Sunday, June 17, 2012

Palash: How valuable 1-to-1 connecting via video is, especially for facilitating enjoyable learning, even vis-a-vis small groups, MIT OCW High School-centric, (CC licensed), free 'International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme' (highest quality - e.g. P.A. Exeter?, Boston Latin?, STEM?), United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish ... as a feed-in to 'The College at WUaS,' Excited about the possibility of hiring so many foreign students particularly in these great U.S. universities


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/STS_001_Butea_monosperma.jpg

... is excited for the opportunity for instructors

in World University and School's first, matriculating Bachelor's degree class (beginning in 2014)

to connect 1-to-1 via video with students

(see the The College at WUaS -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School) ...


In teaching a musical instrument,

I'm seeing how valuable 1-to-1 connecting is,

especially for facilitating enjoyable learning,

and specific kinds of 'flow' (enjoyment) experiences in learning,


even vis-a-vis small groups ....

(WUaS is planning to use the Conference Method,

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning,

accrediting on MIT OCW / edX hopefully with MITx / HarvardX professors and

WUaS-hired graduate student instructors, to start).


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In developing the World University and School,

online, MIT OCW High School-centric,

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/

(Creative Commons' licensed),

free 'International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme'

(highest quality - e.g. Phillips Academy Exeter?, Boston Latin School,

these best U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math high schools -

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-rankings/stem

or ? ... ) -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme -

WUaS will probably focus on these

United Nations' languages only -

Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish ...


as a feed-in to The College at WUaS -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School -

(potentially in many of the 3000-8000 languages, but starting with English in 2014) ...



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... is excited about the possibility of hiring so many foreign students

particularly in these great U.S. universities -

(http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#University_course_listings)

to create an online, MIT OCW-centric (as wiki) great university in many, many 3000-8000 languages,

and in their languages for free, online, Bachelor, Ph.D., Law and MD degrees -

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses#Free_Degrees_.2F_Credit -

at Creative Commons' licensed World University and School.







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