Life Long Learning (3L) Series
@
Younus College of Engineering and Technology
Conceived by
V K Adarsh
Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
&
Maneesh C R
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
Why a Life Long Learning Series?
The most important problem faced by the student community is the lack of knowledge apart from their scheduled curriculum/syllabus. We are living in the midst of a rapidly changing global scenario. There is a quantum change happening in the field of Technology around us today. In order to cope up with the fast track of development, the student community should be able to adapt to the hype and happenings of the changing world order.The Life Long Learning (3L) series is never ending process of knowledge interaction. The 3L series is prominent among the student community, faculty, management and experts from the knowledge community. The 3L series is expected to change the conventional mindset of the students and above all the educational system as a whole.
3L Aim:
Workshops, debates and talks can be organized regularly under the 3L Series umbrella. 3L is also a common platform centre for interdisciplinary activities in engineering, Applied Science and also issues concerning the student community .The areas identified are Appropriate Technology, Information Security, Energy Crisis, Infrastructure development, Cyber law and ethics, Digital divide, Biotechnology, Future technology options, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Science Fiction, Nano Technology, Intellectual Property rights, Emergence of India as a Knowledge super power , Sustainable development, Water Management, Green Building, Intellectual Property Rights etc.
Snapshots of 3L identified areas
Appropriate technology: It is the technology that is most appropriate to the environment and culture it is intended to support. The term came into some prominence during the 1973 energy crisis and the environmental movement of the 1970s. Mahatmagandhi, Smt.Indiragandhi,The economist E. F. Schumacher are some of the prophets of this novel concept.
Information security: is the process of protecting data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption.It is considered as one of the major crisis that the technological fraternity has to deal with.
Energy crisis: It is any great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil and additionally to electricity or other natural resources.The crisis often has effects on the rest of the economy, with many recessions being caused by an energy crisis in some form. In particular, the production costs of electricity rise, which raises manufacturing costs. In a market economy, the price of energy supplies such as oil, gas or electricity is driven by the principle of supply and demand which can cause sudden changes in the price of energy if either supply or demand changes.
Free/Open softwares: It refers to software distributed in source form which can be freely modified and redistributed, or freely modifiable and redistributable software. It does not refer to zero-cost software. Free Software is also referred to as Freed Software, Liberated Software or FRS (freely redistributable software). Free Software is a matter of freedom, not cost. It is a matter of liberty, not price. The word `free' in Free Software has a similar meaning as in free speech, free people and free country and should not be confused with its other meaning associated with zero-cost. Think of Free Software as software which is free of encumbrances, not necessarily free of cost.
Science fiction: is a broad genre of fiction which often takes place in the future and usually involves speculations based on current science. It is often abbreviated as SF or sci-fi. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, movies, games, theater, and other media. Neuromancer by William Gibson is one of the most famous SF. It published in 1984. The novel examines the concepts of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, multinational corporations overpowering the traditional nation-state and cyberspace long before these ideas were fashionable in popular culture.
Biotechnology: means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.Bio informatics is one of the outstanding derivative of bio technology. Bioinformatics is the harmony of bio technology and IT.
Sustainable Development:The definition comes from the report Our Common Future, more commonly known as the Brundtland Report, which states that sustainable development is development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainable development does not focus solely on environmental issues. More broadly, sustainable development policies encompass three general policy areas: economic, environmental and social. In support of this, several United Nations texts, most recently the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, refer to the "interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars" of sustainable development as economic development, social development, and environmental protection.
Green building :or bioclimatic building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.
Cyber law: It encompasses a wide variety of legal issues related to use of communications technology. It includes use of Internet as well as any other form of Computer or Digital Processing Devices. It includes intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and jurisdiction.As the law of Cyber Space, as envisioned by William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer , Cyber Law addresses the issues of Virtual Property and Virtual Persons. It covers rights of Netizens who are the citizens of Cyber Space and regulation of the Cyber Space for a peaceful and harmonious existence of Netizens.The biggest challenge before Cyber Law is its integration with the legacy system of laws applicable to the physical world.
The Digital Divide: The "digital divide" is the gap in technology (computing and communications) usage and access. This manifests itself in many different ways: between the big companies and the smaller companies, between the people in developed markets and those in the emerging markets, between the urban and rural populations in the emerging markets. Simply put, "the digital divide" means that between countries and between different groups of people within countries, there is a wide division between those who have real access to information and communications technology and are using it effectively, and those who don't. Since information and communications technologies (ICTs) are increasingly becoming a foundation of our societies and economies, the digital divide means that the "information have-nots" are denied the option to participate in new ICT jobs, in e-government, in ICTs improved healthcare, and in ICT enhanced education. More often than not, the "information have-nots" are in developing countries, and in disadvantaged groups within countries. The digital divide is thus a lost opportunity -- the opportunity for the information "have-nots" to use ICTs to improve their lives.
Frame work of 3L series:
The groups/organizations/persons that we can associate with:-
IEEE India council·
Free Software foundation-India·
Industries dept; Govt of Kerala·
Energy Management Center-Kerala·
Kerala state council for Science,Technology and Environment·
Kerala state IT mission·
Jala Nidhi·
Indian science fiction association- ISFA·
The Institution of Engineers (India)·
Computer Society of India·
Universities and other academic bodies
&
Key individuals from the Corporate World and Non Governmental/Profit Organisations.
How to organise the 3L series
It is the common platform of students chapters of ISTE, IEEE, The Institution of Engineers India, Energy and Environment Conservation Club and all Department associations of YCET. The venue of the 3L series would be the seminar hall.
Who all are going to participate?
The interested students come and register their names with 3L database. The registration would be absolutely free of cost and the whole hearted participation of the students from all the branches of engineering is expected as a long term strategic investment for 3L series as well as for their bright future.
Funding for the 3L Series:
3L Series doesn’t require capital investment. But we need a heavy investment in intellectual capital. However 3L Series needs a seed funding.
Conclusion:
This is only an outline of the basic requirements of a knowledge platform. But it is also to be noted that the 3L series aims towards the Socio-Legal-Economic-Political-Technological[SLEPT] awareness of the budding engineers.We do expect a brainstorming session from the Chairman, Principal, Directors, Head of Departments and the Faculty members with regard to the apraisal of the 3L series.
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“Future is not about pedigree, it is not about financial strenghth, future is about innovation and how nimble you are. The future is all about how open minded you are to learn from people”
N R NarayanaMurthy
Chief Mentor, Infosys
@
Younus College of Engineering and Technology
Conceived by
V K Adarsh
Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
&
Maneesh C R
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
Why a Life Long Learning Series?
The most important problem faced by the student community is the lack of knowledge apart from their scheduled curriculum/syllabus. We are living in the midst of a rapidly changing global scenario. There is a quantum change happening in the field of Technology around us today. In order to cope up with the fast track of development, the student community should be able to adapt to the hype and happenings of the changing world order.The Life Long Learning (3L) series is never ending process of knowledge interaction. The 3L series is prominent among the student community, faculty, management and experts from the knowledge community. The 3L series is expected to change the conventional mindset of the students and above all the educational system as a whole.
3L Aim:
Workshops, debates and talks can be organized regularly under the 3L Series umbrella. 3L is also a common platform centre for interdisciplinary activities in engineering, Applied Science and also issues concerning the student community .The areas identified are Appropriate Technology, Information Security, Energy Crisis, Infrastructure development, Cyber law and ethics, Digital divide, Biotechnology, Future technology options, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Science Fiction, Nano Technology, Intellectual Property rights, Emergence of India as a Knowledge super power , Sustainable development, Water Management, Green Building, Intellectual Property Rights etc.
Snapshots of 3L identified areas
Appropriate technology: It is the technology that is most appropriate to the environment and culture it is intended to support. The term came into some prominence during the 1973 energy crisis and the environmental movement of the 1970s. Mahatmagandhi, Smt.Indiragandhi,The economist E. F. Schumacher are some of the prophets of this novel concept.
Information security: is the process of protecting data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption.It is considered as one of the major crisis that the technological fraternity has to deal with.
Energy crisis: It is any great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil and additionally to electricity or other natural resources.The crisis often has effects on the rest of the economy, with many recessions being caused by an energy crisis in some form. In particular, the production costs of electricity rise, which raises manufacturing costs. In a market economy, the price of energy supplies such as oil, gas or electricity is driven by the principle of supply and demand which can cause sudden changes in the price of energy if either supply or demand changes.
Free/Open softwares: It refers to software distributed in source form which can be freely modified and redistributed, or freely modifiable and redistributable software. It does not refer to zero-cost software. Free Software is also referred to as Freed Software, Liberated Software or FRS (freely redistributable software). Free Software is a matter of freedom, not cost. It is a matter of liberty, not price. The word `free' in Free Software has a similar meaning as in free speech, free people and free country and should not be confused with its other meaning associated with zero-cost. Think of Free Software as software which is free of encumbrances, not necessarily free of cost.
Science fiction: is a broad genre of fiction which often takes place in the future and usually involves speculations based on current science. It is often abbreviated as SF or sci-fi. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, movies, games, theater, and other media. Neuromancer by William Gibson is one of the most famous SF. It published in 1984. The novel examines the concepts of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, multinational corporations overpowering the traditional nation-state and cyberspace long before these ideas were fashionable in popular culture.
Biotechnology: means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.Bio informatics is one of the outstanding derivative of bio technology. Bioinformatics is the harmony of bio technology and IT.
Sustainable Development:The definition comes from the report Our Common Future, more commonly known as the Brundtland Report, which states that sustainable development is development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainable development does not focus solely on environmental issues. More broadly, sustainable development policies encompass three general policy areas: economic, environmental and social. In support of this, several United Nations texts, most recently the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, refer to the "interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars" of sustainable development as economic development, social development, and environmental protection.
Green building :or bioclimatic building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use and harvest energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle.
Cyber law: It encompasses a wide variety of legal issues related to use of communications technology. It includes use of Internet as well as any other form of Computer or Digital Processing Devices. It includes intellectual property, privacy, freedom of expression, and jurisdiction.As the law of Cyber Space, as envisioned by William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer , Cyber Law addresses the issues of Virtual Property and Virtual Persons. It covers rights of Netizens who are the citizens of Cyber Space and regulation of the Cyber Space for a peaceful and harmonious existence of Netizens.The biggest challenge before Cyber Law is its integration with the legacy system of laws applicable to the physical world.
The Digital Divide: The "digital divide" is the gap in technology (computing and communications) usage and access. This manifests itself in many different ways: between the big companies and the smaller companies, between the people in developed markets and those in the emerging markets, between the urban and rural populations in the emerging markets. Simply put, "the digital divide" means that between countries and between different groups of people within countries, there is a wide division between those who have real access to information and communications technology and are using it effectively, and those who don't. Since information and communications technologies (ICTs) are increasingly becoming a foundation of our societies and economies, the digital divide means that the "information have-nots" are denied the option to participate in new ICT jobs, in e-government, in ICTs improved healthcare, and in ICT enhanced education. More often than not, the "information have-nots" are in developing countries, and in disadvantaged groups within countries. The digital divide is thus a lost opportunity -- the opportunity for the information "have-nots" to use ICTs to improve their lives.
Frame work of 3L series:
The groups/organizations/persons that we can associate with:-
IEEE India council·
Free Software foundation-India·
Industries dept; Govt of Kerala·
Energy Management Center-Kerala·
Kerala state council for Science,Technology and Environment·
Kerala state IT mission·
Jala Nidhi·
Indian science fiction association- ISFA·
The Institution of Engineers (India)·
Computer Society of India·
Universities and other academic bodies
&
Key individuals from the Corporate World and Non Governmental/Profit Organisations.
How to organise the 3L series
It is the common platform of students chapters of ISTE, IEEE, The Institution of Engineers India, Energy and Environment Conservation Club and all Department associations of YCET. The venue of the 3L series would be the seminar hall.
Who all are going to participate?
The interested students come and register their names with 3L database. The registration would be absolutely free of cost and the whole hearted participation of the students from all the branches of engineering is expected as a long term strategic investment for 3L series as well as for their bright future.
Funding for the 3L Series:
3L Series doesn’t require capital investment. But we need a heavy investment in intellectual capital. However 3L Series needs a seed funding.
Conclusion:
This is only an outline of the basic requirements of a knowledge platform. But it is also to be noted that the 3L series aims towards the Socio-Legal-Economic-Political-Technological[SLEPT] awareness of the budding engineers.We do expect a brainstorming session from the Chairman, Principal, Directors, Head of Departments and the Faculty members with regard to the apraisal of the 3L series.
*******
“Future is not about pedigree, it is not about financial strenghth, future is about innovation and how nimble you are. The future is all about how open minded you are to learn from people”
N R NarayanaMurthy
Chief Mentor, Infosys
