Abstract
“Positivity and resilience” is the most important core value in the College General Education (CGE) curriculum of S.H. Ho College. With the success of the previous project, “Nurturing Students with Positivity and Resilience through Multimedia and E-learning Platform”, we would like to push forward the use of microfilms in stimulating students’ self-reflection on life challenges and thus strengthen their positivity and resilience in life. In addition, for the sake of sustainability, in this project we are going to engage students in the production and equip them with video making skills. We hope the trained students could help future update of microfilms.
We therefore propose in this project:
- To train a student team for production of microfilms/ videos through a series of skilled workshops. The trained members will help develop suitable microfilms/ videos for the GESHI0I0 and GESH4010 curriculum and more importantly, help future updating of microfilms in response to abrupt changes of student perception or social environment;
- With the involvement of the student team, to develop a series of microfilms focusing on common struggles among university students, accompanied with self-reflective questions. These microfilms will be used to bridge the learning gap between our induction course (GESHI0I0) and capstone course (GESH4010). They will also be made available to all CUHK students in nurturing their mental wellbeing.
Brief write-up
Project objectives
This project aims at producing microfilms in stimulating students’ self-reflection on life challenges and strengthen their positivity and resilience in life. We are going to equip students with video making skills and engage them in the production. In the long run, we hope after the project, the trained students could continue to develop new microfilms and/ or update old microfilms to support our general education.
Activities, process and outcomes
This project trained 13 students in video production through workshops, job attachment and practical training. Two microfilms were suggested and produced by our students based on their struggles concerned:
Getting lost in future path
People suffering from depression and their caregivers
Besides, to support a recent change in the College general education curriculum, another microfilm is being produced to introduce the new credit-bearing service-learning course. Given the COVID-19 fifth wave, this production would be handled by a production company yet students would be invited to join some parts of it.
Deliverables and evaluation
In the post-activity survey, students found this project “useful and worth joining” and they acquired certain practical filming skills. We also see a significant growth in their personal development like accountability, creativity, problem-solving, teamwork and time management.
Dissemination, diffusion, impact and sharing of good practices
The microfilms are planned to be screened in sharing sessions hosted by College members, when face-to-face teaching resumes.
Impact on teaching and learning
During development of the microfilms, ideas of College general education, which focuses personal reflection and development, were explained to students. Students, in return, shared areas of their concern and common struggles they have faced in the university. This helps us to understand the latest learning needs of students, which are useful references for future enhancement of our education.
