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==<span style="font-size:larger;">OSL in Encouraging Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span>==

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<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-51fca677-7fff-318f-3510-7c33b89b1408"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Startup Weekend Hong Kong @ Lingnan University is one of the Service-Learning projects that aim to nurture students’ understanding of Social Innovation. Students who studied in the Service-Learning course will implement their ideas and pitch in the Startup Weekend. Judges will give comments and suggestions for students to continue their S-L project in different forms like startups or social enterprise. The 3 winners of Startup Weekend Hong Kong @ Lingnan University will get a chance to enter the Semi-Final of Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge and other prizes.</span></span></span>

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<span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">LU Soc-Tech Development Scheme is a 5-week training program which aims to develop our students’ innovation mindset and technology skills to make tangible products to impact our society. The program will cover learning on how to utilize interesting technology such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, iBeacon and Charbot. It also generates innovative ideas into practical gargets to address social challenges.</span></span>

<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c7a2fdd2-7fff-1a31-2440-9506b1a8b3b0"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can learn how to design, build and polish a cloud-connected iOS and Android mobile app from scratch without any coding. The primary goal of the workshop is to strengthen students' capacity in promoting their innovative projects through digital channel.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c7a2fdd2-7fff-1a31-2440-9506b1a8b3b0"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students make use of their creativity to carry out innovative activities such as transforming micro flats into their dream flats and creating their own microfilms. They also learn some design thinking concepts and are taught how to apply these concepts in their daily lives.</span></span></span>

This workshop aims to help students better understand the case competition scenario in Hong Kong. They will learn about some fundamental frameworks that would help them crack a case as well as acquire analytical and presentation skills. Some case competition models are provided to let students practice the new skills and knowledge they have acquired from the workshop.

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<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5e3e5b08-7fff-3ffb-5918-ebea4c73ca7c"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are encouraged to use SEED fund to implement entrepreneurial or social innovation projects developed in class in a real-world situation.</span></span></span>

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The OSL and LEI team has provided multiple spaces for students to work on their innovative creations with the newest technology and a venue for them to cultivate their ideas.