Brief write-up
Project objectives
As an initiative to promote emotional resilience among our students via the knowledge and application of positive psychology, this one-unit online General Education (GE) course was proposed to be launched in the academic year 2021-22 in order to meet the demand from a bigger pool of students.
Activities, process and outcomes
An online course “Live to Flourish: the Science and Practice of Positive Psychology” (UGED1554)/“Positive Psychology in Everyday Life” (PSYC1020) was designed, developed and produced. Two trial runs with a total enrollment of 290 students were delivered in the academic year 2021-22.
Deliverables and evaluation
Eight online lessons with interactive elements, such as animated teaching videos and role play videos as well as online assessments were produced and run. Students found the course satisfactory and their subject knowledge enhanced. Results from the student survey also showed significant improvement in terms of Resilience, Positive Emotion, Cognitive Flexibility and Emotional Well-being, supporting the effectiveness of the course in achieving its aim of promoting students’ emotional resilience.
Dissemination, diffusion, impact and sharing of good practices
Focus had been placed on the design, development and production of the online course as well as fine-tuning of the course after the first trial run in Term 1, 2021-22. Upon completion of converting the kick-off live lecture in the beginning of the course to an online format, the course will be run fully online in the academic year 2022-23.
Impact on teaching and learning
The current e-self-learning design via animated videos, role-play demonstration, guided exercises, personal planning, and timely written feedback is well received by the students. They also welcome the flexibility allowed in the study schedule.
