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Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CNRaM2GgQuA Solve for X: Nicholas Negroponte on learning by themselves]. Solve for X.
Negroponte, Nicholas. 2012. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CNRaM2GgQuA Solve for X: Nicholas Negroponte on learning by themselves]. Solve for X.


Norvig, Peter. 2013. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_bLHrOmfa0 Google I/O 2013 - Building an Online Education Platform using Google Technologies]. May 18. Mountain View, CA: Google I/O.
Norvig, Peter. 2013. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_bLHrOmfa0 Google I/O 2013 - Building an Online Education Platform using Google Technologies]. May 18. Mountain View, CA: Google I/O.


Patton, Laurie. 2013. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3YnPhcUhLg Integrative Learning @ Duke]. Durham, NC: Duke University.
Patton, Laurie. 2013. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3YnPhcUhLg Integrative Learning @ Duke]. Durham, NC: Duke University.
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Reich, Justin. 2012. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2012/01/reich Will Free Benefit the Rich? How Free and Open Education Might Widen Digital Divides]. January 17. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Reich, Justin. 2012. [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2012/01/reich Will Free Benefit the Rich? How Free and Open Education Might Widen Digital Divides]. January 17. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Spiegel, Alix. 2013. [http://www.npr.org/2013/09/02/218067142/why-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning-differently Why Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning Differently]. September 02. NPR.




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Christensen, Chris. 2012. [http://www.hbs.edu/teaching/case-method-in-practice/ Case Method in Practice]. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School.
Christensen, Chris. 2012. [http://www.hbs.edu/teaching/case-method-in-practice/ Case Method in Practice]. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School.


Marsalis, Wynton and Yo-Yo Ma. 2010. [http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm Guidelines for practicing a musical instrument]. scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm
Marsalis, Wynton and Yo-Yo Ma. 2010. [http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm Guidelines for practicing a musical instrument]. scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm.


Scott, Katie. 2011. [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/27/children-as-scientists Study: Young children play like scientists work]. July 27. www.wired.co.uk.
Scott, Katie. 2011. [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-07/27/children-as-scientists Study: Young children play like scientists work]. July 27. www.wired.co.uk.
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Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biology
Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biology
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Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
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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 & 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.
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