Welcome to the Student-LED project website.

In implementing school-based Other Learning Experiences (OLE), “student-focused” is one of the seven guiding principles in the Senior Secondary Curriculum Guide Booklet 5A. Heading towards the quality, schools have developed various modes of implementation in view of students’ development needs and interests. In most of the practices, teachers play a dominant role in designing and providing OLE activities for students. In order to enhance students’ engagement and ownership, students could play more active roles in the learning process.

In this connection, a pilot project “Student as Learning Experience Designers (Student-LED)” was proposed. Students would take the lead to design their own learning experiences. Students were facilitated to design and reflect on their learning experiences.

This project was jointly organized and implemented by Education Bureau (EDB), Hong Kong Associations of the Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHSS), and Professor Edmond KO, Chairman of Curriculum Development Council and Director of the Center for Engineering Education Innovation (E²I) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) from 2010/2011 to 2012/2013.

This website illustrates the past three-years project details and displays the learning reflections of the students, teachers and principals of the participating schools.

Message from Prof. Edmond KO, E²I, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)

	An effective way to motivate students is to entrust them with a task and help them succeed in carrying it out.  This was the approach we used in the Student-LED project, in which secondary school students took ownership of designing purposeful learning experiences and learned as a community, together with their teachers, along the ways.  Encouraged by last year’s positive results, we look forward to continuing this productive partnership with the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools.

Message from Mr. Frankie Leung, Teaching Associate, E²I, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)

	One of the latest views of learning sees learning should be fun; it should not be just an individual and boring activity. It should be an inquiry process that facilitates peer learning. The Student-LED project aims to create this kind of learning environment for students. In the project, student teams will select learning meaningful objectives/ goals that they are interested in, and design the learning experience to accomplish these goals. Through the process, students collect feedback from teachers and other students, and reflect critically themselves. We observed some significant improvement in terms of their leadership, communication skills, teamwork and problem solving. With the mission to benefit more students, we look forward to continuing this collaboration with the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools.

Message from Dr. Stanley HO, Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHSS)

	Nothing is more powerful to unleash the power of students’ learning than empowering our students to be true masters of their own learning experiences.  The Student-LED Project has clearly demonstrated the impact of this power. As one of the project developers representing the Hong Kong Association of Heads of Secondary Schools, I am happy to share the joy of students in their exploratory journey of leadership for learning and self-reflection, and I earnestly look forward to continuing our good work with more schools in continual collaboration with the HKUST and EDB.

Message from Mr. Stephen YIP, Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Life-wide Learning and Library), Education Bureau.

	Under the New Academic Structure, most secondary schools have arranged various types of Community Services, one of the components of Other Learning Experiences (OLE), to meet students’ needs and interests inside and outside school timetable. Most of the Community Service practices are designed and implemented by teachers while students take the role as participants. Recently, the Education Bureau (EDB) has worked with the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools (HKAHSS) and Professor Edmond KO, Chairman of Curriculum Development Council, to jointly organise a pilot project, “Student as Learning Experience Designers (Student-LED)”. The aim of this project is to develop students’ reflective habits of learning and provide them with a chance to become designers of their own learning experiences rather than merely being participants. It is found that students had deeper learning. ......(more)

Written in November 2011