e-SULAM Online Community

EngagementJawatankuasa Strategik

Service Learning Malaysia – University for Society (SULAM)Jabatan Pendidikan Tinggi

Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia

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SULAM Playbook

Why SULAM?Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education)

SHIFT #1• Initiative A1 Enhancing curriculum

High Impact Educational Practices (HIEPs) 1. First-Year Seminars and Experiences2. Learning Communities3. Common Intellectual Experiences4. Collaborative Assignments and Projects5. Undergraduate Research6. Writing-Intensive Courses7. Diversity/Global Learning8. Service Learning, Community-Based Learning9. Internships10. Capstone Courses and Projects

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What is SULAM?

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Where do Service Learning fit in?

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Examples:What might each look like?• Volunteer at hospital• Internship at hospital• Service learning at hospital

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What is community service?

If students remove trash from a residential yard: They are providing a service to the community as volunteers.

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What is Service-learning?• When students remove trash from a

residential yard • analyze what they found• share the results and offer suggestions

for the neighborhood to reduce pollution and then reflect on their experience

• THAT is service-learning!

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Service Learning is:• An element in a course in order to achieve a

specific learning outcome • A form of teaching and learning method• About :

Enhance learningImprove communityTransformative community engagementStructuredExperiential learning and reflection

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Service Learning Is Not:• An episodic volunteer program• An add-on to an existing university

curriculum• Logging a set number of community

service hours in order to graduate• Compensatory service assigned as a form

of punishment by the courts or by school administrators

• One-sided: benefiting only students or only the community

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How SULAM works?Bringing Service and Learning Together

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What are the key components of SULAM?

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What are the objectives of SULAM?

• improve student learning by integrating theory with practice in the real world

• increase soft skills and civic engagement among students • meet the needs of the community through volunteerism by using

students’ 'expertise'• creating a collaborative environment between students, lecturers and

communities• providing opportunities for agencies, corporate and NGOs to

contribute to the community through volunteering• University’s third mission – University for Society

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What are the effective practices in SULAM?

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What is e-SULAM?

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An electronic form of SULAM

Delivered via online platform or other form of digital technologies

Platform to be used by students, lecturers, community partners and other parties

Collaborate from a distance in an organized, focused and experiential SULAM activity

What makes a typical format of e-SULAM?

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What are the elements of e-SULAM?

Which technology tools to use for

e-SULAM activities?

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What are the examples of e-SULAM activities? • conducting background research or gathering

best practices or other information requested by the community partner

• recording or streaming performances or workshops to benefit community partner

• creating digital and other social media content, print program materials, or other methods for information-sharing

• developing apps or system to benefit community partner

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What are the examples of e-SULAM Activities?

• creating virtual educational materials such as webinars or streaming a presentation or performance

• undertaking assessment, evaluation, or feedback via phone or web-based services

• offering (or compiling, researching, or brainstorming) strategies that provide indirect support from volunteers as a result of pandemic

• group online coaching through social media platform (health, education, business, marketing, IT, agriculture)

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• STEM for preschoolers at SK Rampayan, Menggatal

(f2f and online) Fakulti Psikologi & Pendidikan, UMS• Program mengatasi depresi di

Kg Kobuni Inanam dengan kerjasamamajlis pengurusan komuniti kampung

(online bersama pelajar)Fakulti Psikologi & Pendidikan, UMS

How to ensure good practice of e-SULAM?

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What are the examples of SULAM experiential learning activities?

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What is critical reflection?

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How to ensure a good reflection practice?

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What type of assessments in e-SULAM?

• JournalsBlogePortfolio

• Reflections• Presentations• Performance

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How to form SULAM partnership?• Identify your partners and know your community• Examine history of relationship between institution and community

(Eg: UCTC) *of applicable community and industry relationship unit• “Get to know” your partners• Involve key decisions makers in the partnership

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How to develop a SULAM project/program?

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Example of Working

Model from UTM (CCSL)

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What are the benefits of e-SULAM?• expands access to a broad array of SULAM experiences in the

community without geographical constraints or during pandemic such as COVID-19

• ensures diversity of experiences• access to various community partners – disabled, rural population,

shy or introverted individuals• enhances the potential to standardize SULAM experiences across the

curriculum• assists in efficient use of lecturer resources to create, monitor, and

evaluate SULAM courses

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What are the barriers to e-SULAM?

• SULAM in a ‘traditional’ form already requires extra work on the part of lecturers to create community partnerships, support students in connecting with service opportunities, maintain communication with community partner, incorporate reflection and assessment, etc.

• Some lecturers who are highly committed to SULAM abandon their SULAM efforts when migrating to teaching online because they view the online medium as a barrier to SULAM.

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What are the possible issues in e-SULAM?

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What are the possible issues in e-SULAM?

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What are the possible issues in e-SULAM?

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