World University - Recent changes [en]

Business Plan

Helianth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:36:11 GMT

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	The primary goal of this business is to build an endowment of U.S. $1.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) in 10 years (by 2020) to support development of World University and School, and another U.S. $1.5 trillion in the second 10 years (by 2030).		The primary goal of this business is to build an endowment of U.S. $1.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) in 10 years (by 2020) to support development of World University and School, and another U.S. $1.5 trillion in the second 10 years (by 2030).

-	We would like to make a, university and school for all One Laptop Per Child countries, and indeed all languages, nation states, subjects, and levels.	+	We would like to make an university and school for all One Laptop Per Child countries, and indeed all languages, nation states, subjects, and levels.

	The WUaS foundation will pay a large network of teachers and salaries, partner with great universities, and facilitate connecting with the developing world.		The WUaS foundation will pay a large network of teachers and salaries, partner with great universities, and facilitate connecting with the developing world.
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-	Domini Society Equity Fund Company Foundations (The Domini 400)	+	Domini Society Equity Fund Company Foundations ("The Domini 400")

	Cambridge, Massachusetts		Cambridge, Massachusetts
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		+	The San Francisco Bay Area, including especially Silicon Valley

	Pittsburgh Foundation		Pittsburgh Foundation
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-	Big cities around this country	+	Big cities around this country, and around the world

Master Plan

Helianth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:31:40 GMT

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-	Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all languages; anyone may teach to their web camera in this open wiki. Information technologies here include human minds. Anyone may teach and learn to in real time in a virtual world, like Second Life, using the wiki-like Google calendar, for example.	+	Database of open Teaching and Learning Materials, in all languages; anyone may teach to their web camera in this open wiki. Information technologies here include human minds. Anyone may teach to and learn, in real time, in a virtual world, like Second Life, using the wiki-like Google calendar, for example.

	Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).		Video capable hand held computer devices (e.g. OLPC and mobile computer devices - with robust video bandwidth and infrastructure in OLPC countries, and everywhere).
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	Laptop/Desktop -		Laptop/Desktop -
-	One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life , and all related technologies as they develop; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.	+	One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life, and all related technologies as they develop, and streaming video; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.

	Mobile -		Mobile -
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	Budget robustly for technological innovation and experimentation.		Budget robustly for technological innovation and experimentation.

-	Become the low cost worldwide provider of internet access, focusing on the OLPC countries first.	+	Become the low cost worldwide provider of internet access, focusing on the OLPC countries.


	Interns:		Interns:

-	Interns positions in the first two years (20 hrs a week maximum):	+	Intern positions (task oriented) in the first two years (20 hrs a week maximum):


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-	Build community of Universitians - like Wikipedians - long into the future, through active outreach, who contribute richly idea-wise to WUaS (e.g. students, worldwide, at great universities - Cal, Stanford, MIT, Ivy Leagues, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc. as one group of such Universitians?; Quakers as another group?; Bohemians as another?; Peace community as another?)	+	Build community of Universitians - like Wikipedians - long into the future, through active outreach, who contribute richly idea-wise to WUaS (e.g. students, worldwide, at great universities - e.g. Cal, Stanford, MIT, Ivy Leagues, Cambridge, Sorbonne, etc. as one group of such Universitians?; Quakers as another group?; Bohemians as another?; Peace community as another?)

-	Get One Laptop per Child languages working with at least 4 subjects & 1 intern for all 9 languages, at first; plan to hire a Ph.D. per language to generate a university and school in each language	+	Get One Laptop per Child languages working with at least 4 subjects & 1 intern for all 9 languages, at first; plan to hire a Ph.D. per language to generate a university and school in each language.

World University Foundation

Helianth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:55:07 GMT

World University & School's Founder:

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	==World University & School's Founder==		==World University & School's Founder==

-	Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).	+	Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California - Santa Barbara, Penn State, New Kensington, and 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).

	Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com		Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com

Food

Helianth — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:01:02 GMT

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<div style="text-align:center;">
<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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* Add or take a '''free, open''' Food course.

==Food==
* Add free, open Food subjects below.
===Subjects===

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===Select Blogs===

===Select References===

===Select Textbooks===

Subjects

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Watsup Fellaassssssss!

Helianth — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:39:49 GMT

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Courses

Helianth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:39:49 GMT

Course listings' aggregates:

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-	\| OpenLearn	+	\| OpenCourseWare Consortium
-	\| http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/	+	\| http://www.ocwconsortium.org/use/use-dynamic.html
	\| non-degree, so far		\| non-degree, so far
	\| Browser		\| Browser
-	\| OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials	+	\| Institutions working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware.
-	\|	+	\| Multiple languages

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-	\| Open Course Ware Consortium	+	\| OpenLearn
-	\| http://www.ocwconsortium.org/use/use-dynamic.html	+	\| http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
	\| non-degree, so far		\| non-degree, so far
	\| Browser		\| Browser
-	\| Find course ware available	+	\| OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials
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User talk:78.26.187.108

Wikia — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:31:35 GMT

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==Welcome==
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Help:Editing

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Wikia — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:04:04 GMT

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==Welcome==
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Help:Editing

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Courses

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:01:33 GMT

Free Degree Programs:

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	\| http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/09/harvard-university-to-offer-groundbreaking-doctoral-program-for-education-leaders.html		\| http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/09/harvard-university-to-offer-groundbreaking-doctoral-program-for-education-leaders.html
	\| Harvard University		\| Harvard University
-	\| Non-degree	+	\| Degree
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	\| Harvard University		\| Harvard University

World University Foundation

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:31:38 GMT

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-	Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, digital, open, (potentially degree-granting - Ph.D., M.D., & Music School, etc.), free-to-students, 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, Cal Tech, B.T.U., University of Chicago, etc.) as key web content players, based on a Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone. 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 - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA (Birmingham, Alabama), Uruguay, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea.	+	Welcome to World University and School, a global, virtual, open, - potentially degree-granting e.g. Ph.D., M.D., & Music School, etc. - free-to-students, university and school, with 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., as key web content players, based on a Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware model, especially for the developing world, and for everyone. 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 - 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.		We need your help. Please support the World University and School Foundation by donating today.

Courses

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:50:23 GMT

Course listings' aggregates:

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	\| OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials		\| OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials
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		+
		+	\|-
		+	\| Open Course Ware Consortium
		+	\| http://www.ocwconsortium.org/use/use-dynamic.html
		+	\| non-degree, so far
		+	\| Browser
		+	\| Find course ware available
	\|		\|

World University Foundation

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:43:08 GMT

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-	==World University & School's Founder and Facilitator==	+	==World University & School's Founder==

	Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).		Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).

-	Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com	+	Personal web site: http://www.scottmacleod.com
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-	Representative publication:
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-	"Digital Spatial Representations: New Communication Processes and 'Middle Eastern' UNESCO World Heritage Sites Online" in the volume 'Tourism in the Middle East: Continuity, Change and Transformation' (Channel View Publications, 2006).

Business Plan

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:28:57 GMT

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-	World University and School would like to build a $1.5 trillion U.S. dollar endowment in the first 10 years, and an additional 3 more trillion dollar endowment, in the second 10 years.	+	World University and School would like to build a $1.5 trillion U.S. dollar endowment in the first 10 years, and an additional 1.5 trillion dollar endowment, in the second 10 years.




-	The Business	+	The business side of things

-	The Business is a foundation to raise funds for World University and School's endowment.	+	World University and School will raise funds for World University and School's endowment.

-	The primary goal of this business is to build an endowment of U.S. $1.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) in 10 years to support development of World University and School.	+	The primary goal of this business is to build an endowment of U.S. $1.5 trillion (in 2009 dollars) in 10 years (by 2020) to support development of World University and School, and another U.S. $1.5 trillion in the second 10 years (by 2030).

-	We would like to make a university and school for all One Laptop Per Child countries, and indeed all languages, nation states, subjects, and levels.	+	We would like to make a, university and school for all One Laptop Per Child countries, and indeed all languages, nation states, subjects, and levels.

	The WUaS foundation will pay a large network of teachers and salaries, partner with great universities, and facilitate connecting with the developing world.		The WUaS foundation will pay a large network of teachers and salaries, partner with great universities, and facilitate connecting with the developing world.


-	Sources of income	+

	Fundraising		Fundraising
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	Venture capital for education		Venture capital for education
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		+	Individuals
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	TechSoup Global		TechSoup Global
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		+	Individuals


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-	Individuals


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-	For this 2009 tax season, we'd like to raise $400,000.	+	For this 2009 tax year, we'd like to raise $400,000.

	$1 million in 2010		$1 million in 2010
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	1 intern head of New Intern Development – nascent Human Resources position – job descriptions		1 intern head of New Intern Development – nascent Human Resources position – job descriptions
	1 intern head of legal questions - Creative Commons law		1 intern head of legal questions - Creative Commons law
-	1 intern head of marketing and branding	+	1 intern head of outreach, marketing and branding
	1 intern head of Minutes for all the committees, each of the above being a committee, facilitating and training other recording clerks		1 intern head of Minutes for all the committees, each of the above being a committee, facilitating and training other recording clerks
	1 intern head of Medical School and hospital development		1 intern head of Medical School and hospital development
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-	Marketing	+	Outreach

-	Initially we'll target Wikia and open source users (Wikipedia, GlobalVoicesOnline.org) and expand from there.	+	Initially we'll target Wikia and open source users (Wikipedia, GlobalVoicesOnline.org), and students at great universities, and OLPC languages, and expand from there.

Computer Music

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:13:55 GMT

Computer Orchestras:

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		+	\| [[MacBook Pro as musical instrument]]
		+	\| http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/slork/video.html
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	\| Stanford Laptop Orchestra		\| Stanford Laptop Orchestra
-	\| http://slork.stanford.edu/bio/	+	\| http://slork.stanford.edu/media/
	\| Stanford University		\| Stanford University
	\| non-degree		\| non-degree

You at World University

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:58:57 GMT

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	==You at World University==		==You at World University==
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	* Add a link to a page on your own web site or Facebook page about what you know or want to know.		* Add a link to a page on your own web site or Facebook page about what you know or want to know.
	* Add you email address if you would like to receive updates.		* Add you email address if you would like to receive updates.
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		+	[[Frequently Asked Questions]]


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-	\|Scott MacLeod \|\| http://scottmacleod.com \|\| http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=824130561 \|\| scott@scottmacleod.com \|\| SF Bay Area \|\| English	+	\|Scott MacLeod
		+	\| http://scottmacleod.com
		+	\| http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=824130561
		+	\| scott@scottmacleod.com
		+	\| SF Bay Area
		+	\| English

	\|-		\|-

Computer Music

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:22:53 GMT

Computer Orchestras:

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	\| PLOrk: The Princeton Laptop Orchestra		\| PLOrk: The Princeton Laptop Orchestra
	\| http://plork.cs.princeton.edu/		\| http://plork.cs.princeton.edu/
-	\|	+	\| Princeton University
	\| non-degree		\| non-degree
	\| Dan Trueman and Perry Cook, directors; Rebecca Fiebrink and Cameron Britt, assistant directors		\| Dan Trueman and Perry Cook, directors; Rebecca Fiebrink and Cameron Britt, assistant directors
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	===Mobile Phone Orchestras===		===Mobile Phone Orchestras===
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	\| The Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble		\| The Michigan Mobile Phone Ensemble
	\| http://mopho.eecs.umich.edu/		\| http://mopho.eecs.umich.edu/
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	\| Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO)		\| Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO)
	\| http://mopho.stanford.edu/		\| http://mopho.stanford.edu/
		+	\| Stanford University
		+	\| non-degree
	\| directors: Ge Wang and Georg Essl; co-directors: Jieun Oh, Nick Bryan, Jorge Herrera		\| directors: Ge Wang and Georg Essl; co-directors: Jieun Oh, Nick Bryan, Jorge Herrera
-	\| non-degree
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	\| Browser		\| Browser
	\| "do mobile phones dream of electric orchestras?"		\| "do mobile phones dream of electric orchestras?"

Anthropology

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:42:18 GMT

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	! Tags		! Tags
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		+	\| Ars Synthetica
		+	\| http://www.ars-synthetica.net/archive/
		+	\| Anthropology of the Contemporary Research Collaboratory, affiliated with UC Berkeley
		+	\| non-degree
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		+	\| Browser
		+	\| Multiple participatory channels for exploring questions about ethics, security, and how cutting-edge research in the biosciences is organized, governed, funded, and expanded. How will synthetic biology shape and be shaped by medicine, energy, and environmental needs? Whose business is ethics? What are the limits to what we can design?
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	\| A General Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology		\| A General Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology

Business Plan

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:31:40 GMT

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	Obama Educational Stimulus Plan		Obama Educational Stimulus Plan
		+	http://www.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html

	Bill and Melinda Gates' Foundation		Bill and Melinda Gates' Foundation
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	eBay		eBay
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		+	TechSoup Global

World University Foundation

Helianth — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:04:06 GMT

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-	==Facilitator and Founder of World University & School==	+	==Master Plan for World University and School==
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		+	[[Master Plan]]
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		+	==World University and School's Board of Directors==
		+
		+	David Byrne
		+	http://www.terratechnology.com/en/about/board.php
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		+	Ed Smyth, M.D.
		+	http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaiser/doctor/edwardsmyth/
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		+	Gantt Galloway, Pharm.D.
		+	http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gantt-galloway-pharm-d/0/3a7/616
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		+	Larry Viehland, Ph.D.
		+	http://www.chatham.edu/departments/sciences/undergrad/chemistry/facstaff_details.cfm?ID=19
		+
		+
		+	Rob Byrne, M.B.A., M.S.
		+	http://www.terratechnology.com/en/about/board.php
		+
		+
		+
		+	==World University & School's Founder and Facilitator==

	Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).		Scott MacLeod's 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, the University of Pittsburgh, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 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/World_University http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University]).
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	"Digital Spatial Representations: New Communication Processes and 'Middle Eastern' UNESCO World Heritage Sites Online" in the volume 'Tourism in the Middle East: Continuity, Change and Transformation' (Channel View Publications, 2006).		"Digital Spatial Representations: New Communication Processes and 'Middle Eastern' UNESCO World Heritage Sites Online" in the volume 'Tourism in the Middle East: Continuity, Change and Transformation' (Channel View Publications, 2006).
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-	==Master Plan for World University and School==
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-	[[Master Plan]]

Business Plan

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:28:07 GMT

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	Nokia		Nokia
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		+	Project RAFT
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		+	Cisco
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		+	Google
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		+	eBay
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	Big cities around this country		Big cities around this country

Educational Software

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:39 GMT

Translation Software - Virtual Worlds:

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		+	===Translation Software - Virtual Worlds===
		+	{\|class="infotable sortable"
		+	!<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools</span>
		+	!Web Site
		+	!Organization (if any)
		+	!Degree / Non-degree
		+	!Location
		+	!Other Info
		+	!Languages
		+	!Tags
		+
		+	\|-
		+	\|Ferd's Free Translator
		+	\|http://secondlife.mitsi.com/secondlife/xlate/
		+	\|
		+	\|
		+	\|Second Life
		+	\|http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Ferd_Frederix
		+	\|51 languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Hungary, Indonesian, Irish, Islandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish
		+	\|
		+
		+	\|-
		+	\|Language Translator - by Simbolic
		+	\|http://world.secondlife.com/place/9a7eca9b-0f19-2d47-04f6-12360456409e
		+	\|
		+	\|
		+	\|
		+	\|Second Life
		+	\|Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
	\|		\|

Master Plan

Gantt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:05:57 GMT

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Business Plan

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:38:56 GMT

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	Pittsburgh Foundation		Pittsburgh Foundation

		+	Nokia

	Big cities around this country		Big cities around this country

User talk:TCFIR

Wikia — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:59:05 GMT

welcoming new contributor

New page

==Welcome==
Hi, welcome to World University! Thanks for your edit to the [[:User:TCFIR]] page.

Please leave a message on [[User talk:Helianth|my talk page]] if I can help with anything! -- [[User:Helianth|Helianth]] ([[User_talk:Helianth|Talk]]) 03:59, December 15, 2009

User:TCFIR

TCFIR — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:58:52 GMT

adding personal contact information

New page

=== TCFIR is: ===
Reid Cornwell

Founder, CEO and Research Director

[http://tcfir.org The Center for Internet Research]

(TCFIR) is a non-profit (501(c)(3)), transdisciplinary research organization created with the purpose of systematically investigating the vast intersection of Internet technology and the human experience.

[http://tcfir-blog.ning.com TCFIR Blog]

[http://focusoned.org Focus on Education Foundation]

[http://foebn.org Focus on Education Broadcasting]

User:TCFIR

TCFIR — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:44:15 GMT

New user account

New page

Computer Music

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:40:45 GMT

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	\| non-degree		\| non-degree
-	\| directors: Ge Wang and Georg Essl; co-directors: Jieun Oh, Nick Bryan, Jorge Herrera	+	\|
	\| Browser		\| Browser
	\| Start anytime		\| Start anytime
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	\| Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO)		\| Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MoPhO)
	\| http://mopho.stanford.edu/		\| http://mopho.stanford.edu/
-	\|	+	\| directors: Ge Wang and Georg Essl; co-directors: Jieun Oh, Nick Bryan, Jorge Herrera
	\| non-degree		\| non-degree
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Business Plan

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:39 GMT

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-	$250,000 from HASTAC/MacArthur	+	Funding Sources

-	1 individual for $250,000	+	Obama Educational Stimulus Plan

-	4 individuals for $100,000	+	Bill and Melinda Gates' Foundation

-	1 widespread group of donors for $100,000	+	Other Microsoft Foundations

		+	Sloan Foundation

		+	Soros Foundation

		+	Apple Foundations

-	Funding Sources	+	Hewlett Packard Foundations

-	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	+	Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) Foundations

-	Sloan Foundation	+	Silicon Valley Company foundations
		+
		+	Domini Society Equity Fund Company Foundations (The Domini 400)
		+
		+	Cambridge, Massachusetts
		+
		+	Pittsburgh Foundation
		+
		+
		+	Big cities around this country

-	Soros

	Individuals		Individuals

-	Cambridge, Massachusetts

-	Pittsburgh Foudation	+

	Web site donations		Web site donations

-	Like One Laptop per Child relationship with countries and governments

-	This 2009 tax season	+	Like One Laptop per Child relationships with countries and governments


		+	For this 2009 tax season, we'd like to raise $400,000.
		+
		+	$1 million in 2010
		+
		+
		+	$250,000 from HASTAC/MacArthur?
		+
		+	1 individual for $250,000
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		+	4 individuals for $100,000
		+
		+	1 widespread group of donors for $100,000
		+
		+	Year after year


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	First fiscal year, 2010 (ending December 31, 2010):		First fiscal year, 2010 (ending December 31, 2010):

-	$30,000 in January 2010, and $85,000 in each subsequent month = 1 million dollars in the first year	+	1 million dollars in the first year = $30,000 in January 2010, and $85,000 in each subsequent month

-	10 billion dollars in the 2nd year	+	1 billion dollars in the 2nd year (2011)

-	20 billion dollars in the 3rd year	+	20 billion dollars in the 3rd year (2012)

-	30 million in the 4th year	+	30 million in the 4th year (2013)

-	1 billion in the 5th year	+	100 billion in the 5th year (2014

-	5 billion in the 6th year	+	200 billion in the 6th year

-	20 billion in the 7th year	+	300 billion in the 7th year

-	100 billion in the 8th year	+	400 billion in the 8th year

-	125 billion in the 9th year	+	500 billion in the 9th year

	leading to 1.5 trillion in the 10th year		leading to 1.5 trillion in the 10th year
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-	While WUaS is 'placeless,' a number of the first Universitians live in or around Berkeley, and we'd like to hire, for example, 2-10 Cal Berkeley or Stanford University interns @ $11.50 an hour (but also, potentially, the brightest 20-25 year olds in the world e.g. MIT, Ivy League students, University of Tokyo, Michigan, Cambridge, Oxford, Berlin, etc.) for up to 20 hours a week, posting the job possibilities on the WUaS wiki page.	+	While WUaS is 'placeless,' a number of the first Universitians live in or around Berkeley, California, and we'd like to hire, for example, 2-10 UC Berkeley or Stanford University interns @ $11.50 an hour (but also, potentially, the brightest 20-25 year old students in the world e.g. MIT, Ivy League students, University of Tokyo, Michigan, Cambridge, Oxford, Berlin, etc.) for up to 20 hours a week, posting the job possibilities on the WUaS wiki page. We'd like to then hire 20-100 interns in the 2nd year.


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-	Add 2 to 20 interns a year?	+	Add 2 to 100 interns a year?

	What happens with faster growth … and more resources?		What happens with faster growth … and more resources?
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-	Someone knowledgeable about making an organization a university – Larry Viehland	+	Someone knowledgeable about making a college a university – Professor Larry Viehland


-	Someone experience with raising a trillion dollars endowment – Harvard Business School	+	Someone experience with raising a trillion dollars endowment – Harvard Business School?


-	Someone experienced with managing rapid growth, and executing a business plan … to go from 0 Universitians to 100s of paid Universitians … and a much larger volunteer community ...	+	Someone experienced with managing rapid growth, and executing a business plan … to go from 0 Universitians to 100s of paid Universitians … and a much larger volunteer community of Universitians, like Wikipedians...


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	Marketing		Marketing
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-	We'll market WUaS primarily on the internet, and by word of mouth ...

	Initially we'll target Wikia and open source users (Wikipedia, GlobalVoicesOnline.org) and expand from there.		Initially we'll target Wikia and open source users (Wikipedia, GlobalVoicesOnline.org) and expand from there.

Master Plan

Helianth — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:29:23 GMT

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	Laptop/Desktop -		Laptop/Desktop -
-	One Laptop per Child size screen (6x7 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life , a`nd all related technologies as they develop; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.	+	One Laptop per Child size screen (6x4 inches), capable of virtual worlds like Second Life , and all related technologies as they develop; web pages - markup languages, what people create and do with this, etc.

	Mobile -		Mobile -
-	handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times mobile format?	+	Handheld size screen (3x2 inches); NY Times' mobile format?