Informal Funding Request

Input Easy and The World Free Univarsity


updated May 8, 2000

The World Free Univarsity is a great opportunity to produce a tremendous amount of valuable online learning resources with a minimal investment.

The World Free Univarsity, my free software "Input Easy" and my invention of the mini-reference file (merf) create a simple toolkit for people wishing to create learning materials, share their work, and find learning materials.

To be effective, both the World Free Univarsity and the software must remain "free". I am looking for funding to support this initiative from public, grant or donation sources. Learners, teachers, tutors, governments and not-for-profit organizations around the world would benefit.

If I could have found a software product with the effectiveness of Input Easy, I wouldn't have bothered to invest the time needed to design and write the software. The theory, method and software were actually developed using iterative design over more than a decade.

The theory, method, software, copyright information and online web space provide a complete set of useful resources.

The entire framework for this project is ready. This includes resolving matters of copyright, web page design for a global community, Internet privacy, communication (email "contact me" policy pages), inter-system operability issues and the invention of the mighty merf (mini-reference files). All of this information is available on my web pages.

This model could be used for every language community in the world (French, Spanish, Chinese, etc.). It is very simple and easy to implement.

A small team (programmers, web masters, public relations, and manager) with adequate funding would be all that are needed to provide the entire world with a valuable software product and a place to share learning materials.

Scenario One

A student creates a learning file for their own use. They will be able to learn faster, and later review the material (for instance, after a summer break). They then share that file with their classmates, teacher and other people on the Internet.

Scenario Two

During a course, a teacher assigns students the responsibility of coming up with "key questions" as homework. The best of these questions are entered into a learning file.

At the end of the course, the teacher has a complete learning file that they can give future students taking the course. The teacher posts the file on the Internet at the World Free Univarsity. This helps all students and all teachers around the world to learn the material more effectively.

Scenario Three

A not-for-profit organization makes a learning file about the cause they are supporting. They distribute this to members and post it on the Internet. Everyone benefits.

Conclusion

You can imagine how fast learning materials would be created if all three of these scenarios were happening at the same time.

If you are interested, then please contact me. There is a link to my "Contact Me" policy page below.

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