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World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University
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


Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, open, (potentially degree-granting - Ph.D., M.D., & Music School, etc.), free-to-students, university and school, with great universities (e.g. Yale OYC, MIT OCW 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.) as key web content generators, based on a Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone.


Mission

World University & School's (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare) - 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.


World University and School Internship Positions[]

World University and School Internship positions


We're looking for a interns and research assistants to develop World University and School. This effort will result in a wiki of related resources, with many deep dives on issues relating to developing a online, multilingual, free to students university and school, and possibly short briefs on particular topics.

Candidates with academic backgrounds (Yale, Stanford University, MIT, Harvard) are desired; experience managing and editing wikis is a plus. The positions are expected to be part time from now through the spring, and there is a potential for the position to extend into the summertime.

If interested in this opportunity, please submit a letter of interest and a resume to worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com.

Academic Year Intern/Research Assistant Information and Eligibility:

  • Interns/RAs do not have to be students.
  • Interns/RAs do not have to be affiliated with a University. We do not have the ability to provide authorization to work in the U.S.
  • We are unable to hire Interns/RAs who live and will conduct their work outside of California.
  • The typical wage will be $11.50 per hour.
  • Time commitments typically, but do not always, range from 8-12 hours per week.


Return to World University and School's Master Plan


World University and School Interns positions:

WUaS Intern positions in the first two years (typically 8-12 hrs a week):


The following report to the WUaS General Manager:


1 WUaS intern head of Fundraising for 501 (c) 3 WUaS (with Adelphi Meeting's P.J. as clerk?)

1 WUaS intern head of Bookstore/Computer Store (with Quaker Earthlight Books as clerk)

1 WUaS intern head of Governments' collaboration for CC Academic Degrees

1 WUaS intern head of Academic Press (with SFFM's C.M. as clerk?)

1 WUaS intern head of Non CC Music lessons and tutoring

1 WUaS intern head of broadband internet connectivity for universal education, and in developing countries (think Google Fiber)


1 WUaS intern head of wiki Information Technology technical development

1 WUaS intern head of outreach, marketing, branding, and design



1 WUaS intern head of University community building – like Wikipedians – Everyone can teach – new content generators with web cameras

1 WUaS intern head of wiki Academic sections, for eventual degrees (Ph.D., Bachelor, Law, M.D.)

1 WUaS intern head of One Laptop per Child wiki languages' development

1 WUaS intern head of wiki, new, open Teaching and Learning content aggregation

1 WUaS intern head of broadband development in OLPC countries

1 WUaS intern head of Virtual Worlds development

1 WUaS intern head of New Intern Development – nascent Human Resources position – job descriptions

1 WUaS intern head of Legal Counsel - Creative Commons law, California Law, U.S. Law

1 WUaS Recording Clerk Minutes for all the committees, each of the above being a committee, facilitating and training other recording clerks - (email collation?)

1 WUaS intern head of intern head of Medical School and Teaching Hospital development

1 WUaS intern head of Music School

1 WUaS intern head of Law School

1 WUaS intern head of Design

1 WUaS intern head of New Schools (e.g. Law, Veterinary, Dental)

1 WUaS intern head of WUaS Membership Schools


1 WUaS intern director of Courses' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Subjects' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of wiki Languages' development – liaison with other WUaS languages

1 WUaS intern director of Nation States' wiki development – and eventual accreditation in each

1 WUaS intern director of 'You at World University' and School wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Research wiki page development


1 WUaS intern director of Educational Software wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Library Resources' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Museums' wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of Hardware Resource Possibilities wiki page development

1 WUaS intern director of the WUaS Foundation page


Student Managers



WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources[]

Ideas[]

World University & School will begin hiring INTERNS soon - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Intern_positions - to develop WUaS, as monies come in. WUaS will be significantly developed by interns, potentially students, both undergraduate and graduate, and from these great universities (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#University_course_listings).


Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject[]

Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at http://www.academia.edu).


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 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 Facts[]

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.[]

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 Multimedia[]

Select Museums[]

(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).


Select Newspapers, News[]

Select Office Hours[]

Select Photos[]

Select Programs, Applications, Languages, Software[]

Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems[]

Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.[]

Select RSS Feeds[]

Select Recordings[]

Select References[]

Arellano, Juan (translated by Raquel Marin). 2014. Meet Lourdes Sada, a Global Voices Volunteer Who Has Worked on More Than 400 Stories in Two Years. July 21. Cambridge, MA: globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/21/lourdes-sada-active-global-voices-volunteer-translator-author/ .

Baylor, Isabel and Maggie Hohlfeld. 2014. 8 unexpected things about being a Google intern. eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html.

Pintscher, Lydia. 2013. One serving of 53 amazing students please. May 27. Berlin, Germany: blog.lydiapintscher.de.

Summer Internship Program 2012. 2012. Summer Internship Program 2012. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

Weiss, Todd R. 2014. Google Interns Log Valuable On-the-Job Experience. September 7. eweek.com/it-management/google-interns-log-valuable-on-the-job-experience.html.


Select Reviews[]

Select Search Engines[]

Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations[]

Select Slideshows[]

Select Societies, Associations, Groups, Networks, etc.[]

Select Study Guides[]

Select Surveys[]

Select Syllabi[]

Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information[]

Select Tests, Exams, etc.[]

Select Textbooks[]

Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.[]

Select Timelines[]

Select Twitters[]

Select Video and Audio[]

Berkman Center. 2011. Youth and Media - Summer Interns 2011 - End Thoughts. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Gasser, Urs, and John Palfrey. 2011. Youth and Media - The Vision. Cambridge, MA: Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.


Select Video Conferences[]

Select Videocasts and Podcasts[]

Select Websites[]

Select Wikis[]

Select Writers, Researchers, etc.[]

Subject's Social Networking Sites[]

Tutoring[]

Wikimedia Commons[]

Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikipedia[]

Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/


Wikiquotes[]

Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikisource[]

Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page


Wikivoyage[]

Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/


World University and School Links[]

Association for World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Association_for_World_University_and_School

Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling

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

Finding / Creating a Job You Really Love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

Internship Program at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School

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

Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business

Student Managers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Student_Managers

To Do List: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/To_Do_List

Translators at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Translators_at_WUaS

Volunteers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers

WUaS Intern positions: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Intern_positions

WUaS Job Hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

WUaS Master Plan: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Plan



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, Greatest Universities-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.


Digital and Print catalog


Assistive Technologies[]

WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -

Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies


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)[]

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

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[]

Geodetic datums such as WGS84 or GPS

Geohash keys

... 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 frequencies


Broadcast to TV / television


Create EMail group for page


Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)


Google Glass


MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/


Oculus Rift


Print


Publish to DVD


Recommend


Send to phone


Tablets


Translate


Videophone


Free Degrees / Credit[]

MIT OCW Audio Video Courses: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

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
(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)


In Google Earth[]

Google Earth.


In Virtual World[]

(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

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 and http://www.opencroquet.org/

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

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.

SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage


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

Bar code


Labels[]

Learning Networking[]

Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....


About Me - World University and School - http://about.me


Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/


Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool


Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').


Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool


Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/


Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - 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-4024337


Quora - http://www.quora.com/


Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/


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


Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/


World University & School 'subject page' group


World University & School Share This


Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/


RSS Feed[]

TV-Live Broadcasting[]

Broadcast to television


Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:


Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts


Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv


Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com


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://anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection

ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com

sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎

Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok

Vyew - http://vyew.com/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/

Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/


Universal Translator at WUaS[]

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

Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:


Select Translators

Babelxl. 2015. Babelxl: the best translator. http://babelxl.com/ .

Babylon Online Translation. 2015. Babylon Online Translation. (Offering hundreds of dictionaries and translation in more than 800 language pairs). translation.babylon.com/ .

Free-translator.com. 2015. Free-translator.com. free-translator.com/ .

Google Translate. 2015. Google Translate. translate.google.com/ .

SDL Free Translation. 2015. SDL Free Translation. freetranslation.com/ .

Word Lingo Free Translation Tools. 2015. Word Lingo Free Translation Tools and Machine Translation Products. worldlingo.com/en/products/ .


Select Video with Subtitles for Translation

Amara.org. 2015. Amara.org: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified. (Amara makes video globally accessible: Captions, subtitles, and translations simplified). amara.org/en/

TED Open Translation Project. 2015. TED Open Translation Project. (See - https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project - and - https://www.ted.com/participate/translate/get-started). ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-open-translation-project .


The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School[]

The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS


Wiki Software for Courses[]

Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki


PB Works - http://pbworks.com/


Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.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 - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity.

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-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ .



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


LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE
MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE
NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE
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

WUaS's Guidestar.org listing - https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx .


Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at
http://worlduniversityandschool.org
Thank you!

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