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==World University & School's Clerk / Founder / Facilitator / President == |
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Scott MacLeod's, M.A., D.R., research focuses on the anthropology of information technology and counterculture. He's taught "Society and Information Technology" on Berkman Island (not on Harvard University's faculty) in Second Life, and on Penn State Isle in Second Life as a Penn State University instructor. He's taught both anthropology and sociology in real life at Chatham University, at the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, at Penn State - New Kensington, and at UC Berkeley. He's currently writing an ethnography of Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, with a virtual world aspect, and developing World University and School (like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/ |
Scott MacLeod's, M.A., D.R., research focuses on the anthropology of information technology and counterculture. He's taught "Society and Information Technology" on Berkman Island (not on Harvard University's faculty) in Second Life, and on Penn State Isle in Second Life as a Penn State University instructor. He's taught both anthropology and sociology in real life at Chatham University, at the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, at Penn State - New Kensington, and at UC Berkeley. He's currently writing an ethnography of Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, with a virtual world aspect, and developing World University and School (like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects - and - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm). |
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Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com |
Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com |
Revision as of 17:24, 13 April 2013
Please donate to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm
Mission: World University & School's mission (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware), - 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.
Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, open, free-to-students, university and school, - with MIT-centric, Creative Commons' licensed, degrees planned e.g. bachelor, Ph.D., I.B., law, M.D., & Music School - and which engages great universities', such as MIT, Ivy League Schools, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, Oxford, T.U.M., Sorbonne, L.M.U., Juilliard Music School, Cambridge, Collège de France, Cal Tech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc., free, online, CC, content. WUaS is like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware, and is especially for the developing world, and for everyone. WUaS is planning to be in all 7,413+ languages and 205+ countries; Wikipedia, by way of comparison, is in 285 languages. Add your course or class here now, and take any course or class you want. World University and School will be in all languages and subjects, focusing, to begin with, on the countries that One Laptop Per Child is also engaging - e.g. Rwanda, Ethiopia, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA (Birmingham, Alabama), Uruguay, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea +.
We need your help. Please support the World University and School Foundation by donating today.
The planned World University and School Foundation, will be a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to the development, growth, and distribution of free, teaching and learning content, and to making available the full content of this wiki-based (to start) university and school to the developing world, and everyone, free of charge.
We're seeking to build an endowment of U.S. $1.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) in the next 10 years.
Quaker-informed World University and School engages Friendly, monthly, business meeting process in which you are welcome to participate. Here's how: "ACCESS to Business Meeting Online Monthly at WUaS" - http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2012/12/wuas-business-meeting-online-access.html.
Giving to World University and School
Association for World University and School
Planned Giving Donors' Club at World University and School
Capital Campaigns at World University and School
$100,000 Capital Campaign at World University and School for 2012
$125,000 Capital Campaign at World University and School for 2013
Trillion Dollar Capital Campaign at World University and School (for an online WUaS, as a kind of online Harvard / MIT, in all 7,413+ languages and <205 countries, with free, MIT OCW-centric, CC, online, bachelor, Ph.D., law and M.D. in many, many countries and languages).
Giving Circles at World University and School
Acknowledgement of Giving to World University and School
Gold Giving Circle at World University and School
Silver Giving Circle at World University and School
Bronze Giving Circle at World University and School
Plans for World University and School
World University and School's Board of Clerks / Directors / Trustees
Gantt Galloway, Pharm.D. (U.S.A., English): http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gantt-galloway-pharm-d/0/3a7/616
Larry Viehland, Ph.D. (U.S.A., English):
http://www.chatham.edu/departments/sciences/undergrad/chemistry/facstaff_details.cfm?ID=19
World University and School's General Board of Clerks / Directors / Trustees
Tito Dimas Atmawijaya (Indonesia, Indonesian): http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=45562960
Stefanos Kapetanakis (Greece, England, Greek): http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=90181173
Dan Kottke (U.S.A., English): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kottke
Juan Manuel Méndez Rey (Spain, Spanish): http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=109733657
Govind Nair (U.S.A., English, Malaysian): http://www.linkedin.com/in/govindnair99
World University and School's Advisory Board
World University & School's Clerk / Founder / Facilitator / President
Scott MacLeod's, M.A., D.R., research focuses on the anthropology of information technology and counterculture. He's taught "Society and Information Technology" on Berkman Island (not on Harvard University's faculty) in Second Life, and on Penn State Isle in Second Life as a Penn State University instructor. He's taught both anthropology and sociology in real life at Chatham University, at the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, at Penn State - New Kensington, and at UC Berkeley. He's currently writing an ethnography of Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, with a virtual world aspect, and developing World University and School (like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects - and - http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm).
Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com
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/ .
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 (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_(New_&_Used)_at_WUaS
Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses
Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects
Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages
Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources
Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States
You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University
Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
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
Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers
Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
For questions, or help editing a page, email: worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm
Thank you!