Oryx: New 'Arabic language' wiki, subject page at WUaS, Video with Hillary Rodham Clinton introducing from the Ben Franklin Room a new Open Books' project focusing on educational resources in the Arabic language, and vis-a-vis the Arab League, New York Times' piece by Tom Friedman, "Revolution Hits the Universities," also emphasizing online education and the Arabic language.

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New 'Arabic language' wiki, subject page at World University and School -

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


with a video with Hillary Rodham Clinton (outgoing Secretary of State)

Remarks at the Announcement of the 

Open Book Project

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2013/01/203382.htm

introducing from the Ben Franklin Room a new Open Books' project, focusing on educational resources in the Arabic language, and vis-a-vis the Arab League,

The initiative will:

• Support the creation of Arabic-language Open Educational Resources (OERs) and the translation of existing OERs into Arabic.
• Disseminate the resources free of charge through our partners and their platforms.
• Offer training and support to governments, educators, and students to put existing resources to use and develop their own.
• Raise Awareness of the potential of open educational resources and promote uptake of online learning materials.

http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/203276.htm



and a New York Times' piece by Tom Friedman, "Revolution Hits the Universities," -

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=1020686 -

also emphasizing education and the Arabic language.


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In conjunction with developing Creative Commons' licensed, MIT-OCW World University and School for online university (and I.B.) degrees in English, WUaS plans to begin developing in United Nations' languages, first, including Arabic.


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Some relevant, beginning WUaS links:


Arabic language: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Arabic_language

Middle East: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Middle_East

United Arab Emirates: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

United Nations: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/United_Nations

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