4.3.1) Public resources (lifelong learning)
Provide free access to educational resources for those not studying at the university.

To help promote basic education and lifelong learning, and to popularize educational opportunities, Tamkang University provides lifelong learning educational resources for people outside the school, including:

1. Free courses leading to certificate or award
● Overseas youth Chinese language workshop: A total of 113 workshops (distance teaching) were opened in 2021, serving 519 trainees. 2021年僑務委員會海外青年華語文研習班
● Online workshop for overseas Chinese teachers: A total of 2 workshops were opened in 2021, serving 116 overseas teachers. 2021年華文教師線上遠距研習
● Professional skill and competence workshop: In cooperation with the Ministry of Labor's New Elite Subsidy Program, training classes for Python, AI practice, and international digital marketing were opened, serving a total of 60 unemployed youths. 勞動部產業新尖兵補助計畫
● Online sports course: The Department of Physical Education offered a total of 24 live sports courses from their "Far yet Close" program, with 1,320 participants. 「遠而無距」線上直播運動課程

2. Free access to campus facilities and equipment
● Open and green spaces: Tamsui campus is known as a "campus without walls", with beautiful scenery and broad open spaces. With a diverse plant ecology, a maritime museum displaying ancient and modern ship models from China and foreign countries, an art center for holding aesthetic feasts, and a library providing a treasure trove of human knowledge, etc., the campus is open entirely for entering and visitations to the public community, acting as a leisure field and space for exercising, as well as a high-quality learning environment for outdoor teaching sessions organized by local primary and secondary schools.
● The library: The library provides access to the public free of charge. It has currently allowed 4,055 people outside the campus to apply for valid library cards, and gain access to our archive of 1.31 million collections, 2.73 million e-books, and 70,000 e-journals for free.
● Eui Center: A European Union Information Center (EUi) is set up within the library. In addition to the official publications of the European Union, it also provides books and periodicals on European and European-related research topics, and issues e-newsletters (free subscription) for consultation and use by people from all walks of life. The current number of subscriptions is 949 people.
● Visually Impaired Resource Center: TKU is one of the few universities in Taiwan that pioneered the admission of visually impaired students. It established the country's only visually impaired resource center to assist visually impaired students in their education and employment. From the hardware development of "Braille touch monitor" to the software design of "Chinese Braille real-time two-way translation system", it promotes the digital information ability of visually impaired persons, assists visually impaired students and their parents to understand relevant resources, and promotes Vocational training, integrating government and private resources.
● Educational activities: In 2021, TKU organized more than 200 lectures, workshops and community education activities open to the public.
● Elderly health promotion: A total of 32 classes of “Lectures on the Elderly Health Train” were organized, with 2,214 participants.
● Tamkang University, Soochow University, and Ming Chuan University have collaborated to jointly establish the cloud library automation system (Alma) which facilitates the cloud positioning system and makes it easier for teachers and students to pinpoint the location of books in the library. Teachers and students of the three schools can now also borrow books from their sister schools with their staff or student ID cards. ALMA三校圖書館自動化系統

3. Free access to online resources
● Digital learning platforms: TKU sets up digital learning platforms “iClass Learning Platform”, “Moodle Distance Teaching Platform”, “Open Course Ware” and “MOOCs” to provide free and open educational resources for online learners around the world to join and learn. iClass學習平台
● Youtube Channel: The “Tamkang University Open Courses Youtube Channel” is set up for the purpose of opening general courses and lecture courses for free, with the aim of providing higher education resources for the public, and the cumulative number of views of the channel has reached 410 thousand. 淡江大學開放式課程
● Library resources: In 2021, the library hold 10 lectures on library resources, and the course handouts have been placed on the website for free learning, with a total of 3,122 visitors.
● Voice of Tamkang Radio: The Department of Mass Communications produces and broadcasts educational and cultural programs every semester, which are broadcast on Voice of Tamkang FM88.7 and the official website. 淡江之聲廣播電台
● Tamkang TV: The Department of Mass Communications produces and broadcasts educational and cultural programs every semester, which are broadcast on Tamkang TV's official website and YouTube channel.
● Great Tamsui Teaching Resource Sharing Platform: TKU is setting up a platform to integrate the school's teacher resources and the needs of primary and secondary schools in the Tamsui District. A preliminary meeting was held on December 7, 2021, inviting principals of primary and secondary schools in Tamsui to discuss the establishment of the platform. 大淡水教學資源分享平台