Summary and Highlights of Goals Achieved of the Second Stage
The school aims to continuously shape a systematic and targeted learning vision. Regarding “implementing innovative teaching and improving teaching quality,” 60% of the departments have engaged in the implementation of exploratory-learning microtopics for first-year students. For sophomores and juniors, cross-domain microprograms have been established. In accordance with the school’s positioning as a green international university, and in combination with the three major areas of the three domains associated with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, the number of cross-domain microprograms has been increased to eleven. With the implementation of cross-domain modules covering three colleges, the completion rate has been markedly increased to 35.57%. For seniors, integrated courses have been given greater depth. An evaluation criteria template has been established according to each department’s core competencies, and the posttest score of the learning outcome has significantly increased. Full-semester employment internship programs have been implemented, enabling students to connect with industries from an early stage, thus enhancing their adaptability and competitiveness in the workplace.
Regarding establishing programming courses, a total of 25 programming courses integrate topics from 92% of the nonscience and nonengineering departments. Course design and assessment was conducted in combination with themed cross-domain learning and practice, with courses achieving over 90% in terms of individual information literacy and computational thinking. The school has promoted students’ participation in innovative entrepreneurship; in combination with its Pilot Plant of East Taiwan Bio-economic Center, the design of 58 commercial products has been realized through related research. Compared with 2018, the completion rate of product conversion was increased by 10 times, and 1,470 students were promoted and encouraged to participate in the competition, and 756 received awards; 108 courses were integrated with practice and internship elements, a total of 3,014 students participated in internships, and 1,005 students obtained professional licenses, compared with 107 Annual increase of 3.35 times; innovative teaching models have been integrated into 109 courses; based on the orientation of each college’s development, problem-based learning and the bilateral gradual release of responsibility teaching method were adopted. Students’ problem-solving success rate in programming competitions increased, and their national ranking successfully advanced from the 77th place in 2018 to the 6st place in 2022. Teachers implementing innovative teaching models have submitted further teaching practice projects, 55 of which have been approved, accounting for 73.33% of the projects approved by the school.
For “developing school features,” the school has achieved the following results: the signing of nine letters of intent to collaborate with countries targeted in Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy for incubating Mandarin teachers; promotion of teaching subjects regarding Austronesian and indigenous peoples’ society, culture, and traditional knowledge; compilation of three bilingual (Chinese and English) inventories of cultural relics as well as four special research documents on Austronesians; signing of memorandums of cooperation with 60 international sister schools, establishment of an online remote Mandarin teaching system, training of 68 teachers for online Chinese teaching, in which 7,290 students from New Southbound Policy-targeted countries have participated, forming an online transnational exchange platform; participation in the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings and continual advancement to the rankings of 67th place among 1,050 universities globally, and 7th place nationally, demonstrating the school’s specific achievements in sustainable development implementation; linkage of the syllabus of continuing education provided by the school with the University Career and Competency Assessment Network and SDGs, covering a total of 1,316 courses; co-hosted Interdisciplinary Learning Online Achievement Publishing of IGUIAO 2022 Green International University with multinational sister schools, , including 48 studies and projects relating to SDGs; successful formulation of 30 green knowledge-based economic innovations.
Regarding “improving the publicity of higher education,” the preferential admission of economically and culturally disadvantaged students is in place. The enrollment rate has reached 23.65%. 1,167 students have received guidance and subsidies from the school.Through Career Personality Aptitude System testing, 2,353 high school and university students have benefited from economic relief and cultivation of their talents, which serves to promote their employability. Furthermore, more than 590 school affairs information sheets have been published in the form of dynamic charts; 45 topics have been added for analysis, and the ratio of the number of practical applications of these topics to school affair improvement has increased to 32%.
Regarding “fulfilling university social responsibilities,” the school has enhanced collaboration with regional industries through its food biotechnology pilot processing plant to assist microenterprises in trial production and test marketing. Moreover, a window for one-stop integrated services has been established; a total of 151 participatory projects have been linked with 15 courses, and 117 products have been completed in collaboration with 63 companies, resulting in an annual output value of NT$ 6,000,000.