Dear Students and Friends
Globalization & World
Scenario
World War I ended the first era of
Globalization! The time lag between World War I (1914–1918) and World
War II (1939–1945) is about 20 years! However World War II proved costly with
the usage of nuclear warfare! Countries across the globe realized this cost,
the UN established, but small confrontations continued between Nations. Be it
Congo war (African nations), Syria, Iraq, Afghan, the contemporary Ukraine and
a few others. The cold war continues from 1945 to till date between
many Nations.
Curiously I was going through the data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS and
checking the Trade share of global GDP in %, which pronounces
the economic integration between Nations! Surprisingly, in 1970, it was 25%, 1980
(37%), 1990 (37%), 2000 (50%), 2008 (60.9%), 2020 (51%). It is
consistently falling from 2008 to till date. Now after the
Ukraine war, there is strong wind for further fall.
What should be India's Focus?
It means, whether we agree or disagree, more and more
countries are worried about sovereignty and protecting their human and natural
resources. This is the fact. In this hour of situation, what should
be the focus of India? Of course, we need to strengthen our security,
protect our National resources and increase our intra-consumption and GDP.
Beyond this, we need to make a strategic move in building and branding
our Human Resources.
Why were our
traditional Learning systems strong?
Time immemorial Bharata Khanda has been helping the
cause of Global Human Talent development. Now we are more confident and
reposing trust on our Learning systems. We may not be able to make Global QS
Rankings and Ivy league institutions but our foundation system is strong.
The blend of Science & Mathes, clubbed with a
Middle class culture, backed by great family traditions and spiritual
upbringing is proving to produce a matured talent. Our
students are good at managing limited resources and produce optimal products.
Probably we may not be able to produce great inventions and Noble laureates,
but we are definitely good in making innovations and managing global talent.
Today we are able to witness the same with Global CEOs of Indian origin and
their mature way of handling global companies.
What is the Hurdle Now?
However, there is a catch here. The
Indian schooling system till date was based on Guru-Shiksha
Parampara (erstwhile in Gurukulas), later in modern schools through
Traditional classroom or Home Tuitions or evening Tutorials. But
today, Home tuitions are replaced with Digital Learning Tools. Guru
is replaced with Technology. Learning Record is in the hands of
Technology.
Today an average student is attending multiple
physical schools and multiple online learning courses, sometimes
he/she changes the platform for each concept. As a result, there is no
consolidation of digital learning records. There is no digital learning
traceability. There is no digital learning footprint. We
are losing our original trademark of great learning models. However, we
cannot replace and go back to old models. That is also not possible.
This change looks simple today,
appearing trivial, but in 10 years’ time, this learning process becomes
chaotic with the fragmented learning records, scattered across multiple digital
learning islands (kindergarten to primary school to secondary to University to
online courses to online knowledge repositories). How does it impact. It leads
to weak Recommender systems for students. Results into weak or
fragile mentoring. Leads to fragile skill investment strategy for
Govts. Finally employment suffers and GDP impacts.
Earlier home tuition master /school teacher or someone
like a family education mentor used to drive the individual in multiple
dimensions and was managing User’s learning records / learning styles and
making customizations, recommendations etc.
Proposal to Govt., Intellectuals, and Visionary of
India
We need technology to solve this simple issue before
it explodes and goes out of control. We are appealing to the Govt. of
India, Corporates, Heads of Institutions, EduTech companies and Digital
Universities and Schools.
Dr. Abhinav Dayal (linkedin.com/in/abhinavdayal), Self
(Dr. Ravi Saripalle (linkedin.com/in/ravisaripalle)) and a
few other like minded people formed Volunteering Group and developed a
technology roadmap and architecture to solve this cold but burning
Learning Issue.
What is GUIld and eGyanGanga?
We proposed a concept called GULid (Global
Unique Learner ID, similar to Aadhar for Digital Learning Record) to track
every individual digital learning transaction from KG to PG and beyond
till he/she learns online. We also proposed eGyanGanga, a
Unified, Multi-Lingual, Open Knowledge & Learning Platform, seamlessly
integrates the world of all online Learning platforms with GULid inbuilt
(aggregator of user profile), and also provides a basic LMS for free and fair
use for one who cannot afford digital learning.
We submitted proposals to the Hon'ble Prime
Minister, Dept. of Science and Technology, and various Corporates to
consider and support this social cause. This is going to be revolutionary in
the digital learning space. We want to make it as open source, not for
profit and free to use so that 1.3 billion learner's digital learning can be
tracked, consolidated, right investments made based on
recommendations, project them internationally and become a Global
Talent Hub and Global Human Resources Pool.
Let's Rise Together! Please save our next generation
digital Learning records. Please help us and volunteer! Let us together build
these social learning platforms for Universal Learning cause!
Ravi Saripalle
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