WUaS Information Technologies and Data Plan
As World University & School's wiki grows potentially in all languages, with individuals teaching and learning at youtube.com and other video hosting sites, and in virtual worlds - as both educational content and archive - WUaS will develop the following information technology and data management plan.
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
What might you add to this - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Information_Technologies_and_Data_Plan ? ... Please click 'edit this page' and add your ideas ... :)
World University and School's Information Technologies and Data Plan
(Master Plan - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Plan)
- Wiki (editable web pages, like Wikipedia), to integrate great universities' open educational resources, especially MIT OCW, as well as facilitate people-to-people teaching and learning.
- Use the newly developing WikiData (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata) and WikiBase (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client) for the 'backend' of the World University and School wiki.
- 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.
- Possibly use MediaWiki (e.g. Wikipedia), but it doesn't work well on handhelds. (Wikipedia is in around 284 languages, by way of comparison).
- 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.
- Bookmarking technology to add resources for this new handheld wiki for obscure browsers?
And WUaS would like to include these goals:
- plan for Android / iPhone / smart phone mobile internet devices with video, and tablets, and for group text chat for the Conference Method especially on handheld internet phones with browsers - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning - for teaching and learning, as the bare minimum hardware to begin to study for a MIT OCW-centric Bachelor's degree.
- prioritize for DESIGN (like Apple) & robust information technological development in hiring, as we aim for possibly 2-5 billion Universitians on the SCHOOL idea-social network side of WUaS, and for around at least 2000 (and scalable) undergraduate students on the UNIVERSITY, free, degree-granting side, first matriculating in 2014, with MIT OCW for course curriculum (32 15 week MIT OCW courses over 4 years).
- WUaS Wiki Universal Translator, building on Google Translate, Sugar Labs Translate, and other language translation projects
- plan for 8000 languages, plus so-called 'dead' languages, invented languages, and make this wiki-extensible beyond, with UniCode +.
- plan for 10,000-100,000 musical instruments, in text and voice, in all languages, and wiki-extensible beyond this.
- plan with OBJECT TEMPLATE - like http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE - to be able to add individual archaeological and museum objects
- httpS:// for "secure registrar" for 3000-8000 languages - here's one example from wikimedia of secure wiki - https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Nontheist_Friend - perhaps building on QuickBooks for NonProfits.
- Make WUaS an advertisement-free wiki
- .edu suffix (educational domain names network together and have advantages) in 2018, upon accreditation.
- e.g. www.worlduniversityandschool.edu = and = www.wuas.edu, eventually, upon accreditation at stage 3, after the first Bachelor's degree class graduates in 2018.
- Develop a robust Computer Science department (subject), - who will eventually develop WUaS.
- Make WUaS very easy-to-use
- Make WUaS very attractive, in order to grow community easily
- Use fast computer servers and bandwidth
- multiple email lists, in all languages
- plan to html code for assistive technologies, from the beginning, and as the internet develops (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies) ...
- design the upcoming WUaS MediaWiki with 18+ year olds and 2014, incoming, MIT-like undergraduate students.
World University and School would like to partner with MIT OCW, Yale OYC and other, great universities, for university academic standards and open course ware, and sharing of resources.
Years 2011 - 2012
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.
- 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?
- WUaS ability to provide high bandwidth infrastructure for OLPC countries
(- Semantic Wiki? - http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25728/?a=f ? What interface, and how much can people add? Wikipedia is remarkable because of its community.)
Outputs:
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.
Mobile: Handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times' mobile format, with video, and translation of this, as video broadband develops
Televsion: ubiquitous around the world
Printer: Printable teaching and learning materials from World University & School for OLPC countries, and everyone, from OLPC and hand held devices.
New Technologies:
Engage, and help to generate, new technological developments (partnering with MIT?) robustly, as they emerge.
Budget robustly for technological innovation and experimentation.
Become the low cost worldwide provider of internet access, focusing on the OLPC countries.
Technological specifics
UTF-8 for all possible symbols in all 3,000-8,000 languages and musical notation, as well as symbolic/mathematical (LaTeX), etc.
database for 10,000-100,000 musical instruments, and extensible beyond?
universal translator - Google Translate to 3000-8000 language with sound possibilities
Secure - SSL - secure socket layer especially for searches, and, in general, as it grows
50 years out?
Open formats - like .xml - data portability
Multimedia formats .flac - archival purposes (e.g. free lossless)
Metadata - Resource Description Framework (.RDF) - (Calais?)
Open Archives Initiative - http://www.openarchives.org/
Generative
Good Architecture
Maintainability
Robustness
Reliability
WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources
Ideas
Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.
Select Bibliographies
Select Blogs
Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
Select Book Reviews
Select Books
Select Databases
Select Films
Select Forums, Spaces, etc.
Select Humor
Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues
Select Institutes, etc.
Select Interviews
Select Journals, Serials, etc.
Select Labs
Select Lectures
Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
Select Maps
Select Museums
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
Select Office Hours
Select Photos
Select Programs, Applications, Software
Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems
Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.
Select References
Select RSS Feeds
Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations
Select Slideshows
Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.
Select Study Guides
Select Syllabi
Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information
Select Tests, Exams, etc.
Select Textbooks
Select Timelines
Select Video and Audio
Select Websites
What Is Unicode?. 2012. What Is Unicode?. unicode.org
Select Wikis
World University and School Links
Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
Academic Advising at WUaS
Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School
Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.
Additional Categories
Admissions at World University and School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Blog at World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
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;
Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
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/ .
Careers
Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling
Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love
WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting
Counseling
Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling
Credits
Many thanks to each of you!
Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.
Digital To Do
Android
Brainwave device / Headset
Broadcast to radio frequency
Broadcast to TV
Create EMail group for page
Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/
Print
Publish to DVD
Recommend
Send to phone
Tablets
Translate
Videophone
Free Degrees / Credit
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning
The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School
Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School
World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School
World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School
World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme
In Google Earth
Google Earth.
In Virtual World
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://crlt.indiana.edu/research/qa.html (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
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.
Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/
Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:
Travel to this virtual island to learn building:
Item Number
Labels
Learning Networking
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/
Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool
Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).
Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School
Like
LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School
Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/
Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool
Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch
World University & School subject group
World University & School Share This
Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
RSS Feed
Tutoring
TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv
Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Universal Translator at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
World University and School Licensing
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.
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Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums
Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research
Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE
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