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World University and School {in a virtual world}

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

Add or take a free, open Writing course.

Writing

Add free, open Writing courses below.

Courses

Add free, open Writing subjects	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Becoming Digital: Writing about Media Change	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-784-becoming-digital-writing-about-media-change-fall-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Ben Miller	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-747-classical-rhetoric-and-modern-political-discourse-fall-2009/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Leslie Perelman	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
The Creative Spark	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-2Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Karen Boiko	Browser	Start anytime	English
Expository Writing: Autobiography - Theory and Practice	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-3Spring2001/CourseHome/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Elizabeth Fox	Browser	Start anytime	English
Expository Writing: Exploring Social and Ethical Issues through Film and Print	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-730-1Expository-Writing--Exploring-Social-and-Ethical-Issues-through-Film-and-PrintFall2002/CourseHome/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Andrea Walsh	Browser	Start anytime	English
Rhetoric	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-747-1-rhetoric-spring-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Steven Strang	Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate
Science Writing and New Media	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-732-science-writing-and-new-media-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	David Custer, Elizabeth A. Page	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Writing and Reading Short Stories	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-755Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Shariann Lewitt	Browser	Start anytime	English
Writing about Literature	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-000j-writing-about-literature-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Wyn Kelley	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Writing and Experience: Crossing Borders	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-731-2-writing-and-experience-crossing-borders-fall-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Rebecca Blevins Faery	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Writing and Humanistic Studies' Courses	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/	MIT	non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate, graduate
Writing on Contemporary Issues: Social and Ethical Issues	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/writing-and-humanistic-studies/21w-730-writing-on-contemporary-issues-social-and-ethical-issues-spring-2010/	MIT	non-degree	Dr. Andrea Walsh	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Writing Workshop	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-292-writing-workshop-spring-2008/	MIT	non-degree	Jessica Young	Browser	Start anytime	English	Undergraduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

Write daily, in a blog, for example, and with enjoyment.

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

Strunk, William, and Elwyn Brooks White. 2008 (1918). Elements of Style. Penguin.

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 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

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Select Programs, Applications, Software

Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems

Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.

Select Recordings

Select References

Corbett, Steven J. 2011. Technology and Teaching. July 25. Inside Higher Education.

Essid, Joe and Fran Wilde. 2011?. Building a Collaborative Online Literary Experience. Educause.

Kit, Borys. 2012. Screenwriting for Third Graders. February 21. Los Angeles: CA: Hollywood Reporter. Matson, Clive. 1998. Let the Crazy Child Write: Finding Your Creative Writing Voice. (Google Books). Novato, CA: New World Library.

Price, Richard. 2012. Tips On How To Write Philosophy Essays. San Francisco, CA: Academia.edu.

Tippins, Robyn. 2011. Tips for Improving Your Writing Skills. November 8. Sleepy Blogger.

Upper, Dennis. 1974. The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “writer's block”. 1974 Fall; 7(3): 497. J Appl Behav Anal.

Wormuth, Martina. 2012. Why Blogging is Different than Academic Writing. January 24. Sleepy Blogger.

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

Hoffman, Gordy. 2006. Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!). simplyscripts.com

Screenwriting.info. 2011. Screenwriting.info. screenwriting.info

Select Wikis

Classical unities in drama. 2011. Classical unities in drama. Wikipedia.

How to Write a Screenplay. wikihow.com

World University and School Links

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

Creative Writing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Creative_Writing

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

English Literature: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/English_Literature

Ethnographic Fiction: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ethnographic_Fiction

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

Film Making: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Film_Making

Grant writing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Grant_writing

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

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

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

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

Poetry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Literature

Technical writing: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Technical_writing

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

World University Journalism School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Journalism_School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free video conferencing

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

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

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/

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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