Populus species: WUaS would like to design into our online open wiki schools the spirit of Cuttyhunk from the CYC song, for example ... "So give three cheers for Cuttyhunk, Our spirits all are free ... ' , Sailing, How to generate in the information technology design {building on online educational successes already} for a kind of WUaS freedom of spirit, and flourishing, that many kids have experienced learning to sail on Cuttyhunk

WUaS would like to design into our online open wiki schools and universities a kind of spirit of Cuttyhunk, from the CYC song, for example ...

"So give three cheers for Cuttyhunk,

Our spirits all are free ... '
(see: http://www.cuttyhunkyachtclub.org/)

As an example of how WUaS works, here's the beginning "Sailing" wiki subject/school with some MIT OpenCourseWare courses, and which is editable as a wiki - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sailing - for all of us to teach to and learn from.

How to generate in the information technology design {building on online educational successes already} for a kind of WUaS freedom of spirit, and flourishing, that many kids have experienced learning to sail on Cuttyhunk over the decades, which this song is about?


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The Cuttyhunk CYC song for me expresses a kind of liminality and communitas {and local community} in summer, involving play for learning how to sail, and vis-a-vis modernity ... especially for kids.


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{Friends/Quaker school may be another good example of liminality - vis-a-vis learning - and very enjoyably so for the many kids who flourish or thrive in these milieus}.

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Wikipedia and Google as examples of parallel-to-the-above information technologies that somehow "sail before the wind" ... ? (not necessarily socially yet ... )

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Pleurotus nebrodensis: Reed College's Paideia in Jan 2015, Teaching a course about WUaS there, WUaS is planning to go the CC free route as a CC MIT OCW-centric wiki, "This Country Just Abolished College Tuition Fees"

Dear sporadic Universitians, 

Happy holidays! I just called a friend and former Reed College housemate, who's also now a faculty member at Reed College, to inquire if I can stay with them to teach a course at Reed College's Paideia (which means "education, broadly construed" in Greek) - 10 days or so of open teaching at Reed every January, - by instructors, students, faculty, the wider Reed community, who want to teach about something they know or enjoy. I'm very glad for this opportunity to share about CC MIT OCW wiki WUaS at Reed, especially where Steve Jobs' matriculated, took that calligraphy class in the mid-1970s, and in Portland, Oregon, where Steve hung out for about 2 years then as well. I'm attaching again the Paideia schedule, and here below is the 2 hour course description. I hope too to video parts of one of the days, or both, for the web. 

And here's the course description: 

MIT OCW­centric wiki World University and School: How Reedies can wiki­teach here and eventually develop WUaS as interns

Scott MacLeod [alum ‘85], 1pm-­3pm

A Paideia course on how Reedies can teach and develop Creative Commons’ licensed WUaS, which is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, in wiki­subjects that they love. This course will share in a hands­on manner 1) how to curate, edit, add to and develop a WUaS wiki subject page to develop further expertise in that area, 2) how to start a new WUaS wiki subject page as a creative opportunity, 3) how to begin teaching in a Google + group video Hangout and 4) possibly in 3D interactive virtual worlds, if there’s interest and time.

WUaS would like to hire eventually Reedies (students plus) to help student-develop WUaS with time. 

As WUaS begins to reach out like this, please don't hesitate to let us know of other places we might talk to potentially creative students like Reedies. 

Best regards, 

Scott

Lots happening in my blog and on Twitter about WUaS as well - 

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/global%20university

http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

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Hi D, 

Thanks for your ideas again below, about which Universitians have talked many times in WUaS monthly business meeting (in the manner of F/friends), and about which we've already minuted many items. 

As you and I have talked about a couple of times, WUaS is planning to go the CC free route as a CC MIT OCW-centric wiki online accrediting University and School, and per, for example, this article "This Country Just Abolished College Tuition Fees" -
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/10/01/3574551/germany-free-college-tuition/. 

How to get on governments', both federal in 242 countries and regional, education budget lines (American K-12 education is mostly free, for example), is a question and approach WUaS has to build a track record for - for free and CC MIT {OCW} university and high school degrees.  

Please participate in monthly business meeting on January 12th if inclined. If you'd like to read WUaS past business meeting minutes, or get a summary of this conversation, please let me know, as well. 

Thanks again.

Happy holidays!

Friendly greetings, 

Scott

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Pleiomeris canariensis: Call for chapters to a new book "Digital Kenya | The new generation of entrepreneurs", Kenya World University and School, New "select call for chapters" section on the main WUaS SUBJECT TEMPLATE wiki page for open editing - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

From the AoIR list yesterday (air-l@listserv.aoir.org )

Dear valued colleagues,

The editors are please to invite you to contribute a chapter to a new book "Digital Kenya | The new generation of entrepreneurs". You may access the full call here http://digitalkenyabook.com/wp-content/uploads/bg/Extended%20Call%20for%20Chapters_final_2.pdf

The editors, Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Tim Weiss, seek to enhance and invigorate together with practitioners and scholars the dialog surrounding business ecosystems and entrepreneurship in Kenya. The book is strategically positioned to contribute to an ongoing dialog on tech startups, entrepreneurship, business ecosystems, doing business in Africa and the influence of technology on Kenya's society.
Details about the suggested themes can be accessed on the homepage http://digitalkenyabook.com/#call-for-chapters They include the themes Evolution Kenya's tech ecosystem, Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Ventures, Kenyan Investors and International Investors, Organizational Culture, Strategy Tools and Management Practices as well as Entrepreneurial Profiles.

Chapters will be subject to a peer-review. Proposals should be submitted by latest January 31st, 2015.

In case of questions please contact tim.weiss@zu.de


Wishing you a relaxing holiday season,

Tim W


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Thanks, Tim, Bitange and AoIR,

I've added this call for chapters to the beginning Kenya World University and School
(e.g. http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Kenya) here -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Kenya#Select_Call_for_Papers.2C_Chapters.2C_etc. .

Creative Commons' licensed World University and School is like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare, with planned online accrediting university degrees, and WUaS is planning a wiki school for each language in Kenya as well -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/African_languages
- and in those languages, for open people-to-people teaching and learning, and eventually via Kenyans' smartphones. Even non-literate peoples should be able to teach to and learn from their Youtube channels, for example.

Thanks again for this chapters' call!

Wishing you a relaxing holiday season as well,
Scott

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

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Sure Scott,

many thanks
Tim

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New "select call for chapters" section on the main WUaS SUBJECT TEMPLATE wiki page for open editing -

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

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Picconia excelsa: BPPE (state of California initial accreditation), MIT OCW Audio-Video courses - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/ , Posted below a list of MIT OCW audio-video courses to submit to the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) in the state of California, and as the first step for WUaS accreditation in English, "Admissions" at WUaS, There are a lot of engineering, STEM and business courses here, and California gets MIT for free

MIT OCW Audio-Video courses
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

I've posted below a list of MIT OCW audio-video courses to submit to the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) in the state of California -

BPPE - http://www.bppe.ca.gov/
BPPE approved schools - http://www.bppe.ca.gov/schools/approved_schools.shtml
BPPE in Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Bureau_for_Private_Postsecondary_Education

- and as the first step for WUaS accreditation in English. 

Here's the Admissions' page at WUaS - 

http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School#World_University_and_School_Links

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There are a lot of engineering, STEM and business courses here, and California gets MIT for free ...

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Course Title	Level
Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Undergraduate
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods	Undergraduate
Lean Enterprise en Español	Undergraduate
Astrodynamics	Graduate
Aircraft Systems Engineering	Graduate
Technology-based Business Transformation	Graduate
Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies	Undergraduate
DV Lab: Documenting Science Through Video and New Media	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes	Undergraduate
Introduction to the Visual Arts	Undergraduate
Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry	Graduate
Theory of City Form	Graduate
The Production of Space: Art, Architecture and Urbanism in Dialogue	Graduate
Interrogative Design Workshop	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Course Title	Level
SCUBA	Undergraduate
Genomic Medicine	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Undergraduate
Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations	Undergraduate
Seminar in Historical Methods	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Fundamentals of Biology	Undergraduate
Introduction to Biology	Undergraduate
Introductory Biology (Spring 2013)	Undergraduate
Introductory Biology (Spring 2006)	Undergraduate
Introductory Biology (Spring 2005)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Undergraduate
Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering	Graduate
Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2011)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2004)	Undergraduate
Neuroscience and Behavior	Undergraduate
Sensory Systems	Undergraduate
Brain Structure and Its Origins	Undergraduate
Animal Behavior	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Materials Laboratory	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Modeling and Simulation	Undergraduate
Making Science and Engineering Pictures	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Principles of Chemical Science (Fall 2008)	Undergraduate
Principles of Chemical Science (Fall 2005)	Undergraduate
Thermodynamics & Kinetics	Undergraduate
Introductory Quantum Mechanics II (Spring 2009)	Graduate
Introductory Quantum Mechanics II (Spring 2004)	Graduate
Small-Molecule Spectroscopy and Dynamics	Graduate
Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering	Graduate
Linear Algebra (Spring 2010)	Undergraduate
Mathematics for Computer Science	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Introduction to Modeling and Simulation	Undergraduate
Engineering Dynamics	Undergraduate
Dynamics and Control I	Undergraduate
Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus	Undergraduate
Calculus Revisited: Multivariable Calculus	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Game Design	Undergraduate
Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations	Graduate
Media, Education, and the Marketplace	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Creating Video Games	Undergraduate
Dynamics and Control I	Undergraduate
Information and Entropy	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Marine Chemistry	Graduate
Optics	Undergraduate
Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Principles of Microeconomics	Undergraduate
Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies	Undergraduate
The Challenge of World Poverty	Undergraduate
Development Economics: Macroeconomics	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Course Title	Level
X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Energy	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (Spring 2011)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (Fall 2008)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I	Undergraduate
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs	Undergraduate
Circuits and Electronics	Undergraduate
Signals and Systems (Fall 2011)	Undergraduate
Introduction to Algorithms	Undergraduate
Introduction to EECS II: Digital Communication Systems	Undergraduate
Introduction to Bioengineering (BE.010J)	Undergraduate
Computer System Engineering	Undergraduate
Artificial Intelligence	Undergraduate
Computer Language Engineering (SMA 5502)	Undergraduate
Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability (Fall 2010)	Undergraduate
Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability (Fall 2013)	Undergraduate
Mathematics for Computer Science	Undergraduate
Introduction to Algorithms (SMA 5503)	Undergraduate
Information and Entropy	Undergraduate
Creating Video Games	Undergraduate
Performance Engineering of Software Systems	Undergraduate
Multicore Programming Primer	Undergraduate
The Battlecode Programming Competition	Undergraduate
Engineering Innovation and Design	Undergraduate
Introduction to Copyright Law	Undergraduate
Electromagnetic Fields and Energy	Undergraduate
Signals and Systems (Spring 2011)	Undergraduate
Electronic Feedback Systems	Undergraduate
Nonlinear Programming	Graduate
Discrete Stochastic Processes	Graduate
Principles of Digital Communications I	Graduate
Principles of Digital Communication II	Graduate
Physics of Microfabrication: Front End Processing	Graduate
Control of Manufacturing Processes (SMA 6303)	Graduate
Underactuated Robotics	Graduate
Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, Polyhedra	Graduate
Advanced Data Structures	Graduate
The Society of Mind	Graduate
Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering	Graduate
Digital Signal Processing	Graduate
Course Title	Level
D-Lab: Energy	Undergraduate
X PRIZE Workshop: Grand Challenges in Energy	Graduate
Resource Title	Resource Level
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009	Undergraduate
Understanding Lasers and Fiberoptics	Undergraduate
Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics	Undergraduate
Introduction to Radar Systems	Undergraduate
Adaptive Antennas and Phased Arrays	Undergraduate
STEM Concept Videos	Undergraduate
Course Title	Level
Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies	Undergraduate
Sensing Place: Photography as Inquiry	Graduate
Theory of City Form	Graduate
Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I	Graduate
Springfield Studio	Graduate
The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq	Graduate
City Visions: Past and Future	Graduate
Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation	Graduate
Reflective Practice: An Approach for Expanding Your Learning Frontiers	Graduate
Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution	Graduate
Course Title	Level
Darwin and Design	Undergraduate
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

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Pau-bronco: Just heard a fascinating Artificial Intelligence's IBM Watson talk, Asked "how could I engage Watson to ask what can I ADD to a particular WUaS wiki article or to a MIT OCW course," What AI and machine learning can "POINT TO" is Linked Open Data, Add AI to our online WUaS bookstore planned for all 7,106 languages and 242 countries, Adding AI to virtual worlds, and for the making of virtual Harbin as part of a virtual earth? Find a donor to offer a matching grant, say $1 for every reference which someone wiki-adds to a WUaS page?

Just heard a fascinating Artificial Intelligence talk - http://cognitive-science.info/community/events/ - (on my Android smartphone) about AI’s IBM Watson by Professor Jim Hendler (and IBM’s J.S. and D.F. were also listening), and asked some follow up questions.

I asked a question at the end about “pointing” Watson to MIT OCW and in its 8 non-English languages differentially from pointing Watson to Wikipedia with its 288 languages (Jim Hendler used the word "pointing" to describe focusing Watson on interacting with, for example, Wookieepedia - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page - to ask something of this wiki) . As a followup question, I then asked something like “Instead of inquiring of Watson about what course can I take? …” (an idea Jim Hendler had responded to me with) - on the Wikipedia side, if a wiki article parallels a course, how could I engage Watson to ask what I can add to a particular WUaS wiki article or to a MIT OCW course (all with adding artificial intelligence to World University and School in all 7,106 languages and 242 countries) …

Heading up to Harbin now from near the Middletown Public Library (about 4 miles away) where I drove to in order to access the AI conference call … (no great internet signal at this time in the morning in Middletown – Jim Hendler’s talk began at 7:30 am Pacific Time – he was at Rennsaeler Polytechnic in Buffalo NY I think) …

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What IBM Watson, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI or A.I.) may significantly "point" to is "linked open data" files. 

As Kingsley Idehen puts in his G+ Profile bragging rights "I have been to the future and it was full of secure- and privacy-aware Linked Open Data! :-)" (https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about).

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As accrediting WUaS begins to build with AI, in what ways can we add AI to our online bookstore planned for all 7,106 languages and 242 countries at the same time?

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Adding AI to virtual worlds, and for the making of virtual Harbin as part of a virtual earth? 

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In what ways could WUaS also engage these donating "mechanisms" below from Peter Norvig to encourage people to add wiki resources to WUaS? Find a donor to offer a matching grant, say $1 for every reference which someone wiki-adds to a WUaS page ?

Give $1 to 'Education matters!' and Peter will match it. Support Opening Village Doors Foundation® together! – One Today by Google https://onetoday.google.com/m/1oxkz0ez

Give $1 to 'Kesho Leo Children's Village' and Peter will match it. Support food water shelter incorporated together! – One Today by Google https://onetoday.google.com/m/vgwcjusi

Give $1 to 'Adopt an afternoon lesson program' and Peter will match it. Support Develop Africa together! – One Today by Google https://onetoday.google.com/m/ah8nfrc_ ),

Thanks Peter Norvig! of Google Research which above charitable link examples I found here on his G+ page -

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108640673873589796416/posts .

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