The global tourism and hospitality industry faced significant challenges, after COVID 19 pandemic. For instance, my previous faculty experienced a 50% decrease in student recruitment, and when we went to recruit the new batch of students, many of them seemed unsure of their future careers. Our university has a career consulting team to support high-school students in making career choices, but our faculty tried to use new recruitment strategies, such as quick interviews and personality tests to ensure we choose the right students. As a lecture and faculty administrator, I often learn that when students choose a wrong major, they will lose their motivation to study. Therefore, combining my previous teaching and industry experiences, references from several syllabi from my faculty, and a suggestion from Gemini for a basic course outline, I created the new course titled “Sustainable Career Development in Hospitality Management.”
This course not only aims to help first-year student transition smoothly from high school to university, gain essential skills and knowledge, but also obtain a holistic view of their career explorations in a sustainable and ethical way. It will also address the two UN’s sustainable goal development(SDG) to guide the student in further developing their skills as they navigate their learning journey.
I will use Canvas to design a course prototype because it would be prohibited to gain access to my university LMS – Moodle. However, I will still address Moodle information in the course profile, as this may become a real project I develop for my faculty in the near future.
Here is the course profile
Thank you for reading and looking forward to receiving great feedbacks from everyone.
Hi Van
I really enjoyed reading your post, especially after hearing you speak on Thursday. Your approach to blending soft skills development with real-world work experience is such an interesting expansion of blended learning. Integrating field experience into your course adds a practical dimension that will be incredibly valuable for learners. In my experience, it’s often what they appreciate the most from courses.
I also appreciate your focus on employability skills—I’ve been working with similar concepts in another course. I wanted to share a link to some open educational resources that might be useful as you continue developing your course:
https://collection.bccampus.ca/subjects/trades/?q=employability
This is Canadian based so I understand it may not relate to your student population, but with an OER you can use portions of it that may be applicable.
Looking forward to seeing how your course develops.
Matt
Hi Matt,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and giving me your kind feedback. Our industry is practical-based, so we always try to integrate field experiences and industry experts to enhance our students’ learning experiences. I really appreciate the link you shared to the open educational resources. I also do believe that: “education must be available to everyone.” Although it is Canadian-based, I am certain that I can find applicable portions that will benefit my student population.
Your feedback and resources are greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to seeing how your course develop further as well.
Best regards,
Van Lam