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* Add or take a '''free, open''' TEMPLATEUnited Nations course.
 
==Select Courses==
 
 
* Add free, open TEMPLATEUnited Nations courses below.
 
===Courses===
 
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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===
 
 
''''Select Chapters''''
 
 
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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===
 
 
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===Select Photos, Pictures, etc.===
 
 
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===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
 
Wikidata:Wikiquote. 2014. [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote Wikidata:Wikiquote]. wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote.
 
 
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Heneghan, Tom. 2012. [http://news.yahoo.com/vienna-interfaith-center-opens-saudi-help-172706194.html U.N. chief says crises show need for interfaith amity]. Vienna, Austria: news.yahoo.com/
 
International Literacy Day. 2014. [http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/literacy-day/ International Literacy Day 2014: Literacy and Sustainable Development]. New York, NY: unesco.org .
 
Ireland, Corydon. 2014. [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/10/coming-up-for-air/ Coming up for air: Mexico City, Harvard alliance to study health changes after two decades of major environmental upgrades]. October 28. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/10/coming-up-for-air/ .
 
MacKinnon, Rebecca. 2012. [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/08/the_united_nations_and_the_internet_it_s_complicated The United Nations and the Internet: It's Complicated, A battle is brewing, but the black helicopters are not about to invade]. August 8. Foreign Policy.
 
Obama, Barack. 2013. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/24/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly]. New York, NY: United Nations.
 
Titlestad, Gard. 2012. [http://fr.slideshare.net/IAU_Past_Conferences/cs-i3-g-titlestad Open Educational Resources (OER): Tomorrow's Main Educational Provider?]. Oslo, Norway: International Council for Open and Distance Education.
 
 
'''UNESCO World Heritage Sites'''
 
List of "Missing" WHS. 2014. http://www.worldheritagesite.org/allmissing.php
 
Top 50 Missing. 2014. http://www.worldheritagesite.org/forums/index.php?action=vtopic&forum=6
 
World Heritage Site. 2014. http://www.worldheritagesite.org/
 
 
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===Select Slideshows===
 
 
===Select Social Networking Pages===
 
 
===Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.===
 
Friends of the United Nations. 2014. [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Friends-United-Nations-3739310 Friends of the United Nations]. (Founded in 1985, Friends of the United Nations is an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing awareness of the United Nations' activities. We work with educational institutions, corporations, the media and entertainment industries, and other organizations to inform and educate people about the UN's efforts on behalf of peace, human rights, the environment, children and...). New York, NY: linkedin.com/groups/Friends-United-Nations-3739310.
 
 
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===Select Video Conferences===
 
 
===Select Videocasts and Podcasts===
 
 
===Select Websites===
 
 
'''UNESCO World Heritage Sites'''
 
World Heritage Site. 2014. http://www.worldheritagesite.org/
 
 
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===Subjects'Select SocialWriters, NetworkingResearchers, Sitesetc.===
 
 
===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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Ocean & Climate Management Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ocean_%26_Climate_Management_Plan
 
One_Laptop_per_Child_One Laptop per Child -_XO_Laptop XO Laptop: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT
 
Political Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Political_Science
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'''United Nations' Languages'''
 
Arabic language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Arabic_language
 
English language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/English_language
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/French_language
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Mandarin_language_(Chinese)
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Russian_language
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Spanish_language
 
French language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/French_language
 
Mandarin language (Chinese): http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Mandarin_language_(Chinese)
 
Russian language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Russian_language
 
Spanish language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Spanish_language
 
 
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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
 
 
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===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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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)
 
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===In Virtual World===
 
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)
 
3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/
 
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
 
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/
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ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010
 
Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/
 
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.
 
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/
 
WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/
 
World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage
 
 
 
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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
 
 
Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/
 
 
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===RSS Feed===
 
 
 
 
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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
 
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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===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
 
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and SchoolWUaS]]
 
 
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Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaintwikifoundry.com/
 
 
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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.
 
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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World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
 
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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
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