Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

Transition from Learner to Life Long Learner

Sanjaya Mishra

Rare Events

For teachers in the dept, this is regular; for students, it is annual; for me it’s rare

Thanks to all of you… Rare events are characterized by their

uncertainty, and randomness; therefore, positive rare events should be cherished

What should I say?

This is a rare event for me, and my presence should be useful

You should take-away something to remember

I did some research and thinking to say what I want to say

Who is a Learner?

A Learner is one who has the following five qualities: Relentless efforts Focus on target Controlled sleeping Only required eating Reduced emotional attachments

Today’s world need Life Long Learners

Inquisitiveness to learn anytime, anywhere, from any source(ability to ask questions, and reflect on self)

Media and information literacy skills (not accepting information on its face-value, and having a critical approach)

Positive approach towards life and learning (increasing the power of goodness, and reducing evil)

Commitment to self, service, and society (love yourself, but consider others while serving)

Continuous improvement (perfection is only a word in the dictionary)

Asymmetry in Distribution of Knowledge and Education

Not everyone is lucky to study at University of Delhi

It is utopian to think that asymmetry in knowledge production and distribution can be overcome easily

But, certainly we can reduce that asymmetry by contributing towards Knowledge Commons

Who Owns Knowledge? Knowledge is collective human

intelligence Past knowledge is essential to create

new knowledge Society created Copyrights, Patents and

Trade Marks to protect individual’s economic rights over their creation

Printing press helped commodification of knowledge

It increased access to knowledge, but also created knowledge haves and have nots

Towards Knowledge Commons

Open Access Open Educational Resources Open Data Other Openness initiatives…

Thank You