Wisteria: World University and School - Add Your Course to the Wiki Now

Welcome to World University and School

A Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free-to-Students, {Degree-Granting}, Multilingual University & School

worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

for the developing world and everyone


B:

What are you envisioning?

I'm thinking of starting a blog, any advice?


Scott:

Did you read the 'World University and School' wiki page?

where anyone in any language can post or take any course . . .

at all levels, and open to creative innovation.

There's a LOT you can learn on the World Wide Web already, which people can post to this Wiki (an editable Web page).

And people can make learning more fun than it is, by posting (including University level) courses in video, etc., that might also explicitly focus on generating fun, and even the neurochemistry of loving bliss (MDMA naturally).

the wiki is already up and running


B:

virtual classrooms?


Scott:

interactivity happens in Second Life and virtual worlds, on laptops, and through video-capable handheld devices . . .


B:

accredited?


Scott:

that's a developing, parallel track - easiest to do it in conjunction with an existing University - cameras in classrooms in existing lectures and seminars to stream into Second Life and OpenSim virtual world software, for credit for already matriculated students, and than expand / extend and create synergies between courses, languages, new learning technologies . . .

For degree-granting, we'd like to include, over time, Ph.D.s, M.D.s (Doctor of Medicine), I.B.s (International Baccalaureate), & Music degrees {e.g. classical - Indian and Western}, etc.


B:

virtual jazz clubs for virtual students to wear virtual berets in after hours?


Scott:

that happens in Second Life already, in many ways - although I've only heard of a little multi-sited music-making


B:

sounds promising


Scott:

Free MIT Open Course Ware has 1800 courses with much video lecture.

Wikipedia has 2.5 million entries, and is in 70 languages

Youtube video posting is available

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, says he will host it on Wikia.

And there are lots of open-source, innovative possibilities ahead with information technologies


B:

can i set up virtual movie screenings?


Scott:

veodia.com allows you to stream live into SL from anywhere for free (in the beginning) - it's all possible and cool . . .

bandwidth continues to be a limitation - (Greek chorus:)


B:

are you actively involved?


Scott:

it's my envisioning. . .

World University and School - Add Courses Now

The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, Degree-Granting, Multilingual University & School

worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

and globaluniversity.pbwiki.com/ for more detail about early structures - click through folders on right


B:

i just forwarded the info to my friend working in sustainable development and economy in morocco

sounds cool


Scott:

And click on 'global university' tag here at right on this blog for more thoughts about this scott-macleod.blogspot.com


all languages - very cool and potentially very helpful to people -

illiterate people who have video capable hand-helds with ample bandwidth could also teach courses by posting videos

scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2008/11/world-university-and-school-add-courses.html


To start a blog - blogger.com is helpful, developing technology (Google) - pick some themes and start posting :)

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