FY 2011

Event Overview

FDer_2011

Kyoto FDer School

Part 1: Introduction to Educational IR – What is Institutional Research at Universities?

Date and time: Monday, November 14, 2011, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room 1, 6th floor, Senshinkan, Ikenobo Junior College
Target: Faculty and staff involved in FD at universities, junior colleges, and institutions affiliated with the University Consortium Kyoto

Part 2: Utilizing IR in Education – Examples of Learning Support Using Data –

Date and time: Monday, December 12, 2011, 18:00-20:00
Venue: Meeting Room 1, 6th floor, Senshinkan, Ikenobo Junior College Target
: Faculty and staff involved in FD at member universities, junior colleges, and institutions of the University Consortium Kyoto

3rd (International Symposium Co-hosted) Educational IR Overseas Edition IR and Educational Improvement – Learning from the Australian Case

Date and time: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 13:30
Venue: Otani University Kyoryukan Media Hall
Target audience: University faculty and staff interested in FD, and the general public

Special Open Lecture: Workshop for Faculty Development Experts – Exploring effective approaches to achieving organizational faculty development

Date and time: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 10:00-15:00
Venue: Campus Plaza Kyoto, 2nd floor hall
Target audience: University faculty and staff interested in FD, and the general public
Sponsored by
Kyoto University Consortium, a public interest incorporated foundation
Contents
1st Kyoto FDer Juku flyer [Click here for details]
2nd Kyoto FDer Juku flyer [Click here for details]
3rd Kyoto FDer Juku flyer [Click here for details]
Special open lecture Kyoto FDer Juku flyer [Click here for details]
<Part 1>
time Content
18:00-20:00 [Topic presentation, Q&A, group discussion]
Yuji Okada (Ritsumeikan University Educational Development Promotion Organization)
Since 2009, Ritsumeikan University has been conducting a “Survey of Student Learning” with the aim of collecting and analyzing data that will be useful in decision-making regarding educational improvement and in examining issues related to educational reform. Professor Okada, a member of the IR project that is conducting this survey, will talk about educational IR based on case studies from the survey.
<2nd session>
time Content
18:00-20:00 [Topic presentation, Q&A, group discussion]
Hiroshi Uchimura (Professor, Admissions Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Kyoto Institute of Technology has developed a system for viewing and analyzing the progress and characteristics of each student’s grades after enrollment, focusing on the fact that follow-up surveys after AO entrance exams contain a lot of data that can be useful for educational support after enrollment. Professor Uchimura, who came up with this idea and is involved in the development and operation of the system, will talk about this as a practical example of educational IR.
<3rd> (Co-hosted by International Symposium)
time Content
13:30-16:45 [Background explanation]
“Overview of higher education in Australia”
by Kazuhiro Sugimoto (Associate Professor, Center for the Promotion of Higher Education Development, Tohoku University)
[Case report]
“Examples of educational IR in Australian universities”
by Richard James (Professor and Director of the Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Melbourne),
Marnie Hugues-Warrington (Professor, Monash University),
and Straty Savvas (Statistics Manager, Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance, Swinburne University of Technology)
[Panel discussion]
Recently, there has been a growing call for the need for IR (Institutional Research*) at universities, and many universities have begun to implement IR-based operations.
However, while the term IR itself has become more widely known, each university is still exploring its own ways of utilizing it, and no model cases have yet been established.
 At this symposium, we will invite faculty and staff in charge of IR from three universities in Melbourne, Australia, to report on their respective use cases, and consider how to utilize educational IR in Japan.
*IR (Institutional Research): Refers to the collection and analysis of various figures and data surrounding universities, and the use of this information to improve university management and education.
<Special Open Lecture>
time Content
10:00-15:00 [Workshop]
Speaker: Professor Richard James
 (Professor, Vice-Chancellor for Student Engagement, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Melbourne, Australia)
In 2009 and 2010, the University Consortium Kyoto conducted faculty development training for faculty and staff in charge of faculty development within the university at the Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Melbourne in Australia, which is known for its research and practice in higher education.
 This year, in order to allow more people to experience this FD training, we will be inviting Richard James, Director of the Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Melbourne, who supervised and lectured on this FD training, to Kyoto for a workshop.

 Through lectures and workshops, we will consider how to design and manage organizational FD within the university, and effective methods for doing so.

Implementation Report

<1st session> The Kyoto University Consortium, a public interest incorporated foundation
, held the
“1st Kyoto FDer Seminar of 2011: Introduction to Educational IR – What is Institutional Research at Universities?” on Monday, November 14th .

Despite being held on a weekday evening, 24 participants attended, and after a presentation by Professor Yuji Okada of Ritsumeikan University, participants split into four tables for group discussions. There was a
lively exchange of opinions on various aspects of institutional research at universities.

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<2nd>
The Kyoto University Consortium, a public interest incorporated foundation, held the “2nd Kyoto FDer Seminar of 2011: Utilizing IR in Education – Examples of Learning Support Using Data” on Monday, December 12th.

Despite being held on a weekday evening, 21 participants attended, and after a presentation by Professor Hiroshi Uchimura of Kyoto Institute of Technology, participants split into four tables for group discussions. Using the case of Kyoto Institute of Technology as a starting point, there was a lively exchange of opinions from various perspectives about using data to support learning.

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<3rd> (Co-hosted with the International Symposium)
The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, a public interest incorporated foundation, held the “2011 3rd Kyoto FDer School: Teaching and Learning IR Overseas Edition/International Symposium IR and Educational Improvement” on Saturday, January 21st, in collaboration with the Strategic University Collaboration Support Project, “Development of International Collaboration Programs to Enhance Multifaceted International Exchange and Improve the Quality of Higher Education,” with Ryukoku University as the representative school.

The event was held at Otani University Media Hall, welcoming 104 participants. Three speakers from three universities in Victoria, Australia, gave
reports and held a panel discussion on the current status of Institutional Research (IR), which is attracting attention from the perspectives of quality assurance and educational reform in higher education, in the field of education.

Moderated by Professor Shinji Matsumoto of the Faculty of Letters at Bukkyo University, the panel discussion featured the three speakers and Associate Professor Kazuhiro Sugimoto of Tohoku University, who provided background information. Lively discussions were held based on questions from the audience.

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<Special Open Lecture>
The Kyoto University Consortium, a public interest incorporated foundation, held the “2011 Kyoto FDer School Special Open Lecture: Workshop for FDers” on Sunday, January 22nd.

Although the workshop was held on a Sunday, 11 participants gathered around a roundtable with Professor Richard James of the University of Melbourne as the lecturer, and a fulfilling workshop was held in a relaxed atmosphere on topics such as “What is an FDer?” and “What elements are necessary for promoting organizational FD?”

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Contact Information

Kyoto University Consortium, Public Interest Foundation, FD Project Contact:
TEL: 075-353-9122 FAX: 075-353-9101
Address: Campus Plaza Kyoto, Nishinotoin-dori Shiokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8216
*Business hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00-17:00 (excluding New Year’s holidays)

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