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Symbiosis Ray: WUaS and Khan Academy collaboration for online, International...

Hi, M,Thanks in advance for your gift of Sal Khan's "The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined" (Twelve Press: 2012). I look forward to reading it.Here's a radio interview about it from October...

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Pelican: WUaS is seeking undergraduate applicants to apply this autumn 2013...

World University and School, like Wikipedia with MIT OCW, is seeking undergraduate applicants to apply this autumn 2013 (applications due before 1/1/14 at midnight P.T.) to matriculate in autumn 2014,...

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Harbin domes: A Friend writes: "The culture here is not what I would call...

Here’s my email reply to my Quaker, email Friend from northern Idaho, Stef W., and his wife Liza, who just visited Harbin for two days leaving yeterday, and who emailed me most recently a few days ago...

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Oregon's Mt Hood: March 9, Open, Business Meeting – Agenda - at World...

3/9//2013 {Open} Business Meeting – Agenda - at World University and School(See below for information about how to participate in this, and see also -...

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Damselfly on yellow flower: WUaS plans to create around 204, accredited,...

WUaS plans to create around 204, accredited, online universities, in some of  the main languages in those countries, (the number per the Olympics' countries), many offering Creative Commons' licensed...

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Kangaroo: 3/9/2013 WUaS Business Meeting MINUTES, WUaS is seeking a...

3/9/2013 WUaS Business Meeting MINUTES(Here's the agenda: http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-9-open-monthly-business-meeting.html).Present: L.V., S.M., and J.M. (watching G+...

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Coronal loops: Turning on loving bliss neurophysiology / bodymind/brain...

Turning on loving bliss neurophysiology / bodymind/brain chemistry seems clear:turn on one's favorite music, and I, for example, can go to loving bliss chemistry regularly and repeatedly.These days,...

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Sun headed into hibernation: Upcoming presentation at San Francisco Friends'...

I'm glad to be giving a presentation in the "second hour" at San Francisco Friends' Meeting this Sunday at 1pm on 9th Street - all are welcome - about Quaker-informed World University and School,...

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Archaeopteryx: Conversation about Evolution, Did dinosaurs use tools? Talking...

DB: Bastian's (~ 10 year old) question at the Burke Museum Dino Day: Did dinosaurs use tools? Paleontologist response: That seems unlikely, they were reptiles, not like us.Bastian: Crows use tools.DB:...

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Conachair: "Physical and Online St. Kilda: A Comparison of 'Senses of...

Hi, KJ,Thanks for a very interesting talk and conversation around the table yesterday in Berkeley. I found your talk fascinating in terms of how you 'theorized' conceptualizing guest books.Here's the...

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Puma: Thank you for your edifying talk recently about tourism and Costa Rica...

Dear Lil,Thank you for a very edifying talk recently about tourism and Costa Rica at Cal (UC Berkeley), and from what I would call your French perspective.Here's a student paper "Gazing at the Box:...

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California Grizzly Cub, Alaska: UC Regents' ONLINE Meetings Agendas and...

Dear Universitians,Here's the direction, organizationally, that I think MIT-centric WUaS is heading as we begin to grow, for scaled-large, online meetings (in the manner of f/Friends), for planning...

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Zephyr across the plains' grasses: The ecology of breathing, of steadiness or...

In bagpiping, I've recently become newly aware of the ecology of breathing, of steadiness or calmness, of the bodymind, of knowing the tunes ...(For example, if your breathing, reflecting your...

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The Gazebo Light Show at Harbin

The Gazebo Light Show at HarbinI looked up from down one flight of steps, from in front of the restaurant doors, and saw the shimmery, white under-roof of the Harbin Gazebo Dance-reflecting its...

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Bar-headed goose, highest-flying birds: Two, good, current overviews of MIT...

Here are two, good, current overviews of MIT OCW-centric World University and School with conversation in the recording. Here's an outline for my talk (17 March 2013) today vis-a-vis Quakers and World...

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Callicebus genus: MIT OCW-centric World University and School plans to reach...

MIT OCW-centric World University and School plans to reach out to poor and disabled, (and, of course, remote), overachieving students, in their homes, for free, university degrees (bachelor, Ph.D.,...

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Patagonia: Chi, and other MIT Media Lab Graduate Students, Injecting the...

Chi, and other MIT Media Lab graduate students,It would be great to inject into the World University and School's 'Electrical Engineering,' wiki, Subject pages ......

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Gardens: Updated the Virtual Worlds' wiki, subject page at WUaS, Curious to...

... just updated this Virtual Worlds' wiki, subject page at WUaS,http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds -with a great Wiki about virtual worlds and education ...jokaydia Virtual Worlds...

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Sierra Nevada flowers: Ravi Shankar - Raga Bhimpalasi, added this to World...

Ravi Shankar - Raga Bhimpalasi (live at Monterey) ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRxDY43YtQ ...just added this to World University and School's wiki, Raga, subject page...

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Hippo opens mouth: Updated the Social Networking links in the Navigation...

... just updated the Social Networking links in the Navigation section of the Subject Template at WUaS …http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE#Learning_Networking ...===Learning...

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