Sara Diamond
@OCADUPresident
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I am Dr. Sara Diamond, President of OCAD University, Canada's largest art and design university.
Toronto
Joined November 2010
Shrishtri art and science program inludes Astro Fest, visiting artists, new media labs workshops and physical computing
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Met with Shrishti - will build MOU for student mobility; art and science and tech research - much potential FOA alignment
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NID-OCADU commercial partners need design-driven HCI, will provide realism of market for mobile apps., serious games
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NID faculty and student xchange - universal and inclusive design; signage, digital, linguistic difference
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NID focus social innovation, mobile gateway for accessible learning and democracy
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Spectacular meeting with NID-plan for research and innovation in mobile applications for growing Indian spectrum.
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#auccindia We had overwhelming positive response to our presentations at UGC-AIU conference-interest in partnerships with Canada.
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#auccindia presentations on international efforts @ AIU - Australia, Canada (Peri and me), France, Scotland
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#auccindia 'whole world moving towards EU credit transfer system', needs Senate acceptance but will be the future
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#auccindia more: have internal support, explore beyond bring brands, understand partner culture, don't shun corporate partner
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#auccindia AIU session on intl. Partnership and models. Their advice to India Unis is a mirror of ours - take time, weigh infrastructure
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#auccindia need to sustain humanities and social science educ., critical part of professional degrees 4 full human psyche
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#auccindia what takes autonomy is lack of $, no sense of regular funds, inability to hire, not overall social role-gender parity
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#auccindia At UGC-AIU all vice-chancellors india. Discuss regulation - needed with growth of private universities, self-reg.
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MIT Pune specializes in design for villages and poor, green design, rural habitat, ergonomics; strategic design; biomimicry. #auccindia
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#auccindia MIT Pune grounds - regal, gardens with 1930 architecture
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In countryside - fields with mountains in BG, produce stands, petrol, cows, National Wrestling Academy! And next - MiT! #auccindia
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#auccindia en route to MIT Pune Design - at edge of town - scooting by truck of unhappy goats, military installations.
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#auccindia passed College of Engineering with giant 1960s prop plane installed above entrance.
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#auccindia Pune flowering trees line roads, modernist buildings interpolate; motor bikes, cars trucks weave 2 latin jazz on radio
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