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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

  • Add or take a free, open Geology course.

Select Courses[]

  • Add free, open Geology courses below.

Courses[]

Add free, open Geology courses Web Site Organization (if any) Degree / Non-degree Instructor's Name Location Other Info Language Tags
Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-491-advanced-seminar-in-geology-and-geochemistry-organic-geochemistry-fall-2005/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. Roger Summons Browser Start anytime English Graduate
Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-119-analytical-techniques-for-studying-environmental-and-geologic-samples-spring-2011/ MIT non-degree Prof. Samuel Bowring, Prof. Edward Boyle, Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Dr. Francis Dudas Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Crosby Lectures in Geology: History of Africa http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-453-crosby-lectures-in-geology-history-of-africa-fall-2005/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. Kevin Burke Browser Start anytime English Graduate
Field Geology I http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-114-field-geology-i-fall-2005/ MIT non-degree Ben Crosby (Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor), Prof. B. Clark Burchfiel Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Geological science courses http://www.colorado.edu/sei/departments/geosciences_course-resources.htm UC Boulder non-degree Browser Start anytime English
Introduction to Geology http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-001-introduction-to-geology-fall-2013/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. Taylor Perron, Prof. Oliver Jagoutz Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Medical Geology/Geochemistry: An Exposure http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-091-medical-geology-geochemistry-an-exposure-january-iap-2006/ MIT non-degree Dr. Ila Pillalamarri (Dr. P. Ila) Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Petrology http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-109-petrology-fall-2005/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. Timothy Grove Browser Start anytime English, Translated Versions: فارسی , Türkçe Undergradaute
RESERVOIR GEOMECHANICS http://online.stanford.edu/course/reservoir-geomechanics-sp14 Stanford Online non-degree Browser Start anytime English
Sedimentary Geology (Spring 2007) http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-110-sedimentary-geology-spring-2007/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. John Southard Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Sedimentary Geology (Fall 2004) http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-110-sedimentary-geology-fall-2004/ MIT OCW non-degree Prof. David Mohrig Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Structural Geology http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-113-structural-geology-fall-2005/ MIT non-degree Prof. B. Clark Burchfiel, Christopher Studnicki-Gizbert (Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor) Browser Start anytime English Undergraduate
Course's Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English


WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources[]

Ideas[]

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 Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.


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Select Blogs, Blog Aggregators[]

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.[]

Begin a Google + Hangout:

https://plus.google.com/hangouts

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


Select Book Reviews[]

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Add an ISBN.


https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikibooks


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Select Call for Papers, Chapters, Submissions, etc.[]

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 Conference Materials[]

Select Conferences, Conferences Online[]

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Select Funding Sources[]

Google + Hangouts, Group Video, etc.[]

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Select Institutes, Centers, Networks of Centers, etc.[]

Select Interviews, Question and Answers, Q&As[]

Select Journals, Serials, etc.[]

Select Labs[]

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Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, Repositories, 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).

Geology, Gems, and Minerals. 2013. http://www.mnh.si.edu/explore/earth/index.html Geology, Gems, and Minerals]. Washington, DC: Smithsonian.


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Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems, FAQs[]

Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.[]

Wikidata:Wikiquote. 2014. Wikidata:Wikiquote. wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote.


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Select Statistics[]

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Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information[]

Select Tests, Exams, etc.[]

Select Textbooks[]

Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.[]

Select Timelines[]

Select Twitters[]

Select Updates[]

Select Video and Audio[]

U.S. West Coast expecting major quake following Japan disaster. 2011. U.S. West Coast expecting major quake following Japan disaster. (Japan's devastating earthquake has raised concerns among geoscientists that the West Coast of the United States is likely to be next. From southern California to Alaska, the coastline shares its geography with the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone, both of which scientists say, are primed for a major quake. Rob Muir reports.). April 14. Reuters.


Select Video Conferences[]

Select Video with Subtitles for Translation[]

Select Videocasts and Podcasts[]

Select Websites[]

USGS Earthquakes. 2011. Earthquake Hazards Program. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes.


Select Wikis[]

Select Workshops[]

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[]

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Earth,_Atmospheric,_and_Planetary_Sciences

Environmental Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Environmental_Studies

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

Geology and Geophysics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Geology_and_Geophysics

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

Marine Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Marine_Science

Nuclear Science and Engineering: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nuclear_Science_and_Engineering

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

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



WUaS Navigation[]

New WUaS in MediaWiki: https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150324001526/http://worlduniversityandschool.org/mediawiki-1.24.1/index.php?title=Main_Page


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 course catalog[]

Digital course catalog

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing


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)

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).

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/


Linked Open Data[]

Linked Open Data, Linked Data for artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on privacy and security.


List of Wikipedias[]

List of Wikipedias. 2015. List of Wikipedias. meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias .


RSS Feed[]

Save this page for download in the following formats[]

atom

GeoJSON

csv.csvm

map.html

csv

xls

rdf

klm


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


MIT UnHangouts - https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/


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/ .


MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications

a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, World University and School b) MIT does not offer credit to WUaS students, and c) All MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu



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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
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