NCUE is a secondary education teacher training school. It unceasingly offers free training courses for in-service teachers in townships and cities, and provides free physical and online educational resources for members of the public who are not studying at our school. The venues and equipment of NCUE, including campus spaces, libraries, sports fields, and stadiums, are also open to the public.

1. Free courses leading to a certificate or award

1.1 Professional training for mathematics teachers: Since 2015, NCUE has conducted the “Seed Project for Teachers in the New World of Mathematics” and has organized more than 100 courses that train seeded teachers every year. Those who complete the training can obtain certification of their study hours. In these courses, teachers can master mathematical knowledge through observation and practice, and understand the context of mathematical concepts and the main ideas behind them. In this way, elementary, junior high, and high school teachers can guide students to develop the concepts more comprehensively and completely, and can also switch teaching methods more flexibly. In 2021, NCUE organized 143 sessions of free courses, which were attended by 7,029 teachers, who obtained the certification of their study hours.
Project website: http://www.nhmath.com/NH-MATH/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nhmath.tw

Seed Project in the New World of Mathematics_Seeded Teacher Training

1.2 Training science education seeded teachers: In line with the nation’s 12-year compulsory curriculum, NCUE aims to help science education teachers from primary and secondary schools across the country to continuously improve their professional teaching capabilities. The university offers several free “exploration and practice” science courses every year to improve teachers’ ability to design and implement the curriculum, so that seeded teachers can practice the spirit of inquiry in class and achieve the goal of improving the scientific literacy of future citizens. In 2021, NCUE organized 19 sessions of free courses, which were attended by 688 teachers, who obtained certification of their study hours.
 
Teacher Training on Inquiry and Practice Ability for Natural Science Teachers from Primary and Secondary Schools

1.3 English teaching resources: To comply with the nation’s bilingual teaching policy, NCUE has developed English audio-visual digital teaching materials and designed various teaching videos for use in classes. To assist in-service teachers in high schools and vocational high schools to use these digital teaching materials, we organized 11 sessions of free education training courses in 2021, which were attended by 211 teachers, who obtained certification of their study hours.

Bilingual education training for high school teachers

1.4 Science FUN Day: To improve the scientific literacy of the citizens, cultivate a scientific attitude in daily life, and provide students in remote areas of Changhua County with the opportunity to learn high-quality scientific knowledge, NCUE holds the “Science FUN Day” for free once a year. Exciting and interesting challenges related to science topics are set, and the participants can conduct DIY scientific experiments to experience the thrills of science. In 2021, 21 challenges related to science topics were designed for the public and students to obtain knowledge easily and learn science in a fun way. After completing the challenges as instructed, the participants can receive a “certificate of study” and a “surprise package” as rewards.
New Changhua News’ report on 2021/11/09: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QdT0a_z6Q8
News report: https://www.owlting.com/news/articles/32223
  
Science FUN Day

1.5 Public lecture activities: NCUE holds many lectures or activities every academic year, which are also open to the public. In 2021, we held at least 99 themed lectures open to people not studying on campus.
Please refer to the attachment for the event list 4.3.1A-List of public lectures

2. Free access to campus facilities and equipment

2.1 Campus spaces: NCUE’s campuses are open to the public to enter freely and take a walk around. Pedestrian trails are specially built for people to walk through the flower gardens or around Baisha Lake. Visitors can also use facilities such as water dispensers and toilets. NCUE places considerable emphasis on building a campus environment with accessible facilities. The buildings and campus facilities are inspected and enhanced in accordance with the accessibility regulations, with accessible elevators, toilets, ramps, and guide services installed for people with disabilities.

Free access to campus facilities and equipment

2.2 Sports fields and pitches: The sports venues and facilities of NCUE are freely available not only to teachers and students but also the general public. For example, the tracks and fields of the university, and the volleyball court, basketball courts, and football fields on the Baoshan campus, are open, to enable work with the community and promote exercise for all.

Free access to campus facilities and equipment

2.3 Library: The library implements its Guidelines for the Management of Visiting and Reading Outsiders (https://olis.ncue.edu.tw/public/data/011916282971.pdf). Outsiders can hold valid credentials in exchange for a temporary guest card to enter the library for free. They can avail of the library’s rich collection of resources comprising more than 420,000 Chinese and English books, electronic databases, e-books, periodicals, newspapers, and audio-visual materials. Please refer to the library collection resources of NCUE for details https://olis.ncue.edu.tw/np.asp?ctNode=1037&mp=1
Guidelines for the Management of Visiting and Reading Outsiders can be seen in Annex 4.3.1B-Library Regulations.

Library Resource of NCUE

3. Free access to online resources

3.1 Digital learning courses: NCUE continues to develop high-quality digital learning courses and currently offers 79 free courses on its cloud platform
 (https://dlearn.ncue.edu.tw/mooc/index.php?lang=en#2) and the Ministry of Education’s Teacher e-Academy platform (https://ups.moe.edu.tw/mooc/index.php). Whether you are a student, an elementary or junior high school teacher, or a member of the general public, as long as you are interested in a course, you can directly learn on the internet (on some platforms, you must register or log in as a guest) to improve your professional skills. 
Please refer to the attachment for the course list 4.3.1C-List of cloud courses (Free)

Cloud Course of NCUE

3.2 “Adaptive learning” English learning website: NCUE implements the “2021–2024 Experimental Project of the Development of Adaptive Instruction Materials for High School English Language Teaching” by the Ministry of Education. The project focuses on developing English audio-visual teaching materials for Grade 10–12 students at high schools and vocational high schools, and provides adaptive diagnosis and promotion on the platform. It emphasizes augmenting students’ autonomous learning ability and eliminating the M-shaped learning divide in English language due to gender, family socioeconomic status, education level, and urban-rural differences among schools with free and high-quality educational content. The objective is to achieve the 4th goal of sustainable development: ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.
3.3 Primary and secondary school mathematics learning resources provided by the “Mathematics New World” project: Since 2015, NCUE has conducted the “Seed Project for Teachers in the New World of Mathematics.” In addition to training seed teachers and visiting classrooms to teach elementary and secondary school students, the project focuses on improving the mathematical teaching resources of elementary and secondary schools, with materials such as instruction videos offered by mathematics experts, worksheets for learning units, teachers’ handbooks, and teaching materials for the core literacy of students. All resources are available online and website visitors (regardless of their identities) can download the materials for free.
Project website: http://www.nhmath.com/NH-MATH/
Teaching and learning materials download area: https://www.nhmath.com/NH-MATH/resources
Video section: https://www.nhmath.com/NH-MATH/video

Mathematics teaching materials and videos are available for free download

3.4 Institutional Repository of Academic Research: Via centralized management, the NCUE Institutional Repository collects and organizes the academic research results of the university and provides permanent preservation, access, and dissemination. The journals and papers that publish the research results of NCUE faculty members, staff, and students are available for use by the public in the form of open access to improve the environment of academic communication among domestic universities and to exchange academic resources with other institutions around the world, to increase the exposure of NCUE’s research results. 
NCUE Open Access: http://ir.ncue.edu.tw/ir/?locale=en-US