"Cooperative University of Learning" Promotion Project 【FY2016~2019】

　Since fiscal 2016, the Consortium of Universities Kyoto, in collaboration with Kyoto City, has been implementing the "Gakumachi Collaborative University" promotion project to support universities that are engaged in the development and implementation of practical educational programs in which students learn through activities in collaboration with local residents' organizations, civic action groups, local companies, shopping districts, etc., in order to further promote university-wide regional collaboration initiatives. The implementation period of the project is 4 years from FY2016~FY2019.
The following six universities have been certified as selected universities for the "Cooperative Universities" Promotion Project.

List of Selected Universities
Interim Evaluation Results
Business Performance Report

List of Universities Selected by the "Cooperative Universities" Promotion Project

Otani University

Project name: University-community collaboration project centered on Kita-ku and Kitaoji areas

　Based on the achievements of the Community Liaison Office (Community Lab) established in fiscal 2015 and the Department of Early Childhood Education and Childcare at Junior Colleges, the "Nakagawa School District Life Discovery Project", "Local Information Dissemination Project" (Otani University Happy Hour on RADIO mix KYOTO), and childcare support projects, the "University and Community Collaboration Project Centered on the Kita-ku and Kitaoji Areas" Conduct.
Through this project, we will promote initiatives under themes such as "child-rearing support," "dissemination of local information," and "tourism promotion" in collaboration with local residents, NPOs, local companies, shops, etc.

Kyoto University of Education

Project name: Petit content and self-guide production to support "Learning from Kyoto, Disseminating Kyoto"

　Students in the teacher training course will interview and edit the charm of Kyoto's geography, history, literature, life, and art for elementary and junior high school students, and make a three-minute video. We plan to create useful content that can be used for classes in elementary and junior high school subjects and for pre-study for students on school trips visiting Kyoto from all over Japan.
Taking advantage of the experience cultivated in teacher training lectures, we aim to produce 150 pieces of petite content in three years while keeping in mind the content structure and terminology of videos that elementary and junior high school students can understand.

Kyoto Women's University

Project name: "Establishment of a 'Community Girl Training Program' -Aiming to Develop Female Leaders to Support the Community-"

　At Kyoto Women's University, we have been steadily collaborating with the local community and taking advantage of the characteristics of the women's university to focus on everyday life issues such as child-rearing, education, support for the elderly, and support for neighborhood association activities. Developing this achievement, we will position collaborative activities in the curriculum and build a "Regional Girls' Training Program" with the aim of developing human resources who can become female regional leaders with the ability to identify regional issues, solve problems, and have practical skills.
As the first stage, in fiscal 2017, we will establish an introductory course that theoretically teaches the social significance of collaborative activities and a group of collaborative courses that promote students' proactive participation in collaborative activities for all undergraduate levels. In addition to conventional activities, a wide range of collaborative activities will be developed inside and outside the regular curriculum, such as support for safe and secure urban development and support for industries in Kyoto.
Furthermore, we will form the "Kyojo Roundtable" together with the organizations that have signed the agreement, aiming to play a role as a node that creates exchanges between governments, companies, and citizens.

Kyoto Tachibana University

Project name: Community cooperation education program in the Yamashina-Daigo area "Growing and resonating with each other"

　Based on the achievements of regional cooperation that we have built up in the Yamashina and Daigo regions, we have established three core issues and developed seven educational programs, aiming to help students "resonate" with the community, train in the community, and grow as human resources who can contribute to the community. They range from humanities and social sciences to nursing, medical care, health, and welfare. In addition to the projects to discover local culture, promote the local economy and develop the community in Yamashina Ward, which we have been working on for many years, and the collaborative projects with Kyoto City and the Danchi Residents' Association in the Daigo Nakayama Danchi in Fushimi Ward, this project will lead to the establishment of a "satellite" of the Regional Cooperation Center near Yamashina Station to secure a base for student activities and create a mechanism for both the community and students to "grow together." In addition, for important issues in modern society, such as support for the elderly and child-rearing, we will launch new programs in the fields of nursing, medical care, and health and welfare, and the entire university will work together to solve regional issues.

Doshisha Women's University

Project name: "Future Kyoto Town Development Program with Kyomachiya at the Core"

　Since fiscal 2004, the "Machiya Course" at Kyomachiya, which has been continuously held at the university, will be further developed by linking and integrating a series of educational programs inside and outside the university's regular curriculum, and will be reborn as a community-based educational program that develops from multiple fields through exchanges with local residents and collaboration with museums.
Students learn independently and interactively with the local community through fieldwork in Kyoto City and workshops with local residents through a wide range of fields and departments such as history, geography, education, literature, and tourism studies, taking the historical process and current situation of Kyoto from the perspective of Kyoto Studies. Through these programs, we aim to disseminate proposals for the future from the perspective of female university students on the development of a disaster-resistant community-linked society based on the experience of reconstruction support education.

Ryukoku University

Project name: Development
of Regional Cooperation Education Program through Multi-generational and Multicultural Collaboration -Aiming to Realize "Community-Based Learning" in which students and the community learn together-

　Taking advantage of the characteristics of the southern part of Kyoto City, centered on Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, where Ryukoku University's Fukakusa Campus is located, we aim to build a community-based learning (CBL) community-based learning (CBL) community-based education that allows students and communities to learn together and build relationships of mutual trust through multi-generational and multicultural exchange.
In order to implement many CBL projects through regular and extracurricular activities, we will expand and organize the diverse regional cooperation seeds of regular curriculars, extracurriculars, research, and regional contributions that we have already accumulated, and build a "regional cooperation seed bank" that connects both the needs of educational programs and the needs of the community.
In addition, we will actively carry out educational projects related to CBL, give as many students as possible the opportunity to make their regional debuts, and support students who proactively participate in community cooperation activities.

Interim Evaluation Results of the "Cooperative University of Learning" Promotion Project

　The "Academic Community Collaboration University" promotion project, which started in FY2016, has a four-year support period until FY2019, but an interim evaluation by external experts will be conducted in FY2018, the third year, and an interim evaluation was conducted on July 28. The evaluation results are as follows.

University name/applicant name: Otani University President Yasushi Kikoshi

Project Name:

University and regional cooperation centered on the Kita-ku and Kitaoji areas <Click here for an overview>

Overall Evaluation:

Although some efforts are equal to or better than the plan, further efforts are expected to be made in consideration of comments and other factors in order to achieve the objectives of this project.

Review:

While it is commendable that the plans for common subjects were launched ahead of schedule and that many students participated in various projects, it is necessary to promptly implement specific improvement measures for which they are known.
It is necessary to verify the degree of contribution to the region of various initiatives, including radio program production, and to further disseminate the results.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of students' involvement in various initiatives and the points that lead to students' learning and growth.

【Reference】: Otani University website "Comulabo"

University name/applicant name: Kyoto University of Education President Tomohide Hosokawa

Project Name:

Petit content and self-guide production
to support "Learning from Kyoto and disseminating Kyoto" Click here for < overview>

Overall Evaluation:

Although some efforts are equal to or better than the plan, further efforts are expected to be made in consideration of comments and other factors in order to achieve the objectives of this project.

Review:

Although it can be appreciated that the efforts are linked to the reform of the curriculum of teacher training, it will be necessary to devise and maintain the created video content in the future.
Since it is difficult to see the independence of students and the degree of contribution to the community through content production, it is necessary to enhance students' unique content and further deepen their efforts to plan independently.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of students' involvement in various initiatives and the points that lead to students' learning and growth.

【Reference】: Kyoto University of Education special website "GAKUMACHI. KYOTO"
Kyoto University of Education Youtube Channel

University name/Applicant: Kyoto Women's University President Tadayuki Hayashi

Project Name:

Establishment of a "Regional Female Training Program (Minor)": Aiming
to Develop Female Leaders to Support Local Communities – Click here for an overview of the <>

Overall Evaluation:

The project is in line with the plan, and the objectives of this project can be achieved by continuing the current efforts.

Review:

It can be appreciated for accurately grasping the needs of female leaders in the region and women's empowerment in companies, and steadily deepening cooperation with local and external organizations. I hope that industry-academia collaboration will be further enhanced in the future and that efforts unique to women's universities will expand.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of students' involvement in various initiatives, the points that lead to students' learning and growth, and the degree of contribution to the community through the implementation of the project.

【Reference】: Kyoto Women's University "Center for Regional Cooperation Research HP"

University name/applicant name: Kyoto Tachibana University President Ryoichi Hosokawa

Project Name:

Yamashina-Daigo Region's "Growing and Resonating" Community Cooperation Education Program <Click here for the outline>

Overall Evaluation:

The project is in line with the plan, and the objectives of this project can be achieved by continuing the current efforts.

Review:

Regional cooperation is being developed in a wide range of fields, and the characteristics of universities are being utilized. In addition, we were able to involve students in the initiatives, and in addition to seeing some initiatives that significantly exceeded the target for the number of participating students, it is also commendable that the initiatives are widely disseminated using SNS and other means.
With regard to child-rearing support, it is necessary to steadily advance initiatives in cooperation with local organizations in the city.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of students' involvement in various initiatives, the points that lead to students' learning and growth, and the degree of contribution to the community through the implementation of the project.

【Reference】:Kyoto Tachibana University "Achievements of Community Cooperation Education Program 2016 PDF"

University name / Applicant name: Doshisha Women's University President Yuro Kaga

Project Name:

Click here for an overview of the future Kyoto urban development program centered < Kyomachiya>

Overall Evaluation:

Although some efforts are equal to or better than the plan, further efforts are expected to be made in consideration of comments and other factors in order to achieve the objectives of this project.

Review:

We appreciate the excellent content of the machiya course, but since it was difficult to see the involvement of the students, it is necessary to further disseminate information about the part planned and operated by the students.
I hope that efforts will be deepened so that the lessons learned from fieldwork outside the city can be further utilized in urban development in Kyoto.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of the project, such as the points that lead to the learning and growth of students and the degree of contribution to the community through the implementation of the project.

【Reference】: Doshisha Women's University, Faculty of Contemporary Business, Department of Social Systems HP

University name/applicant name: Ryukoku University President Takashi Irisawa

Project Name:

Development of Regional Collaboration Education Programs through Multigenerational and Multicultural Collaboration: Toward the Realization of "Community-Based Learning" in which Students and Local Communities Learn Together – Click here for an overview of the <>

Overall Evaluation:

Although some efforts are equal to or better than the plan, further efforts are expected to be made in consideration of comments and other factors in order to achieve the objectives of this project.

Review:

The ideas of CBL (Community-Based Learning) and Regional Cooperation Seeds Data Bank can be evaluated. Gathering seeds and connecting them with the community is a very important perspective, and it is expected that a coordinator will be established in the future.
Considering the size of the university, it is necessary to further increase the number of students involved in the initiative.
I hope that the university will continue to make efforts to make this a university-wide initiative under the strong leadership of the president, rather than a faculty or seminar unit.
It is necessary to further disseminate the results of students' involvement in various initiatives, the points that lead to students' learning and growth, and the degree of contribution to the community through the implementation of the project.

【Reference】: Ryukoku University Regional Cooperation Seed Bank "with DRAGON"

"Cooperative Universities" Promotion Project Performance Report

The "Academic Community Collaboration University" promotion project, which started in FY2016, has completed its four-year support period until FY2019. Therefore, we will report the business results of each selected school as follows.