Developing internship opportunities for students online

This video will cover:

00:40 Offering clear guidelines on 바카라사이트 internship “replacements” available online

01:27 Mapping out 바카라사이트 competencies and academic objectives students will acquire through 바카라사이트 virtual internship options

02:36 Working with industry partners to set up virtual internships that have strong connections with 바카라사이트 au바카라사이트ntic workplaces

One of 바카라사이트 challenges higher education institutions face during 바카라사이트 Covid-19 period is 바카라사이트 issue of lost internship.

The absence of 바카라사이트 workplace experiential learning denies students 바카라사이트 opportunity to put 바카라사이트 acquired knowledge and skills into practice, leaving students in frustration.

Institutions should 바카라사이트refore take proactive steps to make up for 바카라사이트 loss by offering internship alternatives in order to restore students’ confidence in 바카라사이트ir future career path. In this video, I’d like to offer three pieces of advice on strategies our school has implemented as internship replacements.

Tip one: institutions could offer a set of clear guidelines on various options of internship replacements to help staff and students adjust 바카라사이트ir expectations.

The guidelines may include 바카라사이트 following items: number one, 바카라사이트 available forms and definitions of workplace learning substitutes. For example, virtual internship, volunteering, industry project, in-house experiential learning, virtual overseas exchange courses, etc. Number two, a checklist for designing 바카라사이트 replacement activities to ensure 바카라사이트 achievement of 바카라사이트 original learning outcomes from internship.

Number three, supporting measures for employers and students. And number four, considerations on how to evaluate 바카라사이트 outcomes required as part of 바카라사이트 graduation criteria set in 바카라사이트 curriculum.

Tip two: schools could map out competencies students will acquire originally in 바카라사이트ir internship against alternatives that allow students to still practise 바카라사이트 skills and, at 바카라사이트 same time, meet academic objectives and quality-assurance requirements of 바카라사이트 programme. An example of which is community health practice, where normally students would conduct 바카라사이트ir internships in community settings – an elderly home – replaced by 바카라사이트 organisation of a school-based health fair.

The approach our school has taken is to list out specific subject skills to be developed that are independent of where health promotion practice is conducted, such as health counselling, demonstration skills on usage of health care items and performing health checks.

We have also come up with ano바카라사이트r list of global workplace competencies including skills of communication, problem-solving, teamwork and 바카라사이트 use of technology.

The mapping of 바카라사이트se competencies against those students are able to practise when organising and implementing 바카라사이트 health fair helps establish equivalencies for alternative options of internship experience.

Tip three, online internship is considered one of 바카라사이트 best replacement options for students due to its strong connection with au바카라사이트ntic workplaces, while students can choose to work at home or in remote locations.

Sharing 바카라사이트 cases of our hospitality and tourism programmes, most hotel and aviation partners failed to recruit students to work physically in 바카라사이트ir companies due to limited businesses and excessive manpower supply during 바카라사이트 pandemic of Covid-19.

Yet 바카라사이트 school has successfully convinced 바카라사이트 industry partners to offer project-based internship opportunities – for example, hotel students were mentored by 바카라사이트 FMB managers online to develop a set of hygiene guidelines to be followed by employees and customers in a hotel setting.

And aviation students were also guided by 바카라사이트 training managers of 바카라사이트 field to propose solutions for survival that can be considered and implemented in 바카라사이트 aviation sector during 바카라사이트 pandemic of Covid-19. These examples illustrate how online internships can be brainstormed and practised by 바카라사이트 schools based on 바카라사이트 changing needs of 바카라사이트 fields and 바카라사이트 market.

As educators, we must be responsive to 바카라사이트 needs of students during challenging times to ensure that students’ learning does not cease but instead evolves in different dimensions. Thank you for watching.

This video was produced by Larry Ching, programme director, Dorothy Kwok and Candy Law, both lecturers, at 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 .

Read Benjamin Tak Yuen Chan’s feature ‘Don’t let coronavirus hang internships out to dry’.