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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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==WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources==
 
 
===Ideas===
 
The World University Agriculture School will potentially be very helpful in the emerging world, in all languages, especially.
 
==WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources==
 
===Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject===
 
Open Journal Systems. 2012. [http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs Open Journal Systems]. Public Knowledge Project.
===Ideas===
 
 
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===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/
 
 
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2003. [http://books.google.com/books?id=-TSkC7m07zoC Organic Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets, and Policies]. CABI International.
 
 
===Select Calendars for Events in this Subject===
 
 
===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===
 
 
===Select Databases===
 
 
===Select Films===
 
 
===Select Film Reviews===
 
 
===Select Forums, Spaces, etc.===
 
 
===Select Funding Sources===
 
 
===Select Humor===
 
 
===Select Idea Competitions / Conversations / Dialogues===
 
 
===Select Images, Infographics, etc.===
 
 
===Select Institutes, etc.===
 
 
===Select Interviews===
 
 
===Select Journals, Serials, etc.===
 
Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science (JABS) 2011. [http://www.globalresearchjournals.org/?a=journal&id=jabs Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science (JABS)]. Botswana: Global Research Journals: Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science (JABS).
 
Rodale, Robert. 2010. Organic Gardening Magazine. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press.
 
 
===Select LibrariesLabs===
 
 
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
===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 Multimedia===
 
 
===Select Museums===
 
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
 
 
===Select News===
 
 
===Select Office Hours===
 
 
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===Select Programs, Applications, Software===
 
 
===Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems===
 
 
===Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.===
 
 
===Select RSS Feeds===
 
 
===Select Recordings===
 
 
===Select References===
 
Barnett, Thomas P. M. 2012. [http://thomaspmbarnett.com/globlogization/2012/10/12/too-few-immigrants-an-absolute-ag-industry-loss.html Too few immigrants = an absolute ag industry loss]. OCTOBER 12. thomaspmbarnett.com
 
Coleman, Elliot. 2010. [http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/eliot-coleman-in-the-atlantic-online-a-visit-from-maines-organic-gardening-guru/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChelseaGreen+%28Chelsea+Green%29&hl=en “Of course organic farming can feed the world,” Coleman said. The audience was dumbstruck]. December 29. White River Junction, VT: chelseagreen.com
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Gettelman, Elizabeth. 2006. Farmworkers to Farmers. Aug 11. Mother Jones. (An innovative program in California which trains mostly immigrant workers how to succeed as organic farmers).
 
Revkin, Andrew C. 2011. [http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/farming-in-a-challenging-climate/ Farming in a Challenging Climate]. June 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
Savingseeds. 2011. [http://savingseeds.wordpress.com/ MAINE TOWN PASSES LANDMARK LOCAL FOOD ORDINANCE]. March 7. (http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/maine-town-passes-landmark-local-food-ordinance/). Sedgwick, ME: savingseeds.wordpress.com
 
Solomon, Steve. Sir Albert Howard's Indore Method. Organic Gardener's Composting. Soil And Health Library. http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030202/03020209.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
 
Tortorello, Michael. 2011. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/garden/permaculture-emerges-from-the-underground.html The Permaculture Movement Grows From Underground]. July 27. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
 
===Select Reviews===
 
 
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===Select Syllabi===
 
 
===Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information===
 
 
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===Select Textbooks===
 
 
===Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.===
 
 
===Select Timelines===
 
 
===Select Twitters===
 
 
===Select Video and Audio===
 
Agriculture and Development Videos for the Developing World. 2011. http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/index.htm.
 
Mikes BackyardNursery. 2011. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXSNzywqvw A Simple Way To Root Plants From Cuttings]. youtube.com.
 
 
===Select Video Conferences===
 
 
===Select Websites===
 
AgShare. 2013. [http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/AgShareHome/tabid/1290/Default.aspx AgShare]. (The aim of the AgShare project is to create a scalable and sustainable method of filling critical gaps in agriculture related curriculum through a redesigned MSc process). Michigan: OER Africa is an initiative of the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide).
 
Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 2010. [http://www.cals.cornell.edu/ Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences]. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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===Select Wikis===
 
 
 
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===World University and School Links===
 
Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Agriculture
 
Business Management: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Business_Management
 
Conservation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conservation
 
Design: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Design
 
Ecology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ecology
 
Economics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Economics
 
Environmental Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Environmental_Studies
 
Foods and Nutrition: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Foods_and_Nutrition
 
Forestry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Forestry
 
Ocean and Climate Management Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ocean_%26_Climate_Management_Plan
 
Orchards: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Orchards
 
Organic Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Organic_Agriculture
 
Permaculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Permaculture
 
Peace and Social Justice Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Peace_and_Social_Justice_Studies
 
Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business
 
Sustainable Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sustainable_Agriculture
 
Veterinary Medicine: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Veterinary_Medicine
 
World University Agriculture School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Agriculture_School
 
 
 
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==WUaS Navigation==
 
 
===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
 
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.
 
 
===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): httphttps://groupsplus.google.com/groupu/World-University-and-School0/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
 
 
===Coordinates===
 
... in a virtual world
 
 
===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
 
 
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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
 
 
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Send to phone
 
 
Tablets
 
 
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===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
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(probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
 
 
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Google Earth.
 
 
 
===In Virtual World===
 
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
 
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life:
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===
 
Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system
 
 
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===Learning Networking===
 
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
===RSS Feed===
 
 
Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/
===Re-evaluation Counseling & Counseling===
 
 
Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool
===Social Bookmarking===
 
Teach and Learn using free Social Bookmarking software to identify what courses, etc. you find edifying.
 
Digg.com's World University and School - http://digg.com/worlduniversityandschool
 
Delicious - http://delicious.com/
 
Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (This group may be archived).
 
Digg - http://digg.com/
 
Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
 
Facebook
 
Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
 
 
Google Buzz
Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School
 
 
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LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School
Twitter
 
 
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
 
 
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World University & School Share This
 
 
Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
 
 
===RSS Feed===
 
 
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''Free video conferencing''
Google Video Conferencing - in Gmail
 
 
iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html
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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/
 
 
 
=== Universal Translator at WUaS ===
 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
 
 
===The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School===
 
[[The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School]]
 
 
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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
 
 
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
 
 
Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
 
 
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
 
 
===Wikidata / Bots ===
 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots
 
 
===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.
 
All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ .
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
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Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages
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Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources
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Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States
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You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University
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Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
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Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums
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Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research
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Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
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Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
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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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