtual world
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Broadcast to radio frequency
Broadcast to radio frequencies




Broadcast to TV
Broadcast to TV / television




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Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
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/
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/


Oculus Rift




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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)


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===In Virtual World===
===In Virtual World===

(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)


3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/


Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com


Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
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ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/


Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/
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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.
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/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar


Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/
Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/


WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.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:
Travel to this virtual island to learn building:



===Item Number===
===Item Number===


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

Bar code




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Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....
Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....


About Me - World University and School -
http://about.me




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Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch
Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch


Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/




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===RSS Feed===
===RSS Feed===


===Tutoring===




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AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/
AnyMeeting - http://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
Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin


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/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/


Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/
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http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator

Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:


'''Select Translators'''

Babelxl. 2015. [http://babelxl.com/ Babelxl: the best translator]. http://babelxl.com/ .

Babylon Online Translation. 2015. [http://translation.babylon.com/ Babylon Online Translation]. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .

Free-translator.com. 2015. [http://free-translator.com/ Free-translator.com]. free-translator.com/ .

Google Translate. 2015. [https://translate.google.com/ Google Translate]. translate.google.com/ .

SDL Free Translation. 2015. [http://www.freetranslation.com/ SDL Free Translation]. freetranslation.com/ .

Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. [http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products/ Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products]. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .




===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===


[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School]]
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS]]




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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/




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===World University and School Licensing===
===World University and School Licensing===


World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity.

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.
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/ .
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ .











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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation


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LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_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://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

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Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
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For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
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
Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
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<br />
http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm
http://worlduniversityandschool.org
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Thank you!
Thank you!