Experiential Learning 1001:

How to fulfil Social Innovation

and Global Citizenship requirements

Welcome…

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Students’ sharing

Video clips Q&A (small groups)

FOSS Experiential Learning Team

• Professor Samson Tse, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education)

• Ms. Francesca Sin, Assistant Director (Experiential Learning)

• Ms. Jessie Chow, Assistant Director (Experiential Learning)

• Mr. Ken Yau, Lecturer

• Ms. Elsa Lam, Lecturer

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Social InnovationGlobal Citizenship

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Students’ evaluation (SIGC Summer 2015 as an example, N=171)

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Experiential Learning Activities

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Social Innovation(12 credits)

Local Internship

Overseas Internship

Service Leadership Internship

3 Campus Comparative East Asian Studies Programme

Global Citizenship(12 credits)

Exchange Study

Global Citizenship Summer Institute

Overseas InternshipVideo:

SLI highlights

NEW option: Student-initiated Internship

Internship@FOSS, HKU

Tasks/ Jobs

Community partner

DUAL supervision

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12-credit

Work individually or in small groups at a local or overseas partner organization (Community Partner)

Assessments,Integral learning experience:• Work

performance 50%• Integrated essay

40%• Presentation 10%

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Term-time Summer-termLOCAL internships only Greater flexibility, local &

Overseas internshipsOct to April (Break on exam period only; no semester break)

June- Aug (8 weeks+)

Work for one full-day or two half-days per week

Full time work

Application starts in July Application starts in January

Implications??

Video:Glocal Solutions

YOUR turn…

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1. How should you choose your internship? Based on your interest, history of giving out good grades, location?2. Who would be more suitable for doing an “internship” than an “exchange” programme? 3. What happens if you have enrolled to internship, but later find out that your application to Exchange Program has been accepted and clashes with the internship period?4. Your uncle works at Morgan Stanley, can you work there next Summer and claim credits for the SIGC course?5. You have found an interesting Unit at the United Nations office (New York), can you work there to claim your Global Citizenship?6. Will you get paid for the internship? Is there funding available for Global Citizenship internship?

Sarah & Eunice

Global Citizenship Summer Institute

• 12 credits

• Intensive study programme in Taiwan and South Korea

• June to July (4 weeks)

• Activities: Lectures, field trips and site visits

• Assessment: 100% coursework

• Programme fee (2015): HK$25,000

• Application starts in November

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Video: Café

3 Campus Comparative East Asian Studies Programme

• Keio University (Japan), Yonsei University (South Korea) and FOSS/ HKU

• One-year of study at the 3 campuses, spread across 3 semesters

• Application starts in November

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Fulfill the Global Citizenship requirement by transferring course credits of advanced courses from Keio University and Yonsei University

Fulfill the Social Innovation requirement by undertaking 6-week internship in Summer in Hong Kong

Exchange Study

• HKU Worldwide Student Exchange Programmeor Faculty-level Exchange Programme

• Duration: one or two semesters

• Undertake advanced courses equivalent to 12 HKU credits at partnered institutions

• Application starts in November

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Student-initiated Internship

Within the existing (SIGC) framework in FOSS, we implement an additional pathway where students can initiate an internship that fits their interests to fulfil the SIGC requirement.

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Our thoughts: “doing what & when…”

1. Your interests, passions, & goals (careers?) 2. Adventurous spirit, extending the horizon

3. Experiential vs regular classroom learning 4. People-skills or relatedness5. The pragmatic e.g., time, other courses or program

requirements 6. Resources available

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Application for Experiential Learning Activities in 2015-2016

Activities Application Period

HKU Worldwide Student Exchange Programme*

September 15 – December 1, 2015

Faculty-level Exchange Programme* Early November 2015

3 Campus Comparative East Asian Studies Programme*

Early November 2015

Global Citizenship Summer Institute Late November to mid-December, 2015

Local and Overseas Internships in Summer Semester

January 12-27, 2016

Local Internship in Term-time Early July, 2016

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* For 2016-2017 academic year

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Your first step… where your EL journey begins…

Experiential Learning activities at FOSS:

http://www.socsc.hku.hk/sigc/

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Q & A

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