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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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===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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===Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.===
 
Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable Transcript Library. 2012. [http://www.vwer.org/category/transcripts/ VWER Meeting Transcript by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable]. (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable - VWER - has met every Thursday at 11:30 am Pacific Time for 4 years - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). www.vwer.org/
 
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
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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.htmlAvatar IIhtmlAvatarII: 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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===Select Websites===
 
Virtual Worlds' Education. 2012. [http://virtualworldsedu.info/ Virtual Worlds' Education]. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). virtualworldsedu.info
 
Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. 2012. [http://www.vwer.org/ Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable]. (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable - VWER - has met every Thursday at 11:30 am Pacific Time for 4 years - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). www.vwer.org/
 
 
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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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WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
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(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
 
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