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The Smart Living Service-Learning Program : Curriculum-Based And Interdisciplinary Approach, Mei Hung Wang May 2015

The Smart Living Service-Learning Program : Curriculum-Based And Interdisciplinary Approach, Mei Hung Wang

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

The Smart Living Service-Learning Program is a subprogram in the Talent Cultivation Program for Smart Living Industry, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. This service-learning program aims to promote the curriculum-based service-learning project, especially in the interdisciplinary approach. The program has grown to include 50 project teams since 2010. This paper will provide an overview of this program, such as program mission and vision, project objectives, philosophy of service -learning, models of interdisciplinary projects, project achievements, project evaluation, and sustainability. The lesson learned and components of success will also be discussed.


University-Community Partnerships For Local Museum : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Ling Ling Tsai, Yu Ren Yen, Cheng Te Chen, Yao Huang Lin May 2015

University-Community Partnerships For Local Museum : An Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Project, Ling Ling Tsai, Yu Ren Yen, Cheng Te Chen, Yao Huang Lin

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning 亞太地區服務研習會議

In 2013, Far East University conducted an interdisciplinary service -learning project in the Fang-Yuan Art Museum, a local museum in Tainan suburban. The project was grouped by four courses, Life Aesthetics and Museum Narration, Navigation Technology for Museum, Creative Design and Exhibition, and Green Consumption, by faculties from Dept. of Applied Language, Dept. of Information Management, and Dept. of Digital Multimedia Arts. The faculty members, in partnership with the museum curator and its neighboring community, con-constructed a one-year long service-learning project to meet museum's needs and courses objectives. The English version of museum narration, the APP for museum navigation, and …