Committed to driving positive social change, the initiative pursues impactful projects that leverage the teaching of core literacies to address real-world challenges. Students apply their written, oral, visual, and digital communication skills to collaborate with local and overseas community partners on initiatives that make a tangible difference. These experiential learning opportunities empower students to use their talents to uplift marginalised communities, promote environmental sustainability, or tackle pressing social issues. By seamlessly integrating a community partnerships approach, CiC cultivates students’ sense of civic responsibility and equips them to be agents of change, positioning them to create meaningful impact long after graduation.
Summary of communication literacy related projects:
Overview of Projects
Generative AI Hackathon for the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals
On September 21, 2024, the HKU Centennial Campus came alive with the bustling energy of enthusiastic students who gathered for the Hackathon Launch Day from across four universities. The hackathon will be a 1-month competition that culminates in the final demo and presentation day on the 19 October 2024. The day began with participant registration, followed by a warm welcome address that set an … Continued
AI in written and digital literacies for medical translations
In partnership with the Children’s Tumour Foundation of Australia, HKU students are leveraging AI-powered multilingual health translation and learning about written and digital literacies at the same time. By translating complex medical information on Neurofibromatosis into accessible formats for minority populations, our students experimented with the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence for community impact. The project shows how technology can be harnessed by students for … Continued
Teaching Digital Literacies to Myanmar Refugee Students
In collaboration with the Common Core, the Centre for Applied English Studies, and local NGOs, HKU students traveled to non-profit schools in Mae Sot on the Thai-Myanmar border to engage young Burmese students who had fled the civil war in Myanmar. Through hands-on workshops, HKU students empowered these resilient students to develop essential digital communication skills for creating podcasts to advocate for their conditions. This … Continued
Podcasting for Gender Equality
As a collaboration with the HKUST Centre for Language Education, students learned to use their voice, different podcast formats, and the process of transforming ideas to professional podcast episodes under the title Hanging in the Imbalance. Exploring gender equality through the podcasting medium, it features conversations around gender reassignment and dysphoria, intergenerational issues around women and work, depictions of women in movies and gaming, and women … Continued
If you are a student, teacher, or community leader/ non-profit organisation interested in community partnership projects related to the promotion of communication competence, reach out to us.