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World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University and School Wiki and School

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.




Mission: World University & School's (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware) - mission, in reaching out to the entire world, is to provide a free, wiki-based education platform and, through facilitating the development of broadband worldwide, to make our service accessible to under served parts of the world. The WUaS mission is thus to facilitate all levels of teaching and learning opportunities (and future degrees) through an open, editable wiki in all languages, nation-states and subjects with great universities, and for One Laptop per Child countries and everyone.


RECENT UPDATES at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity


WORLD UNIVERSITY & SCHOOL IN YOUR LANGUAGE? Would you like to add & develop World University & School in your language? Let WUaS know, & we'll do it together. This is a great way to start an open, free school/university in your own language. World University and School is looking to develop a school/university in as many as around 7000 languages. Wikipedia has around 281 languages, for comparison.


What is a WIKI? Get organized digitally, together - Edit - Write - Save > http://www.youtube.com/v/-dnL00TdmLY&rel=1


Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions



See, too, World University & School's Foundation Page with Master and Business Plans: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation



Add your lesson, course or class here now
{and take any course or class you want,
and talk about ideas ~ conversation as learning,
mediated digitally}.

With your web camera,
record what you'd like to teach and
post it to a video site like youtube.com, then
post the link to this 'World University and School' Wiki (editable web pages).

But be creative, - teach what you want in the way you'd like to,
academically too.

Add great courses or instruction you find on the web, as well.


QUESTIONS? Send an email to:

mailto:World-University-and-School@googlegroups.com


Add your name to World University and School's Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School


CALENDAR: Schedule classes you'd like to teach or see class schedules, after joining the World University and School's Google Group, in Google Calendar.


Start a new SUBJECT with this SUBJECT TEMPLATE, then clicking 'Edit this Page' and copying and pasting this template to the subject you're creating.

(While open to various citation styles, World University and School tends toward using the American Anthropological Association's Style Guide: http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm & http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf).

We're presently in the process of both envisioning and realizing a global, degree-granting (Bachelors, Law, Ph.D. and M.D.), free-to-students, open, virtual university and school, with great universities' (e.g. MIT, Ivy League Schools, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Oxford, T.U.M., Sorbonne, L.M.U., Juilliard Music School, Cambridge, Collège de France, Caltech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc., open course ware, especially) as key players, using a Wikipedia with MIT OCW model, and for everyone, and especially the developing world - which anyone can edit, primarily by teaching, adding, requesting or taking courses.


In many ways, World University & School is already open here. Add a course now. And you can take classes, for example, through MIT's Open Course Ware by clicking on the appropriate links, and learn, for example, what is the equivalent of a Master's Degree in Physics or in "Society, Technology and Science," through MIT, right now. MIT's Open Course Ware's web site contains over 2,050 courses, with many video lectures posted. Or you can post a very fun or fascinating class about Mozart, massage, painting, calculus, sculpture or your area of interest or specialization. Also, create a page with what you know, what courses you'd like to teach or take, and what courses you've taken; by creating your ownon this page to begin adding a free course, by language, country, degree, or to take a course.


For the time being, World University might offer degrees over a 10 year horizon. So, for example, World University might offer four courses, at first, in every country and in many languages, to be engaged possibly on One Laptop Per Child and video-capable, programmable, handheld device. And people in these countries, of course, can add their own courses or instruction to this Wiki, with knowledge they would like to share. In terms of possible degree-granting, Cal professors, for example, might also teach four courses at the undergraduate level, and one graduate level course, in the spring of 2011, for matriculated students, and with at-large participation possible, simply by allowing a camera in their classroom, and another instructor in a virtual world. A video-capable, internet, mobile-phone device would allow people who are illiterate to take and post courses to this Wiki. But credit- and degree-granting aren't yet pragmatic at WUaS. As two paths emerge in World University, - degree and open courses, - MIT Open Course Ware is our model for degree-granting, academic, course work.


While all countries and territories (around 220, perhaps starting with the countries, and places, in GlobalVoicesOnline.org), and all languages, (possibly 8,000 +, including 'dead' languages, but starting with those languages in Wikipedia) will be part of this, we'd like to focus at first on the communities in countries that One Laptop Per Child (emerging from MIT) is also engaging - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA (Birmingham, Alabama), Uruguay, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea - as well as your interests.


Many aspects of learning, which occur in a classroom or learning situation now, are possible to engage interactively in virtual worlds like Second Life today, and these virtual world technologies may develop a lot in the next few years.


World University and School would like to develop a very easy-to-use, probably Open Simulator-based, virtual world - earth-topographically realistic (building on the photo realism of holodecks) - where individuals and end users could host their own islands, regions, etc. on their own computers (perhaps this would ship with machines), and which would easily network with a variety of virtual world islands, beginning with other Open Simulator islands, as well as Second Life islands - expressly for open, free, teaching and learning classrooms, and idea exchange (voice and text chat, - at both the university and school levels.


World University and School may extend thousands of years into the future, potentially generating a remarkable archive of courses over time.


This multilingual University and School is open to almost all possible courses, including Ph.D.-related ones, and those in Medicine, Music (both Western and Indian classical, with possible instrumental training), Veterinary Medicine, Law, Electrical Engineering, etc., as well as 'harmonizing' and therapeutic courses in fields like yoga, Watsu {water shiatsu}, and acupuncture.


People ultimately 'train' their own bodyminds in whatever learning context, and World University and School may facilitate this in new ways. World University furthers a familiar approach to knowledge generation, where learning also occurs through various forms of dialogue and conversation, such as that which occurs in seminars and through libraries, books and journals. And World University will engage the far-reaching potentials of the Information Technology revolution to make learning and teaching - knowledge exchange, very widely construed - global and innovative in ongoing ways.


Envision learning, teaching and idea-exchange anew, building on the existing 'University' and 'School.' Here are some tools with which to do so: a Wiki, video, as well as interactive virtual worlds with group type chat, voice, and real time streaming video. :) Add and create your own.


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Collections of Courses and Instruction
Individual Courses
  • MIT Video Lectures to Introduction to Computer Science and Programming
  • Recent additions (Yale, Berkeley +): Ancient Greek History, Astrophysics, Anthropology, Biomedical_Engineering, Economics, English Literature, MUSIC SCHOOL beginnings, Political Science, Psychology
  • Added Bagpiping Tutorial - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Music
  • Added Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson's 'Evidence' Class to 'Courses'
  • Added Stanford Professor Susskind's Quantum Physic's Class to 'Courses'
  • Add individuals courses you find HERE



What's new on World University and School Wiki


6 June 2011 - World University and School incorporated as a U.S. tax-exempt 501 (c) 3 nonprofit (federal, charitable, tax status), effective April 26, 2011. World University and School incorporated in April 2010 in the state of California as a nonprofit, educational corporation. Please send tax-deductible contributions for free, worldwide education to World University and School, POB 442, Canyon, California, 94516.
3 June 2011 - added a whole series of 'Learning Networks' - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE#Learning_Networking - to the SUBJECT TEMPLATE, which will also be found in the Navigation Sections at the bottom of most pages over time. For example, there is now a Twitter World University and School page, an Academia.edu World University and School page, and a Tribe.net World University and School page to extend the WUaS conversations.
18 May 2011 - New WUaS Humanities page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities - with a list of links to World University & School's Humanities' subjects.
4 April 2011 - Wiki Nuclear Science and Engineering (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nuclear_Science_and_Engineering) and Ocean and Climate Management Plan (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ocean_%26_Climate_Management_Plan) subjects are growing at WUaS ...
1 March 2011 - New WUaS Science page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science - with a list of links to World University & School's Science subjects.
1 February 2011 - New WUaS Social Science page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Science - with a list of links to World University & School's Social Science subjects.
1 January 2011 - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity for ongoing updates. WUaS is treated as having tax exempt status, as of April 2010, when we incorporated - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
1 December 2010 - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity ... New WUaS updates can be found, since Wikia changed formats
21 November 2010 - Added many GREAT universities' YouTube.com channels to World Univ & Sch - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#University_course_listings ...
14 October 2010 - For World University and School's plans, vision, and thinking, see
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university, with an invitation to add comments, and, especially, add to this WUaS wiki which you're reading.
11 September 2010 - Began teaching open, free "Information Technology and Society" course on Harvard's virtual island in Second Life for academic credit
http://socinfotech.pbworks.com All are welcome. Come check it out sometime.
9 August 2010 - World University and School got its Federal Employee Identification Number recently.
1 July 2010 - World University and School is incorporated as a charity in the state of California.
16 June 2010 - added amazing Stanford's "EPGY - Education Program for Gifted Youth' for all levels - to World University's Course Listings Aggregates - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Course_listings.27_aggregates
2 June 2010 - World University and School's Museum Page updated - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums
5 May 2010 - World University's budding schools are growing
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#World_University.27s_Schools - Medicine, Law, Agriculture, Accounting, Dental, Journalism, Music ... more to come. Add your own.
1 May 2010 - This World University's Information Technology and Society class ends
Free, open 'Information Technology & Society' Course Conversation in Second Life starting Sat. Jan 30 - May 1, on Saturdays from 11:00a-1p Pacific Time in Second life - http://WorldUniversity.Wikia.Com/wiki/World_University ... We'll integrate http://webnographers.org wiki findings, with conversations about how the Information Technology Revolution developed, - with Aphilo Aarde (Scott MacLeod's avatar). Let's explore the Information Technology Revolution together. Here's the course wiki: http://socinfotech.pbworks.com and newcomers are welcome.
11 April 2010 - WORLD UNIVERSITY & SCHOOL IN YOUR LANGUAGE? Would you like to add & develop World University & School in your language? Let WUaS know, & we'll do it together. This is a great way to start an open, free school/university in your own language. World University and School is looking to develop a school/university in as many as around 7000 languages. Wikipedia has around 272 languages, for comparison's sake.
10 April 2010 - Started 'WUaS Job hunting' {http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting} page to distinguish this from 'Finding / creating a job you really love' {http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love} at World University and School.
4 April 2010 - To WUaS Subject_Template - added WIKI-CALENDAR option for real time jams and conversation about ideas in real time
"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): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School."
2 April 2010 - Check out and add to "Finding/Creating a Job You Really Love" - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love - How would this work?
2 Mar 2010 - DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard at http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources just increased number of open Harvard and MIT online libraries!
23 Feb 2010 - Added free MCAT (Medical) and GED test preparation - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Test_Preparation
19 Jan 2010 - NEW
Office Hours on Saturdays from 1:10a-2p Pacific Time in Second life on Harvard's Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/113/47/25 with Aphilo Aarde (Scott MacLeod's avatar). Come visit.
17 Jan 2010 - Free, open, fascinating 'Information Technology & Society' Course Conversation in Second Life starting Sat. Jan 30 - on Saturdays from 11a-1p Pacific Time in Second life - http://WorldUniversity.Wikia.Com/wiki/World_University ... We'll integrate the cool, http://WEBNOGRAPHERS.ORG wiki findings, with conversations about how the Information Technology Revolution developed, - with Aphilo Aarde (Scott MacLeod's avatar). Let's explore the Information Technology Revolution.
15 Jan 2010 - WUaS (wiki) will include all known languages, and focus on engaging translation technologies (e.g. Google Translator and Google Wave) for all languages - Cool, and so doable with the internet!
14 Jan 2010 - Please add FREE degrees especially
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Free_Degree_Programs FREE Harvard Ph.D. application in 2011 and 2012.
9 Jan 2010 - NEW
Office Hours on Saturdays from 11:00a-1p Pacific Time in Second life on Harvard's Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/113/47/25 with Aphilo Aarde (Scott MacLeod's avatar) Come visit.
3 Jan 2010 - Free degree programs here at World University & School - FREE Harvard Ph.D. application - 2010 deadline is past - but apply again for 2011 and 2012. Please add FREE degrees especially
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Free_Degree_Programs
4 December 2009 - Google's WAVE is a cool communication tool. If you want to use WAVE together, add worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com to your WAVE contacts and WUaS and you can explore it for Teaching and Learning.
30 November 2009 - Join the WUaS Google Group here
http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School
4 Oct 2009 - free Doctor of Education Degree at Harvard (for 25) in Fall 2011 and 2012 - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Free_Ph.D.s
2 Oct 2009 - added "Mission Statement" to http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation
1 Oct 2009 - added free Stanford course "iPhone Application Programming" to http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Individual_courses
24 Sep 2009 - added free Stanford "Computer Musings by Professor Donald E. Knuth" - over 100 video lectures to http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
10 Sep 2009 - DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard - http://dash.harvard.edu/ to Library Resources at WUaS
9 Sep 2009 - added Ancient Greek History, Astrophysics, Anthropology, Biomedical_Engineering, Economics, English Literature, MUSIC SCHOOL beginnings, Political Science, Psychology from Yale, Berkeley, Cambridge Univs.
1 Sep 2009 - added MIT-originating "Instructables" to Subjects > Aggregates of Skills, and Economics and Computer Music Sections recently.
16 Aug 2009 - added the "Physics of Second Life" - remarkable physics' examples in SL & the "Mathematics of Juggling" - to 'Subjects > Physics' and 'Subjects > Mathematics' ~ http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
13 Aug 2009 - Added Prof. Ted Kariotis' Micro and Macro Economics course series to 'Courses,' and 'Subjects > Economics' - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Economics
13 July 2009 - Added NeoK12, the best selection of Educational Videos and Lessons for K-12 Schoolkids
25 June 2009 - Seeking native speaking Moderators for 8,000 + languages
12 April 2009 - Added Bagpiping Tutorial - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Music
1 March 2009 - Web Design Class
Added Web Design Class to http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects, with more related, clear tutorials. Add or take a class in this free & open Wiki.
23 Feb 2009 - World University and School Music page
Added ~ World University and School Music page with new links to 'Classical Indian Music,' 'Classical Western Music,' 'World Music' and 'Fiddle Music,' including instruction on youtube.com on the differences between jigs and reels.


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World University and School incorporated as a nonprofit in April 2010 and is treated as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity (Pub. 557, p. 19).

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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