Monday, August 18, 2014

KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY INITIATIVE - Life Long Learning Centers for Developing Human Resources through free World Class Education at the Doorsteps


This community-based self help project has been initiated to provide world-class education, from ECD to UNIVERSITY, as well as free medical cover to all populations in our region. I expect that many of you will participate in this endeavor through the LSO/VO/WO/Government sponsored schools and health units of various descriptions located close to your home.
I have also established an idea demonstration facility in Hunza. Any interested participant can visit and clarify any questions arising about this project. I will inshallah be personally available from April through the end of October each year.
My advocacy revolves around acquiring a specialty commensurate with God-gifted APTITUDE by each seeker of knowledge/skill. In this age, it has become totally accessible and it MEANS BLIND.
BURUSHASKI DUA:
All of the Courses in the best universities - you can do at home; despite non availability of internet and public electrical supply - copy on USB from the server in SASLLC Baltit.
BREAKING NEWS: OTHERNET facility has now been integrated into the "idea demonstration" program.
RELATED LINK: STEP TOWARDS TARGET TWO OF ROAD MAP FOR HUNZAKNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, INDIA
The conviction that home-grown intellectual leadership of exceptional caliber is the best driver of society’s future development, and that many developing country education systems are too engulfed by poverty and numbers to develop their talented young people - hence the KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY INITIATIVE.
Professional delivery of voluntary service;
Policies: 
http://www.akdn.org/spotlights.asp?view=all
Learning material: 

http://www.akdn.org/publications/civil_society_booklet1.pdf
Knowledge Society
In the age of the Internet, knowledge about institutions and their effectiveness is only a click away. Information becomes viral, following vectors that take it anywhere there is Internet connectivity.
Clear goals and standards: All partners must understand and commit to clearly defined objectives. Benchmarks must be set for the achievement of these goals in terms of timeliness and quality.

Words of Wisdom from the Guide:

“To position the Jamat correctly for the next decades. serious issues and for you to understand where I would like the Jamat to be, Insha-Allah, in the world in 10 years, 15 years, 20 years.”  13 December 2008 and 


"A vast decentralization of decision-making is already occurring in many countries; it has the advantage of placing new responsibilities in the hands of local communities... For the key to future progress will lie less in traditional top-down systems of command and control -- and more in a broad, bottom-up spirit of coordination and cooperation." 

"Social progress, in the long run, will not be found by delegating an all-dominant role to any one player -- but rather through multi-sector partnerships. And within each sector of society, diversity should be a watchword. Healthy communities must respect a range of educational choices ... [The Ummah] must become full and even leading participants in the Knowledge Society of the 21st Century. That will mean embracing the values of collaboration and coordination, openness and partnership, choice and diversity -- which will undergird the Knowledge Society, learning constantly to review and revise and renew what we think we know -- learning how to go on learning. In the age of the Internet, knowledge is universally shaped, universally accessible, and universally applied. And successful institutions of learning must be global institutions... [I]n the Knowledge Society, productive research is most often partnership research ... sharing agendas and exchanging insights. New knowledge is a constantly unfolding gift of God -- but it is rarely something that is achieved in isolation."
NOTE:   TELE-MEDICINE:
Once the system of DISTANCE EDUCATION gets current in our region, I have the desire to use the same facilities established by PDCN (AKDN) and also those established by the government or the self-help groups for providing world-class health cover through TELE-MEDICINE, it is, therefore, my request to all present and future doctors from the region to learn these techniques (DIGITAL HEALTH BEYOND BORDERS).



VISION: Populations in the region are economically and geographically constrained in availing of "Brick and Mortar" facilities in higher education available in urban centers. Education and learning need to be set free - and new education and communication technologies now make this possible. A number of IT facilities have been established both by Government and the CIVIL SOCIETY such as KADO (3 centers) and also notably by PDCN (14 centers) – an agency of the AKDN – in all the districts of GB with the noble aim of improving quality of education. These however have not been utilized to their full potential due to the prevalent culture in the country.

The idea that students from around the globe can join a course taught by renowned faculty - that they can support each other, discuss problems, find answers, and collaboratively engage with the material – is truly revolutionary.

Nothing has more potential to lift more people out of poverty. Nothing has more potential to unlock a billion more brains to solve the world’s biggest problems. And nothing has more potential to enable us to reimagine higher education than the massive open online course or MOOC platforms
Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Some new things are praised to the skies because people have a weakness for the shiny and novel. Others are hyped because they will obviously change the world, and it always takes the world a little while to adjust. MOOC's are of the latter kind.
Kevin Carey, director of the education-policy program at the New America Foundation.


We envision a future where everyone has access to a world-class education that has so far been available to a select few. We aim to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in.

MISSION: To facilitate the acquisition of FREE OF COST World-class Education at doorsteps in all the districts of GB.

STRATEGY:
The existing IT facilities established over the last few years by agencies such as AKDN - specifically by PDCN - the Government education department and also self-help entities will be gradually encouraged to introduce this education mode for the populations within their jurisdiction. SASLLC will act as a feeding unit for all interested facilities, while PDCN will provide WALK-IN TRAINING to the TKN volunteers who want to help the communities by providing this revolutionary theme of education and skill development.

The additional facilities, specifically MULTIMEDIA PROJECTOR, PRINTER and SCANNER, and in some cases reliable electric supply through SOLAR SYSTEM components, are to be financed through the community effort by SMCs and LSO boards.


Multifaceted Proposal towards “Knowledge Society”: 
MANY OF THE VOs/WOs IN OUR REGION HAVE SAVINGS RUNNING INTO A FEW MILLION EACH. RS. 50,000/00 SAFE INVESTMENT IN A PROJECT doable in seven days CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS EACH DAY AND A SINGLE DISTANT LEARNING/TELEMEDICINE STATION TO A CLUSTER OF TEN HOUSEHOLDS. IDEA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT RUNNING IN KHURUKUSHAL KHAN WO UNDER BRSO SINCE 2013. THIS CAN BE REPLICATED IN EACH OF WO/VO WITHOUT WAITING FOR EXTERNAL INPUTS.
MUST SEE POST: KHURUKUSHAL
BETTER FUTURE - REORIENTATION 
Options for a Student:
1.      Education and Skills
a.       Augment the coaching being offered in a traditional Institution.
b.      Access to Coaching material from the best universities towards Education and capacity development - independent learners, not associated with a formal educational program.
c.       Option for developing skills in existing career or change in career {example: Specialization in Microfinance].
d.      Option for families of limited incomes/access to traditional world-famous Institutions of learning.
2.      Telemedicine option:  Once married, 80 percent of female doctors do not get an opportunity to practice their profession. They will have the opportunity to serve fellow human beings in need through TKN from their homes and also build further skills.
DW VIDEO COVERING PROCEDURE AND SENSORS

3.    Integration of OUTERNET:

a. Will connect each cluster via satellite for access to coaching educational content from the best universities.
b. Will provide the opportunity to start the steps towards technology and business opportunity in this field.

NOTE: First DIY - do it yourself - L-band satellite receiver has since been fabricated in Hunza as part of integration to the idea demonstration program. Each home/ cluster of homes will now be the BEST university providing free world-class education/skills from ECD through university. Congratulations to all those interested in opting for this revolutionary education method in the digital age.


PROGRAM:
All well-intentioned individuals anywhere in the world are expected to participate in downloading the COACHING MATERIAL and arrange to send it to the relevant individual in SAS LLC. 
CATEGORIES OF COACHING MATERIAL:
1. Video/Audio Lectures
2. Lecture Notes
3. Online Text Books
4. Student Work
5. Assignments and solutions
6. SYLLABUS
7. CALENDAR
8. EXAMS
9. Assessments
10. Interactive Simulations
11. Transcript of Lectures
12. Virtual experiments 

In Hunza, the Government Model School will make WI-FI available to the population in Central Hunza, free of cost, to enable interested individuals to contribute by downloading COACHING MATERIAL and also to peruse their studies from home.

The Center will be available to teachers and students during working hours while 3 hours daily will be reserved for female aspirants.
Participants in an academic/skill development course will inform SASLLC/OPEN UNIVERSITY so that the database for the students is updated. This database, apart from contact information/personal details, contains the results of EXAMS and other student achievement data. The student gets a DEGREE if his score is 90 percent or more; he is entitled to a PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE if the score falls between 60 and 90 percent.

STATUS:



I am in the process of commissioning "LIFELONG LEARNING CENTERS" in this region with the aim of introducing Distance Education to populations who otherwise are economically and geographically constrained in availing "Brick and Mortar" facilities available in urban centers.
I recently held a session with teachers, the school management committee and students of the 9th/10th class to demonstrate that world-class education from school to university is feasible within the available resources of Government Model School Karimabad through Distant Learning. We have agreed to establish "SULTAN ALI SAMARQAND LIFELONG LEARNING CENTRE" - and open a university) - in this school using the excellent system provided by PDCN and lying underutilized since installation. One of the computers will be used as a server for the proposed network and store the following category of coaching material covering all the topics/sub-topics/specialties in which any interested person (irrespective of gender) wishes to educate or upgrade his/her skills.

Comments by Muhammad Din, Vice Principal:

"The main objectives of this Centre are as under:
1 To provide FREE quality education at doorsteps.
2 To enhance the teaching quality of the schools.
3 To provide access to better coaching tools for teachers.
4 To access the coaching material of the best educational institutions in the world.
5 To avail the opportunity of free education available on the Internet around the world.
6 To enhance the LIFE SKILLS of the educated population and provide LIFELONG LEARNING opportunities.

EDIP - Educational Development and Improvement Programme - of PDCN Gilgit working in this have established this facility in 2010 in this school as LRS - Learning Resource Centre - for the school as well as for a few other feeding units of this school. Its main objective is an enhancement the quality of teaching and learning and to provide missing facilities, especially IT-related gadgets, and equipment. More than ten brand new computers have been provided along with DSL connectivity. Other facilities student chairs, teaching kits for all the teachers of LRS, and short/long course arrangements have also been made at PDCN Gilgit and IED Karachi. This computer system was not operational for the last nearly one year due to some inevitable circumstances. But after the brigadier’s intervention, we have a bright chance to use this facility for multiple purposes in the best interest of students in particular and teachers in general. Educated general public of the locality will also take benefit according to the schedules.

Although the facility is available 24-hrs a day, it is being planned that SASLLC and Open University, be open at least for 12 hours daily. Mr. KARIM KHAN has been requested to facilitate this Centre from 9 am to 3 pm and the office has moved to this Centre. TKN volunteers will look after the center from 3:00 pm to 8.00 pm daily. An income generation mechanism will enable the school to offer a compensation package for the time taken by these volunteers. Mohd din, A.H/M will assume the role of Honorary VC of this facility while Mr. Karim Khan and Mr. Aurangzeb will act in the capacity of DEANs. An Academic council will also be formed very soon."
What resources will I need for this mode of education?
All you need is a willingness to think and learn.
APPEAL: All readers blessed with knowledge, experience, and skills are requested to send either a file or a link - to the mail address listed below (missing addresses will be communicated later by Mr. Mohammad Din Vice Principal and Honorary Vice Chancellor of the Center/Open University) - from which following category of coaching material suitable for ECD through university education and or upgrading of life skills can be downloaded. Kindly go to reliable sources such as the 500 best universities in the world and their distance learning programs on this CONSORTIUM OR LINK , LINK2.

SEARCH FOR COURSES:
As I mentioned above, there are countless free sources available online. Here are a few of the best:
Coursera. Coursera works with top universities from around the world to offer classes online for free. You can take classes from a variety of disciplines including computer sciences, psychology, and Spanish.
OpenStudy. OpenStudy is a social learning network that allows you to connect with individuals with the same learning goals as you.
Khan Academy. I freaking love Khan Academy. You’ll find over 4,000 videos covering topics ranging from algebra to finance to history. My favorite part of Khan Academy, though, is math exercises. You start with basic math and work your way up to calculus in an adaptive, game-like environment. I’ve been slowly going through the exercises to freshen up on my math.
Duolingo. Free website to learn foreign languages. It’s a pretty cool setup. As you progress through the lessons, you’re simultaneously helping translate websites and other documents.
Code Academy. Learn to code for free with interactive exercises. I wish Code Academy was around when I was learning how to build AoM. It would have helped a lot.
edX. Harvard University and MIT partnered together to create interactive, free online courses. The same world-renowned professors that teach at Harvard and MIT have created the courses on edX. You can find courses for just about any subject. I’ve signed up for a class called The Ancient Greek Hero. Class started last week, but you can still sign up. Join me!
Udacity. Udacity is similar to edX and Coursera. College-level classes are taught online for free.
CreativeLive. I discovered CreativeLive a few weeks ago. It’s an interesting concept. You can watch the live stream of the course being taught for free, but if you want to view the course later and at your own pace you have to pay for it. The courses focus on more creative and business subjects like videography and online marketing. I’ve sat in on a few of the free courses and was impressed with the curriculum.
TED. TED compiles speeches and lectures not only by professors but interesting people from many different walks of life. TED talks are lighter than academic lectures, often quite funny, and concentrate on interesting ideas and concepts. And most are 20 minutes or less, so they’re great for those with a short attention span.
iTunes U. Download thousands of free podcast lectures taught by the best professors from around the world and learn while in your car.
YouTube EDU. Instead of watching a bunch of auto-tuned cats, enrich your mind by browsing through YouTube EDU. They have thousands of videos that cover a variety of topics.
For more ideas on free learning resources, check out this post: How to Become a Renaissance Man Without Spending a Dime.

GUIDELINE from Mr Marcela Morales Community Relations Manager & Open Education Specialist

"Dear Hisamullah,
Thank you for your interest in the Open Course Ware Consortium courses and congratulations on your eagerness of using OERs in your facility. We would be delighted to know you have found them useful for your community.
To review the courses available in our database you may use our course search engine: http://www.ocwconsortium.org/en/courses. You’ll be able to browse by course, language, or source. Just fill in the search terms you need and the available options will appear. Once you find a course you are interested in, all you have to do is download the material and start learning and sharing. You do not need to register, nor you will be monitored, OpenCorseWare is designed to be a self-learning experience. 
I realize you have some connectivity issues, unfortunately, the only way you’ll be able to use the materials offline is if you have at least a few minutes of electricity/internet to download the materials. Once you have them locally you’ll be able to use them as many times as you’d like. 
Happy teaching & learning! =)
Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
With warm regards,
Marcela
Marcela Morales
Community Relations Manager & Open Education Specialist
phone. +52(81) 8421.3334
skype. arqmmorales
www.ocwconsortium.org
ALISON — MOOCs & Redefining Education for the Next Generation
Speech by ALISON CEO & Founder, Mike Feerick, YEO, Washington DC Sept 12th 2013

Dear Hisamullah, 

Education and learning need to be set free - and new education and communication technologies now make this possible. 

At a recent conference on Youth Employment Opportunities held in Washington DC, USA, our Founder and CEO Mike Feerick was invited to speak about the exciting possibilities before us. He talked about many familiar topics, from youth unemployment, empowering women, reaching the 5 Billion, and overcoming the teacher shortage, to how our attitude to dynamic competency-based certification and innovation radically needs to change. 

Above all, Feerick outlines how free education can become universal, dynamic, and empowering, if we allow new educational opportunities and methodologies to flourish. 

Click on this link or the above screenshot to visit the video. If you agree with Mike's views, please share with your friends and contacts!
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This message has been sent to you by ALISON. This email has been sent to Hisamullah Beg hisamullah7@gmail.com [2230586] on Fri Oct 18 9:52:07 CDT 2013.
The mission of ALISON is to enable anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free via interactive self-paced multimedia.
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CORE GROUP BRIEFING
{Head PDCN, DD Education, Principal, Two DEANS, SMC}








The session,-4, Briefing of Teachers, Head Teachers, and Interested Citizens at Hasegawa Memorial Public School and College Karimabad, Hunza



SESSION-5: Student at home joining a course on "Sustainable Development"

https://novoed.com/numbers-life-quantway.
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2. E-MAILS:
ECD-I            Ms. Yasmin Naeem E-Mail _______ Ms. Yasmin Shah E-Mail _________________
ECD-II           Ms. Fazila E-Mail ______________ Ms. Parveen E-Mail ______________________
Class- 1           Ms. Shakila E-Mail ____________ Ms. Meher E-Mail ____________________
Class-2
a.                  Ms. YasminSalim        E-Mail yasmeensaleem@gmail.com
b.                  ShabnumBano E-Mail ___________________
Class-3
            a.         Ms. NaseemBano        E-Mail naseemshahgul@yahoo.com
Class-4
            a.         Ms. Almas                   E-Mail hiraali601@yahoo.com
Class-5
            a.         Ms. Uzma                    E-Mail ______________________
Class-6
            a.         Mr. Kulani                   E-Mail kulanikhan@hotmail.com
Class-7
            a.         Mr. Amin Khan            E-Mail aminkhan.kbd@gmail.com
Class-8
            a.         Mr. JavedKarim                      E-Mail javed_msc2002@yahoo.com

Class-9
            a.         Mr. SarwarHussain     E-Mail _______________________
            b.         Mr. AurangZeb           E-Mail aurangzeb39@yahoo.com
Class-10
            a.         Mr. KaleemullahBaig              E-Mail kaleembaig11@yahoo.com
            b.         Mr. Mohammad Ali                E-Mail barcha.hunzai110gmail.com
Class-11
            a.         Mr. Murad Khan                     E-Mail murad_khan56@yahoo.com
            b.         Khan Ghulwai                          E. Mail ghulwaikhan@yahoo.com
            c          MashghoolAlam                      E.Mail alam.mushghool@gmail.com
Class-12
            a.         Mr. Mussaullah Khan              E-Mail khan41@hotmail.com

5. Univerity: For a guide on university-level topics subtopics and Speciality see the list below, may visit this link: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm; For any other courses/universities that a student wishes to avail you can go through:
 http://www.ocwconsortium.org/en/courses 
a) Mr. Karim Khan Hon DEAN Business, Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science,
Society, Teaching and Education E-Mail: karimkhan@pdcn.edu.pk, Karimhunzai@yahoo.com 
b) Mr. Aurangzeb Hon Dean Energy, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Mathematics, Science
NOTE: CC Mail address for all emails.
Mr. Tawakal Muhammad (Principal) E-mail: bmhskbdhunza@gmail.com
Mr. Mohammad Din (Vice Principal and Hon VC) E-Mail deens_bercha@yahoo.com
Please note that audio, video, and some other special files are not included in the download zip package in order to keep these files a manageable size. You can download these files through the links provided in the course. 
Example of how a large file can be communicated:
This is a large file and can not be attached with normal mail, hence I have resorted to sending it to you through "Google Drive" It can also be sent through MSN "Sky Drive". Please educate all users of SAS LLC.

Some audio and video lectures are also available through MIT's iTunes U and YouTube sites. 
Is it possible to save the video files to a disk or to my hard drive? 
YouTube
Some of our videos are available on YouTube. The download is not available for these files. To see the complete collection, visit http://youtube.com/mit and this link LIST OF AUDIO VIDEO LECTURES
iTunes U 
Links to our videos on iTunes U require Apple's free iTunes application. If you have this application, these links will automatically open it. Once you have iTunes open, you can download a single lecture by selecting "Get Movie," or the entire course by selecting "Get Tracks." Once you've downloaded these lectures, iTunes will automatically add them to your library. 
Internet Archive 
Some OCW videos are available on Internet Archive as both MP4 and Real Media files (and a few other types provided by Internet Archive, such as OGG). To download these, right-click on the link (MP4 or RM) and select "Save Link As." To watch MP4 files, you need QuickTime. Real Media files require Real Player.
Is the MIT OpenCourseWare site compliant with W3C standards and accessibility requirements?
The templates we designed for our content management system (CMS) are both valid HTML 4.01 and meet Sec. 508 & WCAG AA Web Accessibility
recommendations. Our style guide has been revised to include validating and checking the accessibility of HTML as part of the authoring process. Our standards require all images on our web pages to contain ALT attributes. Our data tables contain heavy use of the scope and headers attributes that make it easier to navigate using screenreaders such as JAWS. We spend a lot of time on the accessibility of PDFs. As part of our conversion process, we remove any PDFs using Type 3 or bitmapped fonts. We use Adobe's "Make Accessible" plugin before finalizing the document. We work closely with the MIT Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing Lab to ensure that the MIT OpenCourseWare course sites are as accessible as possible. As resources permit, we create transcripts and subtitles for our lecture videos. Approximately half of our lecture videos now contain transcripts. These are identified on each course home page under "Course Features."
What information does MIT OpenCourseWare collect from visitors to the site?
The information we collect from visitors helps us improve the MIT OpenCourseWare site, and assists us in evaluating the access, use, and impact of MIT OpenCourseWare on the worldwide educational community. MIT OpenCourseWare collects the following information from visitors: Information You Provide: We receive and store any information you enter on the MIT OpenCourseWare Web site or give us in any other way. You provide most such information when you submit feedback on the site, contact us by e-mail, or agree to participate in a visitor survey. This information may include your name and e-mail address, your academic status, your institution, your geographic region, how you are using MIT OpenCourseWare, and what you think of the site. In all cases, any information you provide is strictly optional and voluntary, and you may choose to use the MIT OpenCourseWare site without ever providing this information. If you voluntarily provide your e-mail address or other contact information, we will not share personal information with anyone without first requesting your explicit permission to do so.

SOME COMMENTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD: 
Comment6 Sandro Flores Tilmann, March 21, 2011 at 1:51 p.m.:
Is excellent and has the best of the best information about Electrical Engineering and Computer science.
14 dexter, October 21, 2011, at 1:33 p.m.:
I always wanted to study at MIT school but unfortunately, I have a big problem with the financials. But now they have this OCW this would be really a big big help for me and thank you very much to MIT.
9 donfack zeufack hermann, December 21, 2011 at 8:56 a.m.:
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23 Leo, April 11, 2012, at 5:29 a.m.:
all right folks, here are some tips about downloading the videos and subs. 1) you can go to http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical..., and click the link then you'll see the video window, there are some buttons behind it if your brain serves you well you'll find the "Download this Video opinion". in some cases you can directly go to iTunes U and search the relevant videos, or go to the Youtube MIT channel you sure will find them as well sorry i can't upload some pics there.
well, there are several ways to get them, how can I put that? well, here i introduce the easiest one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMHt6s..., watch this video then you'll figure it out. of course you can use Google Chrome inspect element to find the sub and convert it to an SRT file but that could be kinda tough.
that's it, hoping it could be helpful.

DISTANCE LEARNING -TEST YOUR POTENTIAL BEFORE CHOOSING A TOPIC.
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TOPICS:
BUSINESS
ENERGY
ENGINEERING
FINE ARTS
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Humanities
Mathematics
Science
Social Science
Society
TEACHING AND EDUCATION
Business: (SUB TOPIC)
Accounting
Business Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Globalization
Health Care Management
Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
Information Technology
Innovation
Leadership
Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Organizational Behavior
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management

Energy: (SUB TOPIC)
Buildings
Climate
Combustion
Electricity
Fossil Fuels
Fuel Cells
Hydrogen and Alternatives
Nuclear
Renewables
Technology
Transportation

Engineering:(SUB-TOPIC)

Aerospace Engineering (Specialities): 
Aerodynamics
Astrodynamics
Avionics
Bioastronautics
Guidance and Control Systems
Materials Selection
Propulsion Systems
Structural Mechanics

Biological Engineering (Specialities): 
Biomaterials
Biomechanics
Biostatistics
Biotechnology
Cell and Tissue Engineering
Computational Biology
Synthetic Biology

Chemical Engineering (Speciality): 
Molecular Engineering
Polymers
Process Control Systems
Separation Processes
Transport Processes

Civil Engineering (Speciality): 
Construction Management
Geotechnical Engineering
Structural Engineering
Surveying
Transportation Engineering

Computer Science (Speciality): 
Algorithms and Data Structures
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Design and Engineering
Computer Networks
Cryptography
Data Mining
Graphics and Visualization
Human-Computer Interfaces
Operating Systems
Programming Languages
Software Design and Engineering
Theory of Computation
Electrical Engineering (Speciality):
Digital Systems
Electric Power
Electronics
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing
Telecommunications

Environmental Engineering (Speciality): 
Aquatic Sciences and Water Quality Control
Environmental Management
Hydrodynamics and Coastal Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resource Systems

Materials Science and Engineering (Speciality): 
Composite Materials
Electronic Materials
Metallurgical Engineering
Polymeric Materials

Mechanical Engineering (Speciality): 
Dynamics and Control
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanical Design
Microtechnology
Solid Mechanics
Nanotechnology

Nuclear Engineering (Speciality): 
Nuclear Materials
Nuclear Systems, Policy, and Economics
Radiological Engineering

Ocean Engineering (Speciality):
Hydrodynamics
Ocean Exploration
Ocean Structures
Oceanic Pollution Control

Systems Engineering (Speciality): 
Computational Modeling and Simulation
Computational Science and Engineering
Numerical Simulation
Systems Design
Systems Optimization
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nanotechnology
Nuclear Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Systems Engineering

Fine Arts:(SUB TOPIC):
Architecture
Art History
Game Design

Media Studies (Speciality):
Digital Media

Music (Speciality): 
Music History
Music Performance
Music Theory

Performance Arts (Speciality): 
Dance
Theater
Theatrical Design

Visual Arts (Speciality): 
Film and Video
Graphic Design
Photography

Health and Medicine: (SUB TOPIC): 
Anatomy and Physiology
Biomedical Enterprise
Biomedical Instrumentation
Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Epidemiology
Functional Genomics
Health and Exercise Science
Immunology
Medical Imaging
Mental Health
Pathology and Pathophysiology
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physical Education and Recreation
Public Health
Sensory-Neural Systems
Social Medicine
Spectroscopy
Speech Pathology

Humanities: (SUB TOPIC): 
History (Speciality):
African History
American History
Ancient History
Asian History
Comparative History
European History
Historical Methods
Historiography
History of Science and Technology
Intellectual History
Jewish History
Latin American History
Medieval History
Middle Eastern History
Military History
Modern History
World History

Language (Speciality): 
Chinese
English as a Second Language
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Spanish

Linguistics (Speciality): 
Phonology
Semantics
Syntax

Literature (Speciality): 
Academic Writing
American Literature
Biography
Classics
Comedy
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
Criticism
Drama
Fiction
International Literature
Nonfiction Prose
Periodic Literature
Poetry
Rhetoric
Technical Writing

Philosophy (Speciality): 
Epistemology
Ethics
Logic
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Language
Political Philosophy
Religion

Mathematics:(SUB TOPIC)
Algebra and Number Theory
Applied Mathematics
Calculus
Computation
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
Mathematical Analysis
Mathematical Logic
Probability and Statistics
Topology and Geometry

Science: (SUB-TOPIC)

Biology (Speciality):
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Computation and Systems Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Genetics
BiochemistryBiophysics
Cell Biology
Computation and Systems Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Genetics
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Neurobiology
Neuroscience
Proteomics
Stem Cells
Structural Biology
Virology

Chemistry (Speciality): 
Analytical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Cognitive Science

Earth Science (Speciality): 
Atmospheric Science
Climate Studies
Environmental Science
Geobiology
Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics

Physics (SPECIALTY): 
Astrophysics
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Classical Mechanics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electromagnetism
High Energy Physics
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Relativity
Theoretical Physics
Thermodynamics

Social Science: (Sub-Topic)

Anthropology (SPECIALTY):
Biological Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Anthropology
Archaeology
Communication

Economics (SPECIALTY): 
Developmental Economics
Econometrics
Financial Economics
Industrial Organization
International Development
International Economics
Labor Economics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Political Economy
Public Economics
Game Theory
Geography
Legal Studies

Political Science (SPECIALTY): 
American Politics
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Psychology

Public Administration (SPECIALTY): 
Environmental Policy
Military Studies
Public Policy
Regional Politics
Science and Technology Policy
Security Studies
Social Welfare

Sociology (SPECIALTY): 
Community Development
Social Justice

Urban Studies (SPECIALTY): 
Housing Development
Regional Planning
Transportation Planning
Urban Planning

Society: (Sub-Topics)
African-American Studies
Asian Studies
European and Russian Studies
Gender Studies
Global Poverty
Indigenous Studies
Latin and Caribbean Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
The Developing World
Women's Studies

Teaching and Education (SUB-TOPIC): 
Curriculum and Teaching
Education Policy
Educational Measurement and Evaluation
Educational Technology
Higher Education
Instructional Media Design
Professional Development
Psychology and Research

Cross-Disciplinary Topic Lists: 
Energy
Entrepreneurship
Environment
Introductory Programming
Life Sciences
Transportation

The UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA COURSES (Recommended):

1. Introduction to Humanities
The "Humanities is not one specific subject, but many things: philosophy and cinema, studies of science, of religion, of society; literature and poetry; history and culture. The material in this course is designed to help the students to begin exploring their own ideas, as critical thinkers, critical readers, and critical writers. In this course, the students look at past, present and imaginary cultures, across time, space, and people. Students learn to "interpret" by understanding different possible perspectives of the texts they read. 

2. Individual and Society 
Relationships between individuals and society have been part of the debate across many humanities and social sciences disciplines such as anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, and sociology. This course focuses on the issue of individual and society in the light of individual and social identity formation, gender, science, technology, ethics, individuality, religion, and the natural environment. The course will examine ideas from diverse writers of Asian, western, and/or Islamic backgrounds, where students will have an opportunity to address contemporary issues that have an impact on their lives. 
3. Identifying Civil Society
Identifying civil society, and exploring its roots in history, literature, religion, and society is a need that has been felt more in the late twentieth and the twenty-first centuries than at any other time in human history. This need to identify, establish, and root civil society in every modern state is being met by scholars, politicians, Professionals, citizens, as well as students. By enrolling in this course, students will get an opportunity to examine the concepts of civil society, the alternatives to it, and the value humanity sees in it. Some of the questions that will be addressed are: What is civil society? How has the concept of civil society evolved in recent human history? Is respect for universal human rights the foundation for civil society? 

4. Negotiating Human Nature
Most transactions in the market, at work, and at home are more or less based on our understanding of human nature. Directly or indirectly we rationalize our decisions on the basis of human nature. This course, therefore, allows the participants to explore the concept of human nature through reading texts gathered from diverse cultures, perspectives, and ideologies. There is no absolute agreement on what is human nature. However, there is a serious debate on human nature that involves philosophers, ideologues, artists, social scientists, and theologians. It is, therefore, necessary for people from different backgrounds to come to a negotiated agreement on what constitutes human nature. This course allows the participants to become part of that negotiation on human nature.

5. Seeking Social Justice

This course introduces diverse ideas of justice and examines how these ideas on justice guide societies and communities. By examining these conceptions and comparing them with the ideas presented in the texts and in discussions in media, at home, and in the classroom, the participants will have the opportunity to see patterns of justice and injustice that guide and order communal life. A critical examination of social justice by each and every citizen remains the only possibility for achieving it in any society. The course promotes the development of a keen sense of social justice and recognizes the need for responsible citizenry for a better world for all of us. 

6. Tradition and Change
All societies and cultures, as well as individuals, are in a process of change. We are always evolving, always becoming new, and reacting to the future. Our ideas and our imaginations encourage us to assess our present situation and what our future might be. The knowledge, way of life and cultural habits, and experiences of the past become a tradition that is handed on to us. With tradition, we shape the present, and finally the future. In this course, the dynamics of tradition and change will be examined through the six themes: 

(1) The creation of traditions,
(2) religious innovation, 
(3) tradition as nostalgia, 
(4) urban traditions, 
(5) tradition vs. modernity, and 
(6) globalization and traditions. 

Understanding the role and place of tradition in daily life will enable us to be rooted in our culture without becoming trapped and locked into it.

7. Rhythm and Movement
The rhythm and Movement course will explore the great influence music has had on shaping human society and history. The main purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to dance and music as important disciplines within the humanities and to debate basic ideas related to the art's aesthetics. All the materials presented in this course are selected from different cultures and civilizations (Europe, America, Russia, some Muslim countries, and India, among others) that gave direct or indirect links to the history and contemporary life of Central Asia. This course will allow the participants to freely question existing musical forms, groups, and ensembles and to challenge the ruling cultural, traditional, and political attitudes concerning issues of professional or local musical performance, self-expression, and the responsibilities of musicians to society. 
Also read the concept of HCF.

8. Art as Appreciation
Most people appreciate art and/or critique art but few people understand what that appreciation or critique means. This course offers an opportunity to appreciate and understand art through a discussion on the various aesthetics propounded by artists, critics, philosophers, and writers. At various times art has been defined as something sacred, beautiful, intuitive, political, or experiential. We will address each of these definitions. Participants in this class will present and defend their own views on visual arts. They will get an opportunity to visit an art gallery, talk to local artists and watch films about famous artists. The aim of this course, therefore, is not about gaining knowledge of art history but simply of understanding the various responses to it and the relative benefits of that understanding.

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To reach the broadest spectrum of learners possible, UCA will offer a range of internationally recognized academic programs

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2 comments :

Hisamullah Beg said...

This is good initiative, but it needs to be affiliated with a recognized institution as a distance learning centre. Secondly we have to develop a reading culture in our society. Unless people want to read, they won’t take advantage of these facilities. It would be a good idea to have sub centres in other villages, so that they are linked with the main centre.
Telemedicine is a good option for delivering expert medical advice, but the local health facility needs to be onboard for effective implementation of the expert medical advice.
This would certainly be a unique achievement where a remote mountain society is to be brought on to the map of cyber education.
Implementation on the ground would entail a lot of actions and reactions!!
Basically we’ve to make the society ready for being receptive to the idea of becoming a knowledge society from a quasi peasant culture.
I think this is a gigantic task which needs to carried forward despite the bumpy ground ahead.
Prof Maj Gen Salman Ali
Professor of Pediatrics & Neonatal Medicine

Hisamullah Beg SI(M) said...

COVID has helped in understanding this viable option.