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Trying to nominate World University and School for the TED Prize ...

http://www.ted.com/prize ...

here's the beginning of my application ...

Nominating myself, with humbleness ...


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Nominate yourself for the 2014 TED Prize


Please complete the form below to nominate yourself. Or you can nominate an individual other than yourself with this form.


Nominations for the 2014 TED Prize will close at 11:59pm ET on Sunday, June 16, 2013.




Job title

. Founder, President, CEO, Head Clerk and Professor


Company / organization

. World University and School


Description of company / organization

. For example, “TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. They believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world.”

. World University and School - like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare - is an open, teaching and learning, platform wiki, with free, onine, C.C., accredited, MIT OCW-centric, university and high school degrees and diplomas planned, in many countries and languages. WUaS is planning to be in all 7,105+ languages and 204+ countries, as wiki schools; Wikipedia is in 285 languages by way of comparison, and MIT OCW has about 2,150 Creative Commons' licensed courses, and also has courses in about 10-20 different languages. WUaS facilitates people-to-people teaching; teach to your web camera, or begin a new wiki subject page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects - at WUaS, for example. WUaS just received the 'green light' from the state of California to begin the accreditation process with BPPE as well as WASC senior in order to be able to offer, online, C.C. degrees. Here's a good, information technological overview of WUaS: http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2012/02/three-main-it-foci-at-world-university.html.


Nationality

USA


What is your relationship to TED, if any:

. TED Fan


Contact Information

Email Address

. worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com



City

San Francisco Bay Area


Country

USA


Please provide up to three links about yourself

. Link 1
. http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

. Link 2
. http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com

. Link 3
. http://scottmacleod.com/worlduniversityandschool.htm



Work & Achievements


Why do you think you should win the TED Prize?


. Open, free, Creative Commons' MIT OCW-centric and STEM (since MIT-centric), university degrees, in many languages and countries, as well as wiki-schools in 7,105+ languages and 204+ countries will change the world, and help so many people. As the founder, president, CEO, head clerk and a professor at startup, online World University and School, these are all reasons I think I should win the TED Prize. WUaS is planning to offer online, bachelor, Ph.D., law and M.D. degrees, as well as I.B. high school diplomas, in many languages with large numbers of speakers of that language, and in those countries.



How have you already impacted the world?


. World University and School became an educational corporation in the state of California, and received 501 (3) (c) tax-exempt status in 2011 (and accreditation with WASC senior for undergraduate degrees in a 3 stage process), all of which are foundational in terms of WUaS and my already having impacted the world.



Name three of your most respected peers in this discipline. How does your work compare or contrast with theirs?


. Sal Khan: I appreciate how he's taught to his web camera, much of which WUaS has aggregated, or will aggregate, in WUaS wiki, Subject pages - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects - and elsewhere in the WUaS wiki. I also appreciate Sal's thinking about how online learning works, as well as learning, and thinking through specific interventions for improvement, from personally teaching online to his cousin, to measuring results, to bringing Khan Academy to real life school situations.

. Sebastian Thrun: I appreciate how Sal Khan both cotaught, with Peter Norvig, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence," and attracted 160,000 students, of which about %7 finished the course. Based on promising results from Udacity's remedial math and statistic's teaching courses and software, but no definitive evidence, I also appreciate how Sebastian made a private-public deal with the State of California to offer Udacity approaches to San Jose State University students. Not only does this offer an alternative approach to SJSU faculty's teaching of these required-by-the-state courses, this private-public arrangement also may be offering incentive to California State faculty to change their approaches to teaching.

. Peter Norvig: I appreciate Peter's theoretical framing of Theories of Learning, vis-a-vis what online education, particularly STEM-centric approaches, can offer students.

. WUaS wants to include the conference method in all of this, to include interactivity, with teachers, as well as conversation. How WUaS instructs its graduate instructors in teaching matriculated WUaS students via the Conference Method (like at Reed College)  in Google + group video Hangouts, will be significant.



What are you currently working on?


. Having just completed writing the nine, draft chapters of my first Harbin book project, I'm preparing the first volume of my actual / virtual Harbin Hot Springs' ethnographic book for publication, with plans to submit a proposal to Yale University Press. In the second volume in my Harbin Project, I'm planning to build a virtual Harbin for actual / virtual ethnographic comparison, probably in digital glasses, and not in OpenSim (where I built the first virtual Harbin, but this was stolen) or in Second Life, as I initially planned.



List three of your most outstanding previous accomplishments (include awards, published works, etc.).

. book chapter

. blog

. teaching "Society and Information Technology" on Harvard's virtual Island in Second Life for 7 semesters

. first steps in WUaS developments - incorporation and 501 c 3 status



What is the largest team and budget you have overseen? Please describe:

. WUaS Board ...



Please provide links to video clips of, or about you.

. For example, a recent talk, presentation, interview, etc.

. Link 1
. http://scottmacleod.com/papers.htm

. Link 2
. http://www.youtube.com/worldunivandsch

. Link 3
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op2W_V5xUtM



Please provide links to articles written about you.

. We suggest submitting articles from a variety of outlets to illustrate diverse perspectives about you.


. Link 1
. http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0705/Triathlon-Lures-372-Athletes-One-Bagpiper.html

. Link 2
. http://blip.tv/the-next-step/thenextstep-73-opensourcelearning-5974437

. Link 3
. http://ethnolust.com/2011/11/07/more-on-word-university-and-school/


 
Your TED Prize Wish

What is your TED Prize wish?


. Build online World University and School in all 7,105+ languages and 204+ countries, with free, MIT OCW-centric, university degrees in many languages and countries.



Which categories does the wish best fall under, if any? Choose up to 3, or enter your own.


Education, MIT OCW, Wikipedia



Is this wish at the cutting edge of your discipline? If so, how?


. Yes, because free, online, university degrees, that are MIT- and STEM-centric don't exist, let along in all languages and countries, under one umbrella. As a corollary, 200 law schools under one WUaS umbrella don't also exist.


Describe the team – current or future – that you imagine helping you execute on your Prize plan


. Current Board Members ...

. great universities' focus

. hiring graduate student instructors (who may become professors eventually) from great universities in all languages to build out WUaS, and teach online in conjunction with MIT faculty (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/), using the Conference Method of Teaching and Learning (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning)

. at least as big, or bigger, in the English language, as the 180,000 people employed by the University of California, but beginning perhaps with as many team members, each, in the 6 United Nations' languages, and grow from there into all languages.



If you were to win the TED Prize, what would you realistically have to show after one year? What are the early wins?

. matriculated, undergraduate class of 2000 students, in English, taking MIT OCW video courses engaging the conference method ... with MIT / Harvard graduate students instructing



The $1 million award will be paid out on a timeline of up to three years in order to match the needs of the winner and the pace of the project. How do you imagine the $1 million might be apportioned and paced, in your case?

. building out degrees, and in many languages, and infrastructure for this ...



Leveraging the TED Community

How familiar are you with the TED ecosystem? Among the TED community, TEDx organizers are a passionate and action oriented group of collaborators who would be excited to support the TED Prize.

They tend to be self-starters, hard workers, and highly creative—and they’re spread out all over the world. How do you imagine engaging them through your wish?

. would love to give talks around the world to find overachieving students, and to invite wiki engagement ...



How do you imagine engaging the public beyond TED, in the realization of your wish?

. finding overachievers, as well as volunteer teachers and editors at large



Anything else we should know about you?


. WUaS would like to develop a Music School, for instruction and jamming ... in all 7,105+ languages with a wiki page for each musical instrument.

. I play the bagpipes"



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The TED Prize is for 1 million dollars over 3 years ...


WUaS would no longer be stunted with such monies ...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia

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Zebrasoma scopas: Envisioning A Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS), I think WUaS, like Wikipedia with MIT OCW, does what you've outlined in your G+ post - http://goo.gl/D2cM2 - from Oct 11, 2012

Envisioning A Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS)


Hi Kimberly,

It's exciting to see your post from last year.

In many ways, I think World University and School, - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University - like Wikipedia with MIT OCW, does what you've outlined in your G+ post ( http://goo.gl/D2cM2 - from Oct 11, 2012 ) - and we've aggregated many, but not all, of the links you have there, as a wiki. And WUaS just got the 'green light' from the state of California to accredit to offer free, online, C.C. university degrees (somewhat MIT OCW-centric, and for multiple languages, with their translated courses).

WUaS is planning to be in all 7,105+ languages (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages) and 204 + countries (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States), offering online, university and I.B. degrees in many countries in those languages; Wikipedia is in 285 languages by way of comparison. WUaS is planning to move to the newly developed Wikidata repository, a database written with Wikipedia's 285 languages in mind, for inter-lingual reasons.

I've talked for an hour on the phone recently with Creative Commons' director of Global Learning, Cable Green, and took an hour long walk with Howard Rheingold (we both went to Reed College) about a year ago. I've also talked with Peter Norvig for 20 minutes on the phone not too long ago. And I've also met with Michael Rouan at Stanford about 2 years ago.

Would you like to chat on the phone about this, and perhaps meet to explore this further?

Regards,
Scott


http://scottmacleod.com



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I added this G+ post to the 'Courses' page at World University and School in the References' section ...

Hayworth, Kimberly. 2012. Envisioning A Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS). Stanford, CA: goo.gl/D2cM2.


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Kimberly Hayworth 

kimhwrth@stanford.edu


Envisioning A Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS)

Executive Summary

I originally posted this just to get all the threads I'd been seeing around an open educational system together in one place. I had hoped by doing that, people could start to see the connections of how such a system might fit together. The amount of new ideas and refinements that have been added by the Google + community have been incredible.

I think a Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS) is about people getting just-in-time information automatically delivered to them via any device when they need it. Because the content would have been updated and vetted by a vast community it would be absolutely up-to-date, accurate and relevant. Because industry would have contributed to learning objectives based on needed skillsets, people would be able to get certification, mentoring and internships and be able to go to work as soon as they finish a learning sequence. Because it would be open there would be no exorbitant charges for people to access this information (or in the case of Elsevier their own content.) Because it would contain the knowledge of our greatest thinkers in addition to the wisdom of crowds it would change the world.

I had envisioned this as all open source with the Learning Registry http://www.learningregistry.org as a central repository for Learning Resources Metadata Initative (LRMI) http://www.lrmi.net tagged content with support for API/hooks into and out of proprietary systems like Blackboard.

With Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) http://bit.ly/sslwcJ we could use the analytics http://bit.ly/sJWsk4 to track students over time, provide individualized scaffolding and support microformats.org/wiki/gift with low stakes Q&A +James Salsman +Martin Dougiamas both online and in-person http://bit.ly/sIH62W perk for the f2f Stanford contingent +Howard Rheingold , not to mention the networking opportunities and individualized interactions possible with Ed Roulette http://goo.gl/MZzo0 +Mike Caulfield then publish it out to an ePortfolio http://sourceforge.net/projects/ospi/ +Helen L. Chen students could take with them after graduation. The ideal system would also support peer-reviewed publication for scholarly content +Elijah Meeks that could then be used in the curriculum and institutional repository, Electronic Theses and Dissertations http://bit.ly/vw4c1Z Hannah Frost.

See +Luis von Ahn TED Talk on Massive Scale online collaboration: http://bit.ly/rKnkGZ With 160k + enrollments, crowd sourcing on this type of research could be incredible. G+ hangouts with luminaries in the field, synchronous or asynchronous communication for those who are shy about participating in a large group setting...VERY large group setting.

Using eTextbooks http://bit.ly/uEghWw http://bit.ly/v1gwLu /digital interactive apps would make it more effective http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/ with a mobile learning option http://bit.ly/uKbVCG. All the data would be LRMI tagged with paradata that would send content to subscribers who could use it most. +Cable Green describes this scenario http://bit.ly/w3sCA0

Localization teams could also work with various local instructional technologists and training staff to tailor content and language for local cultures. (Thanks +Harring Figueiredo )

Ideally, this could be funded via one or more foundations ( Gates, Mellon, Hewlett ?)

The questions raised about actually operationalizing from here are crucial:
How the business model could work here ?
Who are the stakeholders and decision makers ?
Who provides/sources funding ?
Is there a plan to bring all of the Open Source material to one center ?

(Thanks +Eileen O'Duffy )

We're collaborating with +Gregory Esau and the the #Glia circle http://goo.gl/JgyFv http://goo.gl/w7v6Y

What are we missing? What is mission critical? What is feasible with existing infrastructure? What do we have to build ?

Special thanks to +Ryan Crowe sorry for monopolizing your thread. http://bit.ly/ufmfAn

It's been a huge help for me in organizing my thoughts/stream of consciousness:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116936089053490488674/posts

It was a great exercise to try and organize everything from all the G+ posting I've been doing the last couple of weeks while researching around the idea of an open educational system.

Resources

Massive Online Collaboration
+Luis von Ahn TED Talk
http://bit.ly/rKnkGZ

Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOCs)
http://bit.ly/sslwcJ

MOOCs at Stanford
http://bit.ly/w0omh2
http://bit.ly/t003XH
http://bit.ly/ujnneE

+Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun's Fall 2011 Artificial Intelligence Class
http://bit.ly/vQxIWa
(Please use Chrome or Safari to view timecode links.)

Coursera
https://www.coursera.org

Free, online courses from Stanford, Princeton, University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech, Duke University, University of Washington, Caltech, Rice University, University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto, EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland), Johns Hopkins University (School of Public Health), UCSF, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Virginia.

Udacity
http://www.udacity.com

EdX
http://www.edxonline.org

EdX is a joint partnership between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), UC Berkeley and Harvard University to offer free online learning to millions of people around the world.

Pedagogical/Andragogical Methodologies

Digital Media Learning http://dmlcentral.net
http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/steve-hargadon-reimagining-education-networked-participatory-social-global

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/debating-the-flipped-classroom-at-stanford/34811
Read the comments. Robert Talbot and +Derek Bruff have added some especially thoughtful insights .

Next Generation Teaching and Learning
http://ngtl.ischool.berkeley.edu
http://dmlcentral.net/blog/howard-rheingold/bryan-alexander-emerging-learning-technologies (+Bryan Alexander )

http://www.youtube.com/howardrheingold

+Howard Rheingold

InCites http://www.stanford.edu/group/incites/cgi-bin/wordpress
+claudia engel +Jeremy Sabol

http://www.stanford.edu/~kenro
iTunesU, iBooks, and the Future of Teaching http://goo.gl/Friuy
+Kenneth Romeo

http://bit.ly/ujnneE
+Daphne Koller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andragogical_learning_theory

Ed Roulette Wire Frame Walk Through
http://screencast.com/t/kqERjpdre
+Mike Caulfield +Jim Groom +Tim Owens

Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University
http://dschool.stanford.edu/

Open Educational Resources
http://bit.ly/tl01vM

Metadata Standards
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative http://www.lrmi.net
Metadata & Paradata (data about how content was used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradata)
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/27603
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/LRMI

Capture Platforms + Repositories?
ClassX http://classx.stanford.edu
OpenCast Matterhorn http://opencast.org
Entwine http://entwinemedia.com
Kaltura http://kaltura.org (.edu's are using SaaS or on-prem not community version)

Collaborative Learning Environments
http://sakaiproject.org (Stanford CourseWork https://coursework.stanford.edu)
http://courseware.stanford.edu (Stanford MOOCs - currently no integration with CourseWork)
http://moodle.org

Platforms for Sharing
Open Classroom http://openclassroom.stanford.edu (Stanford MOOCs - currently no integration with CourseWork)
The Open University http://www.open.ac.uk
Wikimedia http://www.wikimedia.org
Social Media Classroom http://socialmediaclassroom.com
Learning Registry http://www.learningregistry.org
MERLOT http://bit.ly/sSsHzl
Open Course Library http://bit.ly/uOBovF
CUNY Academic Commons https://plus.google.com/u/0/115537930517533216680/posts
Connexions http://cnx.org
iTunes U http://itunes.stanford.edu
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/stanford
Entrepreneurship Corner http://ecorner.stanford.edu
Open Content Archive http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2113 (via +Nathan Finley )
Scholarly Communication Institute http://www.uvasci.org/current-work
Open Academic Analytics Initiative (OAAI) http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/HarnessingthePowerofTechnology/242798 (via +John Whitmer )


Learning Analytics
Khan Academy software: http://bit.ly/sJWsk4 +salman khan
http://bit.ly/spWZ9H

ASU & Knewton adaptive learning platform http://bit.ly/ryNIlD
http://bit.ly/tuRYUj

Learning Resources Metadata Initiative
http://www.lrmi.net

Learning Registry
http://www.learningregistry.org/

Educause
Open Educational Resources: Access, Impact, and Sustainability Through Policy
http://bit.ly/w3sCA0

+Cable Green
Director of Global Learning
Creative Commons

& Joel M. Smith
CIO and Vice Provost
Carnegie Mellon University

eTextbooks
http://bit.ly/uEghWw
http://bit.ly/v1gwLu
http://bit.ly/tqAxn5
http://bit.ly/s2jviG
http://bit.ly/ucZulR
http://bit.ly/s17q8D
http://www.flatworldknowledge.com

http://bit.ly/tj6cPl (thanks +Jeff Jockisch )

Digital Interactive Apps
http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/

TED Talk with the Push Pop Press developer
http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html

Challenge is that Facebook acquired Push Pop Press...no more titles and no more sharing of publishing platform. All proprietary now to FB.

Decoupling
M.I.T. Expands Free Online Courses, Offering Certificates
http://bit.ly/uRqgb0 (Thanks to +Phil Wagner for sharing this)

MITx: The Next Chapter for University Credentialing? | Inside Higher Ed
http://bit.ly/u650uK

Openness: Decoupling the Future to Radically Improve Access to Education
(ID: LIVE1128). Moderator: Diana Oblinger (EDUCAUSE).
Speaker: +David Wiley (Brigham Young University).
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116936089053490488674/posts/VXdT1kitKE9

The idea of openness, popularized by open source and open educational resources, pertains to more than just software and textbooks. In this session, we will briefly explore issues related to the affordability and availability of higher education, examine how the principle of openness is already making concrete improvements in these areas, and discuss future models for radically improving access suggested by current trends.

Learning objectives could include support for consulting with industry to determine baseline skillsets for entry level and beyond. Get certified, badges?

http://www.openculture.com/2011/08/download_the_edupunks_guide_to_a_diy_credential_free.html

Mozilla Open Badges Project
https://www.edsurge.com/n/peer-2-peer-university-p2pu-mozilla-s-open-badges

Mozilla is exploring badges as an alternative pathway to accreditation and credentialing. It includes the development of a broad and open infrastructure that can support the growing badge ecosystem and let learners create a living transcript of skills and achievements.


Mobile Learning
http://mobile.stanford.edu
http://bit.ly/uKbVCG

15 Education And Learning Startups You Need To Know
https://plus.google.com/u/0/116936089053490488674/posts/64icPV9gdhy

Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2011
http://bit.ly/trssHW
Thank you +Audrey Watters for all your insightful views on Ed Tech.
Your articles on http://www.hackeducation.com, Edutopia, O'Reilly Radar, and KQED's MindShift are fantastic resources.
http://www.hackeducation.com/2011/07/19/the-wrath-against-khan-why-some-educators-are-questioning-khan-academy
Plus we get a bonus when you post comments on G+
Your articles are the source of much of my shared content in G+

Google Augmented Reality Glasses Could Come Soon, What Would They Mean?
http://bit.ly/t1Nqdf

Imagining the Future of Higher Education
+Kenneth Romeo
Stanford Academic Technology Specialist

Thoughtful analyses and strategic thinking. The best part is that he writes it all down and shares it
http://bit.ly/uw7g8i

New Media Consortium
http://www.nmc.org
http://www.nmc.org/news/submit-projects-horizon-report-2012-higher-ed-edition

NMCTab list is also a fantastic resource for ideas, tips, recommendations and finding collaborators.

EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
http://bit.ly/cUHk01 (7 Things You Need to Know...)

Professional Development/Training
EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu/pd
Social Media Classroom http://socialmediaclassroom.com
Lynda.com http://lynda.com
Video2Brain http://www.video2brain.com/en
Ripple Training http://www.rippletraining.com
Hack the Future: http://www.hackthefuture.org
HackerSpace http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspaces

Conferences
EDUCAUSE http://net.educause.edu/node/31
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative http://www.educause.edu/ELI2012
New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/events/summer-conference-2012-mit

Journals
Vectors http://vectors.usc.edu
+Tara McPherson

Community
http://www.educause.edu/community
http://www.meetup.com/boston-edu-video/events/past
http://www.stanford.edu/group/vmg
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/KLTR/Home (still working on populating content)
http://blog.kaltura.org

Thanks and I'd love to hear feedback. I'm sure there are some things missing.

Please feel free to share but I'd appreciate if you would refer folks back to this post (http://goo.gl/D2cM2) for commenting and suggestions for improvement so we can keep everything consolidated.

-Kimberly





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Arakan forest turtle: New, 'Assessment and Grading at WUaS as Part of Conversation in Learning,' wiki, Subject page at WUaS, WUaS plans to build on student assessment and grading practices at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, Reed College, Haverford and Swarthmore, and online successes, particularly Udacity (http://blog.udacity.com/), etc., especially in terms of learning as conversation

New, 'Assessment and Grading at WUaS as Part of Conversation in Learning,' wiki, subject page at World University and School ...

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


which will develop a lot in conjunction with seeking BPPE (Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education) approval in the state of California and in accrediting with WASC senior  (Western Association of Schools and Colleges).


Presently,

"WUaS plans to hire graduate student instructors from great universities who may be becoming professors, to teach overachieving, matriculated, WUaS students in sections in G+ group video Hangouts, for example, engaging the Conference Method (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning), in conjunction MIT OCW faculty in video (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/), and to do grading at WUaS as part of a conversation in learning. Such courses may engage other forms of grading, but that will partly be up to the head graduate student instructor in any given course."

(http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assessment_and_Grading_at_WUaS_as_Part_of_Conversation_in_Learning#Ideas)


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WUaS plans to build on student assessment and grading practices at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, Reed College, Haverford and Swarthmore, and online successes, particularly Udacity (http://blog.udacity.com/), etc., especially in terms of learning as conversation.


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With all the wonderful potential of MOOCs, especially in terms of information technologies and scaling, some of which WUaS will engage, WUaS doesn't want to get rid of the teachers in the learning process.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_forest_turtle

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Red-crowned Crane: WUaS needs to raise about $17,500.00 to pay the fees of these accrediting organizations, initially, in the next month, Fundraising subject at WUaS

Dear Paul, 

Per your email below, with very helpful language, I'm a little nervous about starting to make calls to the few, previous donors to World University and School. What's the best time to call?, ... Is leaving a message a good idea?, ... What to say?  ... mention the $17,500 goal or not?, etc., ... are all questions that go through my mind. WUaS really needs to develop financially.

Happily, World University and School got the 'green light' from the state of California (BPPE) to seek state approval, which means we can also begin to accredit with WASC senior, so WUaS needs to raise about $17,500.00 to pay the fees of these accrediting organizations, initially, in the next month. 

I guess I'll just make some of these calls, - I asked one small business owner in person last week, and called one previous WUaS donor at two different numbers, also last week.  

Eventually, WUaS will be seeking a WUaS Head of Fundraising and Fiduciary Responsibility ...  http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Head_of_Fundraising_and_Fiduciary_Responsibility.

I'd like to change my mode of thinking about fundraising (http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Fundraising) so as to enjoy the process of connecting and building relationships ... around this idea of free, multi-lingual MIT OCW-centric education and degrees at WUaS. 

Friendly regards, 

Scott

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"Which of the following appeals are you more likely to respond to?

• "Thank you for your support.  We appreciate the $1,000 you gave last year. I was hoping you would consider a gift of $1,500 this year.  Since we have lost some of our foundation funding, it would be great if you could help us with an increased gift."
• "We are so fortunate to have you as a member of our family.  It was great to see you at the gala a few months ago.  You told me then that you were planning a trip to Europe.  How was it?  Last year, your contribution helped us to offer free admission to children from inner city schools who had never been in a museum before.  Would you consider a gift of $1,500 to help us continue that program - I know how concerned you are about exposing children to art."

Of course, the second is more compelling."

(http://www.jumpstartgrowth.com/)

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Mute Swan: Desiderata, ... very enjoyable ... Added this 'Desiderata' to the Philosophy, wiki, subject in its new, 'Select Poetry' subsection there (with this subsection planned in all WUaS Subjects) ... and in a nontheistically friendly way, as well ... :)

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

© Max Ehrmann 1927

http://web.archive.org/web/20151224115933/http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~gongsu/desiderata_textonly.html

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... added this 'Desiderata' to the Philosophy, wiki, subject in its new, 'Select Poetry' subsection there (with this subsection planned in all WUaS Subjects)  ... 

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


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Okapi: Reed College student '12 Looking for VOLUNTEER INTERNSHIP POSSIBILITIES, Scott replies - Hi Jessica, WUaS has volunteer opportunities, with face-to-face possibilities in Google + group video Hangouts, WUaS Summer internships - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School, Internship Program at WUaS, Volunteers at WUaS, WUaS Intern positions

Jessica from Reed '12 writes:


Hello! This is my first time using the Reed Switchboard (yay!)

I am currently studying optometry at Pacific University College of Optometry, but I am on summer break and staying in SE Portland (Clackamas/Happy Valley area) until the end of August. Since this is the last summer break that I will ever have, I decided that I did not want to spend it in an optometry practice because I will probably be doing that for the rest of my life. I wanted to spend this summer doing something different!

I have been on summer break for 3 weeks. So far, I have taken on random offers like being a caregiver for my grandparents with Alzheimer’s for a week, and I also did some dog-sitting for my neighbor for a week. I majored in biology at Reed but like a lot of people at Reed, I consider myself to have a wide range of interests. But for now, I would appreciate any opportunity where I can directly interact with people, or any opportunity in a small business/management setting because I am interested in becoming a private practice optometrist in the future. I have searched and applied for a few volunteering opportunities in Portland through the internet (like Outside-In), but most of them are 6-month commitments. I am available for 3 months any day, any time!

I am eager to hear back from Switchboard and THANK YOU for reading my post!


http://beta.reedswitchboard.com/posts/311-jessica--12-seeks-short-term-summer-volunteering-job-internship-in-pdx




Hi Jessica,

World University and School has volunteer internship opportunities, -

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

with face-to-face possibilities in Google + group video Hangouts. WUaS is a wiki, startup, online university, like Wikipedia with MIT OCW, with plans to matriculate our first undergraduate students in the the autumn of 2014. WUaS plans to offer online, C.C., bachelor, Ph.D., law and MD diplomas and in many languages and countries, with potential overlap with your optometry focus. As a wiki, startup university, there are great, creative opportunities in developing WUaS.

Email me if you’re interested in exploring helping to develop WUaS online further - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - while living in Portland this summer. (I’m planning to attend the reunion around Saturday, June 15, if you’d like to chat in person then).

Cheers, Scott

http://scottmacleod.com

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





Scott also posts more generally to the Reed switchboard …


Hi Reedies,

World University and School has volunteer opportunities for summer internships - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School. WUaS is a wiki, startup, online university, like Wikipedia with MIT OCW, with plans to matriculate our first undergraduate students in the the autumn of 2014. WUaS plans to offer online, C.C., bachelor, Ph.D., law and MD diplomas and in many languages and countries, with much, potential overlap with your studies at Reed, or creative ones of your choosing. As a wiki, startup university, there are numerous, great, academic and information technological opportunities in developing WUaS.

Email me if you’re interested in exploring helping to develop WUaS online further - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - while living in Portland or elsewhere this summer. (I’m planning to attend the Reed reunion around Saturday, June 15, if you’d like to chat about this in person then).

Cheers, Scott

worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com
http://scottmacleod.com

worlduniversityandschool AT gmail DOT com



http://beta.reedswitchboard.com/posts/115-scott--85-volunteer-at-world-university-and-school--like-wikipedia-with-mit-ocw




Hi Scott,

Thanks for replying to my post on Reed Switchboard. Your project sounds very interesting, and thanks for presenting the opportunity to me, but I personally don't believe that people in the health professions, especially, should ever be granted a professional degree through an exclusive online education. Furthermore, a few years ago, I set up an account on Second Life as well as checked out other simulation games, but I quickly realized that I am simply not interested in immersing myself in virtual worlds. I just think that I would not be a good volunteer for WUaS because my philosophy may be a lot different from yours, and I don't think it would be a good idea for me to invest time into something I do not believe in.

Thank you so much again for reaching out! I cannot make it to the reunion, but maybe I will meet you someday. Best of luck with WUaS!

Jessica




Hi Jessica,

Thanks so much for your email.

I'm excited about the growing, online, educational opportunities that will benefit so many people around the world, like MIT OpenCourseWare's 2,150 courses. I took a Stanford Coursera course last autumn and enjoyed the interaction in Google + group video Hangouts, and made friends around the world - one who is working on Synthetic Biology from Europe - see for example ... http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Synthetic_Biology - and WUaS got 3 new Board members in this course - from Greece, Spain and Indonesia - thanks to the G+ Hangout technologies.

And free, (since C.C.), STEM-centric, MIT OCW-centric, WUaS degrees in many countries and languages will benefit so many people.

As a wiki, WUaS, like Wikipedia (which is now in 285 languages and we all wrote it), is very open-ended, both academically and otherwise. The cool thing about WUaS is that you, or anyone, can teach to your web camera, for example, or start a wiki page in a Subject you're interested in, and which might further one's studies, and lead to instructional experience.

Here's a link to the growing, Health Sciences and Technology, wiki, subject page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Health_Sciences_and_Technology#World_University_and_School_Links - which anyone can edit or add to, but which has a great universities' focus. (And here's the beginning Medical School, for future reference - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School#World_University_and_School_Links). Both of these, and indeed, all of WUaS, will develop a lot over the years.

But I hear you, and thanks again for your email.

Regards,
Scott




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See, too ... 


Internship Program at WUaS: 
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internship_Program_at_World_University_and_School

Volunteers at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers

WUaS Intern positions: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Intern_positions

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