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<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big><br />
<big>'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}'''</big><br />
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
which [[Help:Editing|anyone can add to or edit]].
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
<br />The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
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Multilingual University & School
Multilingual University & School
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where anyone can teach or take a class or course
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
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- Find, or build, a wiki 'front end' especially with output to a small, 2x3 inch screen, as wiki, on 'obscure' internet phone browsers (e.g. like Palm OS, etc.), with UniCode, for the developing world and in symbols from all 200 countries and in 3000-8000+ languages, - given the benefits of wiki in terms of openness and group knowledge production, especially in the developing world. (Wikipedia is in around 284 languages, by way of comparison).
- Find, or build, a wiki 'front end' especially with output to a small, 2x3 inch screen, as wiki, on 'obscure' internet phone browsers (e.g. like Palm OS, etc.), with UniCode, for the developing world and in symbols from all 200 countries and in 3000-8000+ languages, - given the benefits of wiki in terms of openness and group knowledge production, especially in the developing world. (Wikipedia is in around 284 languages, by way of comparison).


- Possibly use MediaWiki (e.g. Wikipedia), but it doesn't work well on handhelds. Possibly use SemanticWiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki) with MediaWiki.
- Possibly use MediaWiki (e.g. Wikipedia), but it doesn't work well on handhelds. Possibly use SemanticWiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki) with MediaWiki.


- For the 'You at WUaS' main page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University - use Quickbooks for Nonprofits to start as the 'backend,' and to manage communications, donor support, and to pay interns, and eventually as 'secure registrar,' for grades and transcripts (developing this as needed), and then add other Intuit software (see http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting-software/nonprofit-accounting-software/) to develop the Bookstore and used/new Computer store (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS). Quickbooks is probably in many countries and currencies already.
- For the 'You at WUaS' main page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University - use Quickbooks for Nonprofits to start as the 'backend,' and to manage communications, donor support, and to pay interns, and eventually as 'secure registrar,' for grades and transcripts (developing this as needed), and then add other Intuit software (see http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting-software/nonprofit-accounting-software/) to develop the Bookstore and used/new Computer store (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS). Quickbooks is probably in many countries and currencies already.
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- design the upcoming WUaS MediaWiki with 18+ year olds and 2014, incoming, MIT-like undergraduate students.
- design the upcoming WUaS MediaWiki with 18+ year olds and 2014, incoming, MIT-like undergraduate students.


- plan eventually for brainwave devices / headsets, and a range of other emergent remarkable information technologies, and innovate with these technologies, as the world-class World Unviersity and School develops. Develop these hardwares eventually, as well.
- plan eventually for brainwave devices / headsets, and a range of other emergent remarkable information technologies, and innovate with these technologies, as the world-class World Unviersity and School develops. Develop these hardwares eventually, as well.




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Technological goals:
Technological goals:


- Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all languages; anyone may teach to their web camera in this open wiki. Information technologies here include human minds. Anyone may teach to and learn, in real time, in a virtual world, like Second Life, using the wiki-like Google calendar, for example.
- Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all 7,413 languages; anyone may teach to their web camera in this open wiki. Information technologies here include human minds. Anyone may teach to and learn, in real time, in a virtual world, like Second Life, using the wiki-like Google calendar, for example.


- Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).
- Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).


- Translation between all languages. Using Google Wave for translation? Be able to add Languages wiki-like?
- Translation between all languages. Build on Google Translate + for translation? Be able to add Languages wiki-like. Hire coders to do this.


- WUaS ability to provide high bandwidth infrastructure for OLPC countries
- WUaS ability to provide high bandwidth infrastructure for OLPC countries, and well as printable materials.

- a filter for all free, online educational services; While WUaS has a great universities' OER focus, WUaS is wiki-addable for, for example, a comprehensive and updated database of available courses and individuals who are willing to teach or mentor; a metadirectory for free, open courses, courseware and OER and in all 7413 languages and at least 205 countries; WUaS is course-centric. WUaS has a specific focus on this wiki list of great universities' ocw and oer at present - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#University_course_listings - as a robust program.

- a program to 'SUBJECT TEMPLATE-ize' - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE - and thereby MIT OCW-ize, Yale-ize, and OpenCourseWare-ize potentially any Wikipedia entry, and in any language. (This is all potentially mind-expanding :).




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Outputs:
Outputs:


Laptop/Desktop:
Laptop/Desktop:
One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life, and all related technologies as they develop, and streaming video; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.
One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life, and all related technologies as they develop, and streaming video; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.


Mobile:
Mobile:
Handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times' mobile format, with video, and translation of this, as video broadband develops
Handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times' mobile format, with video, and translation of this, as video broadband develops


Televsion:
Televsion:
ubiquitous around the world
ubiquitous around the world


Printer:
Printer:
Printable teaching and learning materials from World University & School for OLPC countries, and everyone, from OLPC and hand held devices.
Printable teaching and learning materials from World University & School for OLPC countries, and everyone, from OLPC and hand held devices.


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===Select Blogs===
===Select Blogs, Twitters, etc.===




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===Select Books===
===Select Books===


===Select Channels===


===Select Communities, Email lists, etc.===

(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).


===Select Conferences Online===




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===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===
===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===


===Select Funding Sources===




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(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).


===Select News===




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


===Select Recordings===




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===Select Textbooks===
===Select Textbooks===


===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.===




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===Select Video and Audio===
===Select Video and Audio===


===Select Video Conferences===




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===World University and School Links===
===World University and School Links===

Artificial Intelligence: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence


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

English as a Second Language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/English_as_a_Second_Language

Foreign Languages and Literatures: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Foreign_Languages_and_Literatures

Indigenous languages of the Americas:

Language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Language

Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages

Languages of India:

Linguistics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Linguistics

Native American Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Native_American_Languages

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

Voice_and_Computing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Voice_and_Computing

WUaS Universal Translator: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator








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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.




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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
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 educational electronics, as well;
with musical instruments;
with musical instruments;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently;
available via mail and electronically;
available via mail and electronically;


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Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling
Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling


===Coordinates===

... in a virtual world




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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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(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)





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

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




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''Free video conferencing''
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail



iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
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Skype - http://www.skype.com/
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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Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/


===Wikidata / Bots ===

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots




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Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
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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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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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Thank you!
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