3 S LEARNING

MAKING USE OF
MINDMAPS, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS OTHERS

SEE SHOW AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE

CHANNEL
COMMUNICATIONS

 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATIONS?

CHANGE

CHANGE IN
KNOWLEDGE VIEW/OPINION/ATTITUDE EMOTIONS ACTION

WHY DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT KNOWLEDGE WITH NEW VISION?

LET US SEE WHAT WISE MEN (AND WOMEN) HAVE SAID ABOUT KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.

Panchatantra

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.
Thomas Berger

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Carl G. Jung

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.
Blaise Pascal

Those that know, do.

Those that understand, teach. Aristotle

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

Isaac Newton

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

MARGARET FULLER:

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

JOHN NAISBITT:

DOES OUR PRESENT SITUATION AND SYSTEM ALLOW AND ENABLE THIS

KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PLACE TODAY

 WE ARE IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES IN THIS CENTURY

 WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE

AND THEIR CREATIVITY

SO WHAT HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS KNOWLEDGE IS CONCERNED?

ONE
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED

CHANGE IS NOT NEW. IN FACT LONG BACK IT WAS QUOTED CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN THE UNIVERSE SO WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS CHANGE?

The 3 S of Change
SCALE SCOPE SPEED

We are in the 800th Lifetime 800th Lifetime

650 have been spent in caves 70 only of effective communications 6 of written word 2 with electric motor Most material goods have been produced in our own lifetime.

Dr. Homi Bhabha remarked

In 100 years, we have consumed half the energy utilized in the last 2000 years.

IN THE FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE IT IS OVERWHELMING IF NOT FRIGHTENING

Goods and Services multiply every 15 years.

In 1500 AD, 1000 books appeared

Today it is more than 2 million per year!

THE US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS 130 MILLION ITEMS WITH A SHELF LENGTH OF OVER 800 KMS

WHILE THE BRITISH LIBRARY HAS MORE THAN 150 MILLION ITEMS AND A SHELF LENGTH OF 650 KMS
WITH MORE THAN 5 MILLION MAPS

 EVERYDAY MORE THAN 10 MILLION NEW PAGES ARE ADDED TO THE INTERNET
THE SIZE OF THE WEB WORLD IS GUESSTIMATED TO BE OVER 800 BILLION PAGES

 OUT OF THE 450,000 USABLE ENGLISH WORDS 250,000 (5 OUT OF 9) WOULD BE INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO SHAKESPEARE

THE BARD WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SEMI-LITERATE TODAY!!!!!!!

TWO
THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE HAS CHANGED

FROM FIXED TO CHANGEABLE

LIMITED TO EXPANDABLE

INDIVIDUAL TO SHAREABLE

IT HAS NOW TO BE MADE

PRESENTABLE INCLUSIVE INVOLVING

THREE
LEARNING HAS CHANGED

TODAYS LEARNERS HAVE TO BE BIGGER BETTER FASTER SELF LEARNERS LIFELONG LEARNERS

ALL ARE EXPOSED TO

HIGH SPEED HUGE CONTENT MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

THERE IS COMPETITION FOR

TIME INTEREST RELEVANCE EFFORTS

WE FACE PROBLEMS OF
QUANTITY RANGE SPEED QUALITY IN LEARNING

APART FROM
* RELEVANCE * LACK OF INTEREST * TESTING PARAMETERS

BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE NEW ROLES TO PLAY

TEACHERS TODAY HAVE TO FACILITATE AND INSPIRE LEARNING

THEY HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE AND PROACTIVE

TEACHERS HAVE TO BECOME LEARNERS TO BE ABLE TO TEACH

AND STUDENTS HAVE TO EXPLORE ALL RESOURCES TO CONQUER THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THEM

THEY HAVE TO FIND NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

WE CANNOT FIGHT THE WARS OF TOMMOROW WITH THE WEAPONS OF YESTERDAY

 THE EMPIRES OF THE FUTURE WILL BE THE EMPIRES OF THE MIND Winston Churchill

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THEIR OLD FORM AND CONTEXT ALLOWED US TO COPE UP WITH THE EARLIER NEEDS

 BUT TODAY THEY NEED AN ALLY, A SUPPORTER, A PARTNER TO SUCCESSFULLY HANDLE THE CHALLENGES TO CREATE A POWERFUL SYNERGY OF RESOURCES

IT NEEDS CREATIVE THINKING AND TECHNIQUES

 NOW THERE IS (OR SHOUD BE) A PARADIGM SHIFT TO INCLUDE IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY (AND WISDOM OR EXPERIENCE). IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
---- IN LEARNING

PROCESSS OF KNOWLEDGE
EXPOSURE COMPREHENSION STORAGE RETRIEVAL PRESENTATION APPLICATION

 MOST STOP AT EXPOSURE

SOME AT COMPREHENSION

 KNOWLEDGE STARTS WITH COMPREHENSION

BUT WE END THERE

OUR FURTHER STEPS ARE WEAK AND INEFFICIENT

CAN WE AFFORD TO WASTE WHAT WE LEARN?

TODAY WE NEED TO VISIT, REVISE AND TEST KNOWLEDGE CONTINUOUSLY AND FREQUENTLY

 KNOWLEDGE IS BEING THRUST LIKE AN ONION

YOU GO ON PEELING AND THE RESULT IS NOTHING BUT TEARS

 KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE OFFERED LIKE A PEARL

SOFTLY AND LAYER BY LAYER

IT SHOULD BE
STRUCTURED VISUAL LAYERED SYMBOLIC

LIKE MINDMAPS, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS OTHERS