In this final version of the e-newsletter in Year 2014, we would like to share with you the GHELC Roundtable in “Ethics in Experiential Learning”. During the event, frontline experiential learning teachers from Faculty of Law, Social Sciences and Engineering as well as students and Non Governmental Organisations gathered together to explore the ethical terrain of experiential learning.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, with many fruitful rewards!
Best regards,
Dr. Albert Ko
Director
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
The University of Hong Kong
In this issue of e-newsletter we would like to highlight the effort of a group of students, turning a student volunteering project to a structured credit bearing experiential learning opportunity. Let’s get inspired and explore on how you can transform your ideas and projects into another experiential learning experience!
Best regards,
Dr. Albert Ko
Director
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Date: 3 December 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:15pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 113, Knowles Building
Speakers: Ms. Lucia Choi Founder of “STIR” Student Take Initiative Rally; BSSc (Year 3) student, majoring in Psychology and minor in Social Policy & Community Building Ms. Mak Wing Yan Head of Children in Ministry, World Vision China Dr. George Wong Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering Ms. Lindsay Ernst Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law Ms. Jessie Chow Assistant Director, Experiential Learning, Faculty of Social Sciences
About the Seminar
This seminar will explore the ethical terrain of experiential learning activities. Experiential learning is a creative and powerful pedagogical method which takes students out of the classroom to tackle real-life problems by drawing on theoretical knowledge. It involves students interacting with various stakeholder groups, where ethical concerns arise. In this seminar, experienced experiential learning teachers, NGO representative and student will share their insights in ethical issues arise from their experiences. We hope it is the first step to formulate guiding questions for educators to identify and address ethical issues in designing experiential activities
Join us in the roundtable discussion, to explore and interact with our scholars, students as well as representative in NGO on ethical dilemmas and concerns in Experiential Learning.
We would like to share with you the “GOODPOINT”, which is a revitalized building housing multiple social enterprises managed by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) . This initiative by the HKCSS could be a potential experiential learning opportunity ready to be explored.
Happy reading!
Best regards,
Dr. Albert Ko
Director
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Date: 24 November 2014 (Monday)
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue: RR321, Run Run Shaw Buiding
Speaker: Professor Gary Cheung, Faculty of Dentistry, HKU
About the Seminar
This lunchtime seminar will present the experiential learning component in the course, International Capstone Experience (DENT 5031) in the Faculty of Dentistry. The course is offered to final year dental students to gain experience in outreach dental service to needy or rural overseas region. It is an integrative project that forms a capstone experience in the professional core of the curriculum in a global environment. With the support of the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund, eight students were sent to a dental school in India in Feb 2014 to learn about the dental outreach situation in India. Students were assessed on (1) quality of participation, communication and professionalism during organisation of the trip, actual visit and/or fieldwork; (2) professionalism and quality of clinical work during outreach dental service; (3) presentation of the project; (4) quality of documentation and self-reflection of learning in individual report; and (5) performance in oral examination.
About the Speakers
Professor Gary Cheung is a Clinical Professor in Endodontics at the Faculty of Dentistry, HKU. His research areas include: (1) Endodontic root canal instruments and related materials science, (2) Survival analysis of endodontic therapies, (3) Bonding in root canal-treated teeth, (4) Endodontic materials and applications, and (5) Regenerative endodontics. He is current in charge of the BDS curriculum as the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) as well as a member of the Dental Council of Hong Kong.
In this issue of our e-Newsletter we would like to showcase the experiential learning in Comparative Literature, which is insightful for the HKU community, especially for those who would like to include experiential learning component in your course.
Best regards,
Dr. Albert Ko
Director
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
The University of Hong Kong
We would like to introduce the Life Review Project - the Experiential Learning initiative by the School of Nursing to you in this issue of our E-Newsletter. Let’s learn more about how the Life Review Project facilitates and help the students to consolidate their classroom learning while transform it to knowledge in real life encounter.
In addition, the Experiential Learning Fund 2014-2015 (Second Round) is now open for applications. The application deadline is 27 October 2014 (Next Monday!). Faculties are welcome to discuss their experiential learning projects and applications with our team prior to submitting their applications.
Best regards,
Dr. Albert Ko
Director
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Date: 3 November 2014 (Monday)
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Venue: RR321, Run Run Shaw Buiding
Speaker: Dr. Esther Yau, Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
About the Seminar
This lunchtime seminar will present the department’s new experiential learning course “Independent Documentaries: Theory and Practice” for Year 2 or 3 students to acquire auditory-visual literacy. Students formed groups to complete independent documentaries of local life using still and moving images gathered from Pokfulam Village (the main site) in partnership with an NGO, which provides liaison in the village. The course integrated knowledge of documentary art, technique, and ethics with the hands-on experience of completing an independent documentary.
About the Speakers
Dr Esther Yau has written on Hong Kong cinema and globalization, China’s Fifth Generation, gender and film, trauma and testimony, and New Wave directors. She has published essays in The Cinema Journal, Film Quarterly, The Oxford History of World Cinema, Discourse, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and a few other journals. She has served as academic consultant of Chinese film exhibition projects at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the National Gallery of Art at Washington, D.C. She is presently working on a study of film testimony and local memory in the cinemas of China and Hong Kong. Her courses has adopted experiential learning components since the year 2010.
Message from Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
Dr. Scott Sherman’s talk: How You Could Change the World – University Students as Agents of Social Transformation
About the Speaker:
Dr. Scott Sherman is the Executive Director of an award-winning social enterprise, the Transformative Action Institute (TAI). The mission of TAI is to train the next generation of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and change makers for the 21st century.
Sherman is an expert on the most effective ways that people succeed in their attempts to change the world – whether working for public health, the environment, or economic prosperity. Over the last decade, Sherman has taught courses on social entrepreneurship and social innovation at numerous universities, including Yale, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins.
In 2005, Sherman won the international Echoing Green competition, which recognized him as one of the world’s “best emerging social entrepreneurs.” Sherman has also won awards from Ashoka U for excellence and innovation in teaching social entrepreneurship.
Objectives of the Talk:
Enable the audience to appreciate the challenges of the changing world that they will have to serve and lead
Inspire them to equip themselves to become active change agents for a better world
Outline a blueprint for planning and actions
Share the experience and trends in other parts of the world
Contents Outline:
Be Unreasonable: Adapting to the World vs Changing the World
A Vision of Success: Making a Difference vs Making a Living
World Change 2.0 – A Blueprint for Social Transformation
Passion and Actions: Taking the Bold Steps
University Students: A New Generation of Changemakers
Students in this workshop will learn about project evaluation tools and how to build a basic and doable project evaluation plan. This course is not intended to train participants to be professional evaluators, but to provide an understanding of all elements of evaluation so they are able to create feasible evaluation plans. Participation in the “Project Design and Proposal Writing Workshop” on 9 October is recommended.
Time: 23 October 2014 (Thursday) 12:45 pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 411, Meng Wah Complex
Speakers: Ms Elsa Lam, Teaching Consultant, Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre, HKU & Guest Speaker
