Collaborative Remote Mentoring with an

Intelligent Global Project Directory

By

Dr. P. Santhi ThilagamHead of the Department

Mr. AnnappaSr.Lecturer

Dept. of Computer EngineeringNational Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK),

Surathkal

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Remote Mentoring

• The merger of mentoring with electronic communications that links mentors with mentees

• To overcome barriers to traditional face-to-face mentoring

• Virtual Environment to provide information, guidance and support for student internship, Collaborative Project and Research

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Need for Remote Mentoring

Motivation• Need to satisfy the increasing demand for

Internship, project and research guidance

• Need to increase number of indigenously developed patented technology/product.

• New and inexperienced faculty needs - pedagogy to service to research motivation.

• Academic and Industry collaboration

• The constraints of Social Status is absent.

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Existing Systems• Hewlett-Packard has leadership development

programs in which high-potential mentees are paired with mentors who can help them excel

• Intel’s mentoring program is completely virtual, matching mentors and mentees across state lines and national boundaries

• IBM’s Remote Mentoring Project under University Relations

• MentorNet (http://www.mentornet.net) is an email-based mentoring network created in the USA for the support of female engineering and science students.

• The BlueCare E-mentoring system is purely email; there is no facility for synchronous communication such as video conferencing or instant messaging

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Objectives • Development of collaborative environment

for remote mentoring. • Development of a portal for management

of collaborative environment• Development of global project directory

(Content Mgmt) for intelligent information extraction using knowledge taxonomy

• Providing service to Universities/Institutions

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Remote Mentoring Model• Stage 1 brings mentors and mentees together

• Stage 2 focuses on fostering online socialization

• Stage 3 captures information exchange

• Stage 4 consists of knowledge construction where ideas are formulated , shared or modified

• Stage 5 is development where mentee many challenge the mentor as he/she test

new knowledge

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Deliverables

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Year Tasks to Accomplish

2010 Requirements Document and

Design document of the Project

2011 Procurement, Implementation of the Project

2012 Testing and Deployment of the Project,

Uploading of Information, User Awareness

Training

Budget (Recurring)

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Sl. No ITEMS Cost

1 Two Project Associates with salary Rs.16,000/- + HRA(as per Institute rules ) per month x 36 months Rs.13,00,000

2 National/International Travel for discussion with experts in other Institutes of Research and Higher Learning, attending related conferences and workshops/training

Rs.3,50,000

3 Consumables(Rs.1,00,000 x 3years) Rs.3,00,000

4 Institutional overhead charges Rs.1,50,000

5 Internet Access and Domain Name Registration(Rs.2,50,000 x 3 years) Rs.7,50,000

6 Conducting user training/awareness workshops, preparation of user manuals and related reading materials Rs.7,50,000

Total Rs.36,00,000

Budget (Non-Recurring)

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Sl. No. ITEMS Cost

1 Higher end Servers Rs.10,00,0002 Higher end Laptops Rs.1,50,000

3 Routers, switches , racks & other network equipments Rs.10,00,000

4 Database software, server software and software for application development, web site creation etc. Rs.5,00,000

5 Plagiarism verification Software like Turn-it-in. Rs.6,00,000

6 Virus vaccine software. Rs.50,0007 UPS, Electrification and Air conditioning Rs.7,00,000

8 Network Storage devices (HP/EMC2/Veritas/NetApps) Rs.15,00,000

9 Books and Technical Research Journals Rs.1,00,00010 Furniture Rs.1,00,000

Total Rs.57,00,000

Total Budget Estimated

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Sl. No. Items Cost

1 Recurring Rs.36,00,000

2 Non-Recurring Rs.57,00,000

Total Rs.93,00,000

Summary

• It holds great promise for a low-cost, on demand student mentoring to poster the needs of research and development

• Interdisciplinary mentoring• Continued growth• Increases Knowledge BaseMajor Challenge:

finding ways to sustain relationship

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Thank You All