Sunday, May 31, 2020

buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirus



What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/31/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):






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Coronavirus Su 5/31/20
Revealed Test and trace was abandoned because system 'could only cope with five cases a week'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/30/revealed-test-trace-abandoned-system-could-cope-five-coronavirus/

Scaling mountains and crags, one man’s lifelong quest to track and trace the last of the snow
It started when he was nine. Now scientists are taking Iain Cameron’s eccentric hobby seriously
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scaling-mountains-and-crags-one-mans-lifelong-quest-to-track-and-trace-the-last-of-the-snow-hjn5kf5w5

Spencer Wells
How Vietnam kept its coronavirus death toll at zero Microbe #AsiaRising

The Covid-19 pandemic situation is still worrying
08:45 - 31/05/2020 0 YOUTH
Văn Khoa
https://m.thanhnien.vn/the-gioi/tinh-hinh-dai-dich-covid-19-van-dang-lo-1231572.html


The government considers making My Number "attaching all accounts" mandatory, aiming to amend the law next year
Mainichi newspaper　May 31, 2020 20:37
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200531/k00/00m/040/139000c

Ian Haydon, 29, fainted from the corona vaccine - but is hopeful
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/ian-haydon-29-svimmade-av-coronavaccinet-men-ar-hoppfull/

What is waiting for America's divided states now?
PUBLISHED YESTERDAY 08:53
The United States is a country about to be torn apart.
The president blamed for one moment deficiencies in how the pandemic is being fought on the governors of the states.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/usa-pa-vag-att-slitas-isar-av-pandemin/

Vorwürfe gegen die Polizei in Weimar:
Wenn Fehler keine Folgen haben
Eine fadenscheinige Hausdurchsuchung, mutmaßlich übergriffige Beamt:innen, ein rechter Kommissar, der Dickpics verschickt. Wie kann das sein?
https://taz.de/Vorwuerfe-gegen-die-Polizei-in-Weimar/!5686849/



After 100,000 coronavirus cases, it’s clearer where Californians are getting infected
John Woolfolk and Harriet Blair Rowan
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2020 at 6:00
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/30/after-100000-coronavirus-cases-its-clearer-where-californians-are-getting-infected/amp/

He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer
https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/26/moderna-vaccine-candidate-trial-participant-severe-reaction/

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Coronavirus Sa 5/30/20
That changes in June for consumers
ECONOMY
REGULATIONS IN CORONA CRISIS
That changes in June for consumers
As of: 3:18 p.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes
Stephan Maaß
By Stephan Maaß
Business editor
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article208540977/Verbraucher-Das-aendert-sich-im-Juni.html

Few U.S. adults say they’ve been diagnosed with coronavirus, but more than a quarter know someone who has

Americans are critical of China’s handling of COVID-19, distrust information about it from Beijing


How Vietnam kept its coronavirus death toll at zero Microbe #AsiaRising


News
Thursday's Briefing: Travel ban to Lake Tahoe lifted; BART to employ social distancing on trains
Latonda Simmons named Oakland assistant city administrator
by Steven Tavares
May 28, 2020
https://m.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2020/05/28/thursdays-briefing-travel-ban-to-lake-tahoe-lifted-bart-to-employ-social-distancing-on-trains

MIT elects its first ever black woman student body president. She’s from Miami
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article243117621.html

MIT elects first black woman student body president in its 159-year history
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/29/us/mit-black-woman-student-president-trnd/index.html

SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight

The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired.

It’s the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit. The Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday.CreditCredit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
Kenneth Chang

By Kenneth Chang

    May 30, 2020

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The United States opened a new era of human space travel on Saturday as a private company for the first time launched astronauts into orbit, nearly a decade after the government retired the storied space shuttle program in the aftermath of national tragedy.



Digital gorilla projects in Rwanda: Virtual Africa
Rwanda offers visits to the gorillas in virtual reality. The government wants to ensure that environmental projects remain attractive to tourists.
Digitale Gorillaprojekte in Ruanda: Virtuelles Afrika
Ruanda bietet Besuche bei den Gorillas in Virtual Reality an. So will die Regierung dafür sorgen, dass Umweltprojekte für Touristen attraktiv bleiben.
https://taz.de/Digitale-Gorillaprojekte-in-Ruanda/!5686876/




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Coronavirus F 5/29/20

Viele der grössten Ansteckungsherde sind ab Juni wieder zugelassen. Was es braucht, damit es trotzdem zu keiner zweiten Welle kommt
Aus der Sicht des Einzelnen ist das Infektionsrisiko in der Schweiz nun klein. Aus einer Gesamtsicht ist das Problem aber noch nicht gelöst.
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/die-mathematik-der-zweiten-corona-welle-ld.1558584

A befuddling phenomenon: Why are Boston’s Asians underrepresented in coronavirus cases and deaths?
The data has unsettled public health officials and community activists, who are concerned the numbers reflect a low level of testing among the city’s Asian American population coupled with a fear of harassment.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/29/nation/befuddling-phenomenon-why-are-bostons-asians-underrepresented-covid-19-cases-deaths/


FROM
ANNA LEHMANN
Criticism of emergency aid for students: Too late and too little money
Students in need who have less than 500 euros in their accounts should now receive grants from the federal government. Student representatives are outraged.
https://taz.de/Kritik-an-Nothilfe-fuer-Studierende/!5689198/

Rest of the world | Tourism
You can travel from Finland to Estonia again on Monday, and this summer Finnish tourists are especially important to the country
In Estonia, the disease situation is better than in Finland.
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006524223.html

Home page panorama Corona virus
COVID-19
Tyrol already knew about infected Icelanders earlier than before
An Icelander warned a hotel on March 3. The Tyrolean crisis team decided two days later to conceal another Corona case
May 29, 2020,
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117797518/tiroler-hotel-wusste-schon-frueher-als-bisher-von-infizierten-islaendern

The Council to keep away from others can be maintained for several years
The vaccine against covid-19 is at the earliest available in late autumn 2021. Norwegians must focus on infection control measures for a good time to come, says Line Vold in the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI).
SIMEN SUNDFJORD OTTERLEI
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/1nEJqJ/raadet-om-aa-holde-avstand-til-andre-kan-bli-opprettholdt-i-flere-aar?



CORONAVIRUS
A Miami elder-care staffer tested positive for COVID-19 — and kept working anyway
BY ALEX HARRIS
MAY 29, 2020 06:15 PM ,  UPDATED 3 HOURS 57 MINUTES AGO
A Google Maps screenshot shows South Florida Home Services, an assisted living facility shut down by the state after multiple COVID-19 infections between staff and clients.
A Google Maps screenshot shows South Florida Home Services, an assisted living facility shut down by the state after multiple COVID-19 infections between staff and clients.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article243092896.html

UN confirms the death of two members of peacekeeping missions after being infected with the virus
https://www.eluniversal.com/internacional/71889/onu-confirma-el-fallecimiento-de-dos-efectivos-de-misiones-de-paz-tras-ser-infectados-con-el-virus


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Coronavirus Th 5/28/20

Cleaning robots and hygiene machines, but no mask requirement at Zurich Airport
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/flughafen-zuerich-putzroboter-wegen-corona-keine-maskenpflicht-ld.1558733

Boston Marathon canceled for first time in 124-year history
For the first time ever, the Boston Marathon has been canceled, Mayor Marty Walsh announced. Instead, the 2020 marathon — which had already been postponed from April to Sept. 14 due to coronavirus — will be held as a virtual event, the BAA said.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/nation/coronavirus-boston-massachusetts-may-28/


Seehofer rechnet Mitte Juni mit Corona-Warn-App
Stand: 28.05.2020 | Lesedauer: 2 M
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Corona-live-Seehofer-rechnet-mit-Corona-Warn-App-Mitte-Juni.html


LIVE UPDATES
May 28, 2020, 8:19 p.m. ET
U.S. Jobless Claims Pass 40 Million: Live Business Updates

Many of the relief programs introduced at the beginning of the pandemic may soon expire.

Brundtland: - 5000 died in Sweden. 230 in Norway. It's pretty incredible.
- It's weird. It takes a lot to make this difference clear up a couple of years in the future, says Gro Harlem Brundtland.

How to prepare for the second wave of corona "I'm just doing well"
Masako Toda, Naoya Ima, Hisashi Hattori
2020/5/28 22:00
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASN5X5RGJN5VULBJ007.html

Pic
緊急事態宣言解除から一夜明けた26日夜の東京・渋谷のスクランブル交差点。駅方面に向かう人で混み合っていた=2020年5月26日午後6時18分、東京都渋谷区、藤原伸雄撮影 The scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, on the night of the 26th, one night after the declaration of emergency was lifted. It was crowded with people heading towards the station = May 26, 2020 6:18 pm, Nobuo Fujiwara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR THE CORONA CRISIS
Polder agreement divides opposition
On Thursday, the House of Representatives debated the 'support package 2.0' and the cancellation of the dismissal fine. The PvdA is over.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/05/28/polderakkoord-verdeelt-oppositie-a4001214

Most Countries Fail to Capture Extent of Coronavirus Deaths
And
House Passes Bill Loosening Rules on PPP Small-Business Loans
In separate development, Treasury and SBA set aside $10 billion for community lenders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/community-lenders-to-get-10-billion-of-ppp-small-business-loans-11590678108

CORONA HEROES
In the clinic, in Heinsberg, in the zoo: Eckart von Hirschhausen out and about with people we now count on
What do an intensive care unit, the Corona hotspot Heinsberg and the Berlin Zoo have in common? A lot for Eckart von Hirschhausen these days.
https://www.stern.de/p/plus/gesundheit-wissenschaft/in-der-klinik--in-heinsberg--im-zoo--eckart-von-hirschhausen-unterwegs-bei-menschen--auf-die-wir-jetzt-zaehlen-9277906.html


Return to the classroom - Masks, one meter benches but no fever measurement: here are the indications of the Scientific Committee
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/05/28/rientro-a-scuola-le-indicazioni-del-comitato-tecnico-scientifico-mascherine-banchi-a-distanza-ma-niente-misurazione-della-febbre/5817167/

Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms before you even realize you’re sick
Researchers say the constant stream of data from Oura rings, Fitbits and Apple Watches could eventually be used as a coronavirus early-warning system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/28/wearable-coronavirus-detect/

Other countries’ reopenings may be no real guide for the United States
The United States has seen a larger outbreak of COVID-19 than any other country, and its reopening experience could be more fraught than others'.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/metro/other-countries-reopenings-may-be-no-real-guide-united-states/



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Coronavirus W 5/27/20

 Swiss  Geneva on Saturday, precarious and united
Geneva on Saturday, precarious and united
They come from the Philippines, Eritrea, Kurdistan… Asylum seekers, undeclared workers or undocumented workers, they line up at the Vernets ice rink, some early in the morning, to get a bag of provisions worth 20 francs. This Saturday, May 30, distribution again peaked, with 3,280 bags distributed. Fragments of lives
https://www.letemps.ch/images/photos/suisse/geneve-samedi-precaire-solidaire

The weather
Le Temps - Swiss media site
During the pandemic, scrambled communication with deaf and hard of hearing people
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The Swiss Federation of the Deaf denounces the difficulties that people with deafness have faced since the start of the pandemic. She regrets limited access to official information and would like the wearing of a transparent mask to be widespread among professionals
https://www.letemps.ch/societe/durant-pandemie-une-communication-brouillee-personnes-sourdes-malentendantes

THE "IMAGE" AND THE VIROLOGIST

Drosten remains with the thesis on corona spread by children - caution with loosening
Steffen Herrmann
- same? -
UND DAS ALLES OHNE IMPFUNG
Drosten erklärt, wie wir im Sommer trotz Corona-Krise fast zur Normalität zurückkehren können
https://www.fr.de/panorama/christian-drosten-virologe-corona-coronavirus-karl-lauterbach-spd-morddrohung-twitter-paket-zr-13719027.html

Even Merkel becomes weak when she thinks of Italy
Published on May 27, 2020 | Reading time: 2 minutes
By Robin Alexander
Deputy editor-in-chief

CORONAVIRUS LIVE TICKER CORONAVIRUS: ALL CARDS AND NUMBERS
 LIVE
CORONA CRISIS
Holidaymakers get an invoice for the return campaign - travel warning continues to apply to 3 EU countries
Status: 03:19 a.m.
Corona alarm in Beijing. For the first time in many weeks there has been a major outbreak of the virus. Numerous infections were discovered in a wholesale market in the Chinese capital. The market was closed and eleven residential areas were closed off.

Source: WORLD

AUTOPLAY
Germans who were brought back from abroad because of the corona pandemic must bear the costs - and will soon receive mail. The travel warning is to be lifted for 23 out of 26 EU countries. All developments in the live ticker.

Many look to marijuana to cope with coronavirus anxiety. That concerns health officials
Doctors say smoking cannabis could worsen COVID-19 complications
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated May 27, 2020,

Twitter:
Donald Trump droht mit Schließung von Online-Netzwerken
Der US-Präsident ist in Rage: Twitter hatte seinen Tweet als irreführend gekennzeichnet. Trump droht nun den sozialen Medien, er sieht die Redefreiheit eingeschränkt.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/soziale-medien-twitter-donald-trump-schliessung

Twitter warns of Trump tweet: Half courage
Donald Trump uses? Twitter as the primary source? of attention. The "fact check" of the short message service is therefore a risk.
https://taz.de/Twitter-warnt-vor-Trump-Tweet/!5685255/

Colleges prepare to reopen but aren’t entirely confident about having extensive testing in place
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated May 27, 2020

Corona in Germany: RKI reports current number of reproductions


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Coronavirus Tu 5 26 20

College wait lists used to be where dreams died. The pandemic changed that
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff, Updated May 25, 2020


MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis police, protesters clash almost 24 hours after George Floyd's death in custody
Protesters gathered at Chicago Ave. and East 38 th Street in South Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd.
Photo Gallery - Outrage after death of man who died in Minneapolis police custody

By LIBOR JANY , STAR TRIBUNE
May 27, 2020 - 12:55 PM

Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday after the detention and death of 46-year-old George Floyd — a scene that unfolded in a Facebook video showing a white officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded with police, “I can’t breathe.” 

MINNEAPOLIS
What we know about Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao, two of the officers caught on tape in the death of George Floyd
Video filed by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer identified as Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd. Floyd later died.Video filed by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer identified as Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd. Floyd later died.

By ANDY MANNIX , STAR TRIBUNE
May 26, 2020 - 11:25 PM

The Minneapolis police officer shown on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck as Floyd pleaded for help, along with another officer who stood by and watched, have both been involved in use-of-force incidents over their careers.

WORLD
Sweden steadfast in strategy as virus toll continues rising
People enjoyed the sunny weather in the garden cafe at Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday May 26, 2020.People enjoyed the sunny weather in the garden cafe at Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday May 26, 2020.
— Anders Wiklund, TT via AP

By DAVID KEYTON , ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 26, 2020 - 1:02 PM

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's government defended its response to the COVID-19 global pandemic on Tuesday despite the Scandinavian country now reporting one of the highest mortality rates in the world with 4,125 fatalities, or about 40 deaths per 100,000 people.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CORONA AID FUND
How Chancellor Kurz Merkel is helping with the billion dollar poker game
Published on May 27, 2020 | Reading time: 5 minutes
By Tobias Kaiser , Christoph B. Schiltz
Hundreds of complaints but zero citations for Houston bars, restaurants violating capacity rules
Jasper Scherer and Zach D

English is a good language, but at the current time it makes it a national language, says Professor Janne Saarikivi. Photo: EMILIA ANUNDI / HS

English eats Finnish
English threatens languages ​​everywhere, but in humble Finland the situation is particularly bad, says Janne Saarikivi, professor of fennougristics.

Juha Merimaa
Published: May 27 2:00 AM , Updated May 27 8:53
THE FRONT OF THE T-SHIRT reads Dadman. The font follows the Batman logo. For the father of two small children, the pun is appropriate, but its language is surprising. Janne Saarikivi, Professor of Fennougristics at the University of Helsinki, is one of Finland's best-known critics of everyday English.

 India News / From loud music, to beating utensils and spraying: How farmers are dealing with locust attack
From loud music, to beating utensils and spraying: How farmers are dealing with locust attack
Government officials and farm experts said desert locusts have engulfed around 35,000 hectares in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh since entering India on April 11.
INDIA Updated: May 27, 2020 09:25 IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
New Delhi, Delhi
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Coronavirus M 5 25 20

Still these news' reports ... why beyond virus?

What flight passengers have to be prepared for because of Covid-19
The airlines will soon start operating again. What can passengers expect? Wearing a protective mask is only one of several requirements.

Werner Enz
11 comments
May 25, 2020


Philosopher on the meaning of touch: "The body as a soul"
The French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy speaks about the sense of touch and contact restrictions during corona times.
https://taz.de/Philosoph-ueber-den-Sinn-der-Beruehrung/!5687500/


Thüringens Vorstoß bei Corona-Öffnungen: Als Signal fatal
Bodo Ramelow wollte sich mit radikalen Lockerungen vor den Landtagswahlen 2021 profilieren. Das war unklug von Thüringens Ministerpräsidenten.
https://taz.de/Thueringens-Vorstoss-bei-Corona-Oeffnungen/!5684950/


The CDU is again a Merkel party
Thomas Sebastian Vitzthum
By

Minnesota Poll: Gov. Tim Walz's approval ratings grow amid coronavirus response
https://m.startribune.com/poll-walz-s-approval-ratings-grow-in-crisis/570709222/

Unesco: Seven Norwegian wonders you must visit this summer
https://www.aftenposten.no/reise/i/6jbdjo/Unesco-Syv-norske-vidundre-du-ma-besoke-i-sommer





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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020


What I've been watching

Over the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries The Plot Against America, which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html





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Matilija poppies (Romneya): Online free-to-students' English degrees in the autumn from India at World Univ & Sch? * * Please stay tuned * * English literature: MIT OCW literature (127 courses) - https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/ Yale OYC literature (4 courses) - https://oyc.yale.edu/english "English literature" Courses (7 results) https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=English%20literature "Literature" Courses (62 results) https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=Literature%20 ~


Hi Shahbaz, 

Thanks for your emails, and your inquiries about an online free-to-students' Bachelor's degree program in English from India beginning this autumn 2020. And I hope you are doing well in these coronavirus pandemic times. 

The good news is MIT Professor Sanjay Sarma, and VP in the Office of Digital Learning has said (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/cosmos-bipinnatus-heard-back-from-mit.html) that World University and School can add MIT OCW > MITx courses on the edX platform to our WUaS Course Catalog https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing (http://worlduniversityandschool.org/). Thanks to Sanjay! And WUaS has begun to add these edX courses. 

The further good news is that there are about 69 'English' (7) and 'Literature' (62) edX courses (from many different universities offered on the edX platform), which I found recently (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/starfish-fromia-monilis-cc-4-mit-ocw.html), but these are not necessarily MITx from MIT OCW courses (which WUaS is focused upon due to licensing questions). There are also numerous CC-4 licensed MIT OCW LIterature courses, and there are a fair number of CC-3 licensed Yale OYC English courses too. All of these courses could be offered for free-to-students' Bachelor degrees, - with the edX courses on a more degree-oriented platform than the OpenCourseWare / OpenYaleCourses. WUaS is seeking to ask students to take about 40 courses over 4 years to complete a Bachelor's degree. 

In terms of WUaS's licensing (CA's BPPE) which is the first step in then concurrently accrediting (probably with WASC), all of the CA BPPE workshops have been cancelled through the end of 2020 (probably due to the coronavirus pandemic) - https://www.bppe.ca.gov/schools/application_workshops.shtml - which makes it difficult for WUaS to begin to offer online Bachelor (or Ph.D.) degrees that will then become accredited (as WUaS becomes accredited). (Also WUaS doesn't have the BPPE fee money to begin this process anyway).

So the answer to your question is that World Univ & Sch is working to offer online free-to-students' Bachelor degrees in English, and in all of our 6 planned WUaS majors / programs by this autumn 2020, but there are some challenges ahead. Please stay tuned. 

Sincerely, 
Scott





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English literature: 
MIT OCW literature (127 courses) -
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/

Yale OYC literature (4 courses) -
https://oyc.yale.edu/english


"English literature" Courses (7 results)
https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=English%20literature


"Literature" Courses (62 results)
https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=Literature%20


"English" Courses (71 results)
https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=English


Dear Larry,

I clicked on all of our CC-4 MIT OCW links in WUaS's 6 majors - about 75 courses - and found about 14 edX < MITx courses, and have listed them -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing.

WUaS 'English' and 'History' majors in Course Catalog had, by far, a majority of CC-3 licensed Yale OpenYaleCourses (OYC) with no YaleX links whatsoever - https://oyc.yale.edu/courses - so WUaS doesn't have the ability to offer the first year of an 'English' major, a major I'd think might have many WUaS applicants. And the MIT Literature courses I checked out don't have any edX links as well. These 7 courses, however, could be good starting places - https://www.edx.org/search?tab=course&q=English%20literature - from BerkeleyX, HarvardX, TsinghuaX and WellesleyX. There are however 62 'Literature' courses in edX. And It seems like Yale is listing many online courses with Coursera, and not edX. (Could be worth exploring if we could add these Coursera links/URLs as well to WUaS's catalog with time? )

Our WUaS prospective 1st English major, Shabhaz Sanjer, in India, just just now emailed, and asked about an English major beginning in the autumn, and perhaps the above would work as a starting point.

One question/ further clarification for MIT Professor and VP in Office of Digital Learning Sanjay Sarma: "Could WUaS please add these other edX courses to our WUas course catalog, as MIT and Harvard prepare their online platforms for the autumn in this time of coronavirus pandemic" OR "WUaS is going to add other edX courses, besides MIT OCW into MITx on the edX platform ... " I wonder what edX's relationship with these other BerkeleyX, HarvardX, TsinghuaX and WellesleyX etc. universities is, re fees, and who can list, and how reimbursement to these Universities from edX works?

So WUaS is a little short presently on courses beginning in the autumn for WUaS undergraduates in our 6 majors, but I wonder about listing other edX courses - and regarding seeking reimbursement, and regarding the edX money transfer mechanism. Am wondering too what MIT lawyers, or MIT legal processes the MIT Office of Digital Learning, and edX too, check out at MIT in all these regards too. There are probable enough courses to work with to cobble something together, all in all. Am not sure, however, how edX will communicate with the Departments of Education in all ~200 countries however. Our WUaS outreach is also a question.

I've also listed all 260 MITx courses I found in edX just below WUaS majors - as one link in the WUaS Course Catalog. And I listed the "MicroMasters® Program in Finance" on one line in the Course Catalog too, with its 5 courses, just under the WUaS Business Major.

Time to begin to see if we can add some more non-MITx courses to the WUaS Course Catalog, then figure out WUaS credit hours, - and perhaps even a rockin' first year required Reed Hum 110 course transposed into WUaS Hum 101, but on the edX platform, and created by Reed - and then figure out planning for WUaS cohorts too, if possible, with this Hum 101 course?

Build this all out on a Google Sites' platform professionally, and with planning for many languages? What about registering our WUaS students with a Wikidata Q-item number or Wikidata PIN # - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University?

Suggestions, questions, thoughts, ideas?

Sincerely, Scott

https://ocw.mit.edu/

https://www.edx.org/

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mitx-related-courseware/#OCWRelatedCourseware

https://oyc.yale.edu/

https://www.coursera.org/

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University



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Dear Sanjay, and Larry, 

Thanks for the clarification. World Univ & Sch continues to seek to observe the CC-4 MIT OCW, and the edX, licensing terms (and per our communication with MIT OCW director Cecilia d'Oliveira previously, that WUaS may 1) share, 2) adapt, 3) but non-commercially the CC-4 MIT OCW (now in 4 languages), - and see the further licensing clarifications here per her: http://worlduniversityandschool.org/). Am appreciative of the opportunity to communicate with you as MIT Professor and VP in the MIT Office of Digital Learning, and with Anant Agarwal as edX CEO (and with John Hennessy as chair of Alphabet, and former president of Stanford for 16 years, and Anant's professor as well; John may also be helpful with regards to WUaS planned Law and Medical degrees in ~200 countries' official languages emerging from Stanford Medicine and Stanford Law), - with regards to where World Univ & Sch is heading first with online Bachelor and Ph.D. degrees (per CA's BPPE) first in English (and soon in many languages). Thank you!

All the best, Scott



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Dear Larry,

Looks like Sanjay's email was about both linking edX courses, and licensing/ endorsement clarifications.

1
Thinking in terms of Shahbaz Sanjer in India, one clarifying question for MIT legal:
Can WUaS add all edX courses, in English lit, for ex., to the WUaS course catalog (not just MIT OCW into MITx)?

I think Sanjay said we can here.

2
In that edX is creating a MicroBachelors and MicroMasters degrees - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroMasters (and edX here is listed as owner, with Anant and Sanjay as key people) - and since our BPPE workshops are cancelled, could edX/WUaS somehow create a NEW 'MacroBachelor' or 'MajorBachelor' degree with edX name credibility? A 'MacroPhD,' 'MajorPhD' too (and skip BPPE & WASC altogether)?

3
Reimbursement from countries' Depts. of Education, non-student sources via edX - pegged on MIT tuition level?

4
Am glad WUaS may be getting in communication with MIT legal (rather than edX legal), since this could open avenues to other questions regarding WUaS matriculating students each a Wikidata PIN # in 300 languages (7,117 living languages too regarding WUaS wiki schools?, & 7.5 billion people re UBI experiments too?), transcripts, - and re questions of edX money transfer mechanism.

This would be a very edX-centric set of developments for WUaS, - and I hope that the MIT LEGAL licensing clarifications re above would include questions of remuneration for WUaS.

Am hoping Shahbaz can enroll in the autumn, as model. Quality of WUaS degrees will inform reimbursement from countries' questions. Glad too that Sanjay is beginning to think in terms too of WUaS (and that MIT President Rafael Reif has his PhD from Stanford too, like Anant Agarwal).







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