Volume 1 - Issue 8 - ICTACT.IN

Cover StoryWe are in a social connective worldand we need to work on it. All thesetechnology advancements should helpthe student community to learn more.Mr. Vinodh ChelambathodiGlobal Head - Human ResourcesPolaris Financial Technology LimitedThe speed of information sharing hasgrown tremendously. He also discussedabout the power of twitter and other socialmedia. He gave clear examples of the institutionsthat wants to engage customersthrough social media. Social Connectivityis across all age groups and regions.The key take away is that we are in asocial connective world and we need towork on it. All these technology advancementsshould help the student communityto learn more, to innovate and to discovernew applications.It should grow the skill set of the studentsand address the gap between theAcademia and Corporate that is prevalentnow.Innovation is critical for every studentand we need to train the student for thisworld of innovation. This will bring a lot ofvalue additions for the students.With the help of social media we needto connect within the institution and alsobetween other institutions.We need to move from the fill-it file-itand forget-it to the fill-it, reinforce-itand embed-it model. And that can comewith the help of technology.Ms.Haseen Z Taj discussed on the topicTechnology in Learning. She shared abouther experience as an Engineer.The number of engineering colleges nowadayshas increased and all of it is only forthe good of the state of Tamil Nadu. Shediscussed on various factors what we canstill do better and work for the improvementof the students.She talked about the retention of learning.Any competency after learning lastsonly for a maximum of 9 hours. But wedon’t want the students to forget what istaught in the classroom. She talked abouta research which mentions that if we augmentthe learning with additional input ata certain predefined frequency, then learningretention might be 80%. So we need totweak a little the way we give our lecture.She recalled that the various engineeringcolleges have different cut-off, but allthe students are creative, innovative andwill create value when nurtured properly.If we pick-up students with lower cut-offwe need to give that extra inputs to makethese students to come up to the level ofthe students with higher cut-off. We needto move from the fill-it file-it and forgetitto the fill-it, reinforce-it and embed-itmodel. And that can come with the helpof technology. All the technology toolsshould create that additional input to thestudents so that they can have retentionof learning. These technologies enable thestudent to learn from anywhere and everywhere.This will make the students growfrom their level, the institutions and thecorporate will simultaneously grow withthat. Fill-it file-it and forget-it to the fill-it,reinforce-it and embed-it model. And thatcan come with the help of technology. Allthe technology tools should create that additionalinput to the students so that theycan have retention of learning.India is one of the country that has thehighest employable population. We needto leverage that to be more profitable infuture. The next important thing she statedis resilience. Resilience is the capacityto work in pressure. With the kind ofwork culture nowadays we need to learnto work with pressure. She stated that weneed to add value to the team, company orthe organization we work for.We need to enjoy the work we do, thenit will really bring difference in the work wedo. She reinforced that the future of Indiais both in the hands of academicians andthe students.Ms. Haseen Z TajVice President – Learning & DevelopmentCitibankFor more details and photos connect with us @facebook.com/ICTACTBridgeJune 2013 | 9