2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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)
6. 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
7. 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
8. Towards Knowledge Commons
Open Access
Open Educational Resources
Open Data
Other Openness initiatives…