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Diploma in Animation & 3D Art; Diploma in Immersive Media & Game Design

Module: Fundamentals for Creative Professionals II

This module gives a course-based experience in which students can engage with the local community and industry. This includes participation in community service events or in Service-Learning projects that leverage students’ discipline knowledge and skills to meet identified needs. Through iterative and guided reflection on the service experience, students gain a broader appreciation of their discipline and an enhanced sense of personal voice, empathy and civic responsibility. Industry talks and seminars are organized to keep students up-to-date on emerging trends so as to build up their interpersonal, team and networking skills with the community and industry.

Partner: Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc.

Project: Producing educational animated videos for underprivileged children

Students produced educational animated videos for distribution on community partner, Knowledge Channel’s, various platforms on-air, online, and offline. These videos are to be used as part of the BASA BILANG Project, as learning resources for Grade 1-3 Filipino students, many of whom live below the poverty line. To develop the videos, students communicated with Knowledge Channel via Skype and also had the opportunity to virtually visit one of the local schools and interact with some of the underprivileged children there.

Diploma in Information Security & Forensics; Diploma in Information Technology

Module: Fundamentals for IT Professionals II

This module gives a course-based experience in which students can engage with the local community and industry. This includes participation in community service events or in Service-Learning projects that leverage students’ discipline knowledge and skills to meet identified needs. Through iterative and guided reflection on the service experience, students gain a broader appreciation of their discipline and an enhanced sense of personal voice, empathy and civic responsibility. Industry talks and seminars are organised to keep students up-to-date on emerging trends so as to build up their interpersonal, team and networking skills with the community and industry.

Partner: Delta Senior School (DSS)

Project: Developing & conducting a video/photo montage creation & editing

Students developed and conducted a workshop on video/photo montage creation and video editing for DSS beneficiaries. They interacted with DSS beneficiaries prior to the workshop, to better understand their needs and competency levels so as to customise materials that would be suitable.

Partner: Radin Mas Community Club

Project: Conducting a mobile phone & apps workshop for seniors

Students developed and conducted a workshop for elderly participants at Radin Mas CC to teach them how to set up a new handphone and use mobile applications for social networking, communication & entertainment (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, emailing, WhatsApp, online music/videos). This required them to better understand the target audience in order to customise workshop materials to suit the competency level.

Partner: Chinese Development Assistance Council

Project: Conducting a workshop on internet security and mobile apps for seniors

Students developed and conducted a workshop for elderly residents at Redhill to raise awareness on internet security and the use of mobile applications for social networking and cashless payments (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Paylah, Paynow). This required them to better understand the target audience in order to customise workshop materials to suit the competency level.

Partners: North West Community Development Council (NW CDC), Chong Pang Community Club & Nee Soon Central Community Club

Project: Conducting a workshop on internet security and mobile apps for seniors

Students developed and conducted a workshop for North West CDC elderly residents at Chong Pang CC and at Nee Soon Central CC, to raise awareness on the use of mobile apps for social networking, messaging and cashless payments (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp, Paylah, Netspay). This required them to better understand the target audience in order to customise workshop materials to suit the competency level.

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