Goals Achieved and Major Accomplishments in the First Phase of the Project(2018-2022)
Goals Achieved and Major Accomplishments in the First Phase of the Project
In the first phase of the Higher Education Sprout Project (2018-2023), the university has sought to achieve the goals listed below: to develop innovative teaching models, to improve students’ technology skills and employability, to offer counseling to economically or culturally disadvantaged students, to develop the key characteristics of the university, and to provide services to local communities through university curriculum and the promotion of diversified social services in compliance with the university’s development objectives and SDGs in order to move toward the vision of sustainable development. The goals that have been achieved, along with major accomplishments, are described below:
[Innovation in Teaching Practice and Improved Teaching Quality]
Provision of technical training:The university has worked with Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital to co-create a course in clinical nursing. A total of 106 students were first given internship scholarships and then a job after completion of training.
A perfect passing rate:Between 2019 and 2022, the average passing rate of the Professional and Technical Examination held for registered nurses had reached 81%, with 11 students ranking top 100.
Development of foreign language skills:Students have been trained to improve their professional skills of using a foreign language to communicate. In the period 2019-2022, 4 students and 6 students had been named as champions and runners-up, respectively in JVQC, 3 students had been named as runners-up in PVQC (English for tourism), 6 students had been named as runners-up in PVQC (English for catering), as well as 1 student winning the Golden Brain Award in PVQC (English for healthcare settings) and 1 student being named as the runner-up in PVQC (English for business management). English native speakers have been recruited to teach English-taught courses for students to immerse in an English-speaking environment. A number of activities, such as choruses (of English songs), a guided tour of departments and graduate institutes (in English), and self-introductions given in English were introduced to increase students’ English skills in real-life situations.
Development of information technology skills:
The guidelines governing the implementation of the “digital technology micro-program” are drawn up to develop students’ abilities to gain information, use information technology, while sharpening their critical thinking skills and arithmetic skills.
Digital education replaces traditional classes:
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the university has started to make its own digitalized learning materials and has so far released 82 audiovisual materials, which breaks limits of teaching and learning.
Upgrading learning space through diversification:
The university has set up a range of spaces, including the Recording Studio that is designed digital materials, a classroom for interactions in Problem-Based Learning, and 3 featured classrooms, in the hope of providing a top-quality teaching-learning environment for teachers and students alike so they can develop an innovative teaching and learning model together.
Talent cultivation:
The university employs its professional advantages to align with national development of forward-looking industries. It fosters five plus two young talents in the areas of “new agriculture,” “food safety,” and “IoT” while building bases where food safety professionals specializing in empowerment for the elderly are fostered in order to fully incorporate theories into practices in this learning environment.
Improved teaching quality is ensured:
The university has been dedicated to streamlining the PDCA process and had passed the “Colleges and Universities PDCA Service Plan” implemented by TWAEA.
[Development of the Key Characteristics of the University]
University-industry collaboration:
The collaborative effort is divided into two areas: research development and talent cultivation. The former is focused upon promoting collaboration between industries and the university by enhancing the mutual exchange between the university and corporations. In terms of talent cultivation, the university has sought to offer startup courses and apply for career programs by the Ministry of Labor in order to close the gap between course content and industrial demands and sharpen industrial competitiveness.
International exchanges:
The university has set up the “International Angle Team” to help international students as the team encourages them to take part in the seminar designed for the second foreign language with the aim of improving international mobility in teachers and students alike. The Chinese Language Center has also been set up to help international students mingle with Taiwanese people and build networks across communities to reach out to the world.
Other outstanding features:
This is aligned with the two pillars of the university’s development: empowerment for the elderly, which includes developing long-term care professionals and learning activities and conducting learning activities and LOHAS travel for older adults in local communities.
Food safety:
To raise the awareness about healthy diets and food safety, and promote local industry upgrading, the university provides technical counseling for food industries in order to increase product value and seeks more opportunities for university-industry collaboration.
[Increasing Higher Education Accessibility]
Economic and academic assistance:
The university has created a plan titled “Tesla Charger Plan,” which provides resources and funds for economically disadvantaged students so that they can spend less hours working part-time and instead devote themselves to studies. This enables them to maintain a study-work-life balance. Students can rest assured about their college education as each of them is given access to counseling according to his/her learning ability and specific needs. It showed that among the students who applied for the Tesla Charger Plan in the period 2018 to 2022, 61.7% of them did not hold a part-time job outside the campus whereas 50% of them relied on their parents for money. After they joined the above-said plan and were eligible for study grants, 71.8% of students were reported to have studied up to 10 hours each week. This has reduced their financial burden and improved their academic performance in the long run.
One-stop service for indigenous students:
The office of the Indigenous Students Resource Center had already been relocated to East Campus, which provides improved space allocation so as to provide indigenous students with a one-stop service that meets their daily and academic needs. The Museum of Indigenous People has been built to host a broad range of activities to promote indigenous cultures.
Recruitment efforts to find qualified teachers:
36 teachers had been hired between school years 2018 and the first semester of 2022. A total of 67 teachers have so far been offered flexible pay.
University information disclosure:During the period 2018 to 2022, the university had reached 100% disclosure in all aspects required by the Ministry of Education.
Holistic education:The university has put forth efforts to promote “the five ways of life,” namely ethics, intellect, physique, social skills, and aesthetics by conducting seminars, workshops, contests, and off-campus bilingual experience camps in class or after school. Learning space has also been improved to help students attain the above-mentioned five goals and grow and prosper through diversity.
[Fulfilling Social Responsibility]
Precision fermentation makes regional revitalization happen:Advanced fermentation technologies help cocoa farmers to improve crop production and quality while the university works with local communities to revitalize Silin Cocoa Hub (located in Chaozhou, Pingtung) to develop new chocolate products.
Biological control in organic systems:The university has sought to implement a competitive university-industry collaboration plan across campuses and rural villages by promoting less use of pesticides and developing seed assistant teachers.
Added-value grouper farming in Fangliao, Pingtung:Through university-industry collaboration, a series of products, such as TAP kabayaki grouper, giant grouper meatballs, collagen powder, and fish soluble, has been developed and won third place in Pingtung Marine Souvenirs 2021.
Strengthening the industry chain of Taiwanese Babylon farming:Taiwanese Babylon babies have been incubated and local industries have been transformed through digital clustering.
Intergenerational creation and holistic care for seniors:The university has trained 76 oral hygiene educators, 40 picture book agents, and 35 riddle solvers in hopes of increasing the senior care skills of teachers and students alike. The university has also published a book titled Handbook for Complementary Therapy in Seniors.
e-Healthcare:15 health education videos have been created to help older adults in local communities to do exercises to stay in health physically and emotionally.
Achieving sustainability in Hakka culture:Seminars, films, and Hakka dialect learning, and tour programs for Hakka villages have been conducted to increase value in Hakka culture. The university also attended the LIUGDUI 300 Festival to get connected with local Hakka culture.
Forest-gardening therapy and narratives:The university provides forest-gardening complementary therapy services for seniors in local communities and has won first place in the national citizen project contest.
Developing instant food for seniors:The university has developed 3 types of ready-to-eat packs: teriyaki sauce pork with vegetables, curculim and curry tender chicken breasts, and tea-seed oil pork rice bowl for older adults by using crops grown under a forest canopy. 86% satisfaction was found in 50 older adults. An SOP has been used during the cooking process in order to promote the use of modern culinary skills in meals designed for older adults.
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