SCU Library Awards Most Frequent Users of Online Learning Platform

Thirty students from different departments received convenience store gift cards of NT$1000 as prize on July 1^st, 2020 as they were the winners in the competition held by Soochow’s library to promote the use of the online learning platform offered by the Common Wealth Magazine.

The prize recipients included eight students who passed tests of core competence and twenty-two students who earned certificates as most frequent users.

To adapt to the trend of cultivating interdisciplinary talents, the Common Wealth Magazine has set up the largest online learning platform in Taiwan, Leader Campus, which provides weekly updates of more than 1,000 sessions of courses such as finance, management, and global tendency.

Through the competition from April 1^st to June 15^th, the SCU library hoped to encourage students to make good use of this platform and then obtain its certificates after watching the courses online.

Tsung-Ho Lee, the director of the library, said she was glad to see that many students have been utilizing this resource to broaden their horizon as well as to explore and consolidate new knowledge.

Meng-Zhen Chen, a competition winner from the Department of Psychology, mentioned that “this online learning platform normally charges users, but it is totally free for Soochow students. It was too precious to be missed.” Chen has always paid attention to information and materials about business and management, which Leader Campus often provides.

As it is a privilege for Soochow to work with the Common Wealth Magazine to have access to the articles and interactive courses on the online platform, the Library suggested that both teachers and students grab the opportunity to enrich their knowledge and strengthen their competitiveness for future job market whenever they are free to read something by a few clicks.