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The evolution of the Internet, trends in mobile device usage, and changes in the perceptions of city leaders and residents have gradually transformed cities into smart cities. Through a literature review, survey analysis, and focus group interview, this study explored the educational vision and consensus in developing Smart Hsinchu, and analyzed course requirements for key teaching competencies and contents of digital teaching abilities, all of which facilitate achieving the educational vision. Finally, this study established systemized modular courses for key teaching competencies and relevant strategies to promote these courses.

Because the senior population comes from various backgrounds, how to meet their needs and to cater to their different levels poses a great challenge for aging-education instructors when designing effective projects. The goal of this paper was to present the implementation of an innovative and effective project in aging education titled The K-shape Learning Project for Senior Citizens. The project was implemented in Taitung University and lasted for five months with 140 seniors in five sessions in total. An action research approach was adopted for the course implementation and content modification throughout this project. Meanwhile, data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The findings then emphasized four elements for other aging education professionals' references: the philosophy and goal of the project, the implementation process of the project, the perception and response of participants, and the reflection of the educators. (Contains 2 figures.)

The idea of helping people by the medium of telephone was inspired by Rev. Alan Walker, Superintendent of the Central Methodist Mission in Sydney since 1958. Having made several radio and TV appearances, Rev. Walker found himself being called by people facing difficulties and personal crises. He did not have the time or the energy to give them the attention they demanded and deserved. Thus, Rev. Walker conceived of the idea of inviting the lonely and troubled to call a telephone number where selected and trained volunteers could offer a "listening ear" and allow the callers a place to have their voices heard. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)

Team building has been given increasing attention and applied in diverse disciplines in recent years. The purpose of this study was to determine the multiple dimensions to the application for the effectiveness of team building in the military units such as ROTC since not many existing literature has investigated this in such an expectedly high command culture. The data suggested that participants generally rated themselves to possess the knowledge, experience, and expertise for team building. Secondly, they predominantly considered ROTC as a self-managing formal team, and that leaders basically led their team assuming the role of an educator. Thirdly, the top three selected significance of competences in team building were establishing open communication channels, setting clear, measurable goals, and making assignments clear and ensuring competence. Finally, based on the inconsistency from data, it was suggested that establishing an open communication channel can be expected to integrate and improve remarkably the effectiveness and efficiencies of team building in ROTC. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.)