• Business Overview
• Outline of the event
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Business Overview

Since its establishment in 1995, shortly after the establishment of the University Consortium Kyoto, we have been promoting FD activities in the Kyoto area together with member schools as an organizational initiative for faculty members to improve and improve the content and methods of classes.

This “FD Joint Training Program and Thematic Training” is a training program for newly appointed teachers, teachers who want to relearn the basics of FD, faculty members who are interested in FD, and staff working in FD-related departments. In FY2023, we will implement programs aimed at acquiring skills and knowledge such as IR and report guidance, seminar and laboratory management, first-year education, lesson design and lesson practice.

In addition, a video of the lecture on “Basic Knowledge of FD” will be distributed. This video was created for new teachers, but it is also useful for those who are already teaching.

In fiscal 2023, a total of five training programs other than “FD Basic Knowledge” will be held online (Zoom).
* For programs before the start of application, the schedule and implementation contents are subject to change.

All five programs will be available on-demand for a limited time.
* On-demand video will be released only to applicants each time.
* Due to troubles during distribution, the recorded video may not be released. Please note.

Outline of the event

In fiscal 2023, the program will be conducted with the following contents.

Common to each episode

Target:

University and junior college faculty and staff
* Limited to those who can use Zoom
* Full-time or part-time, regardless of the number of years of work
* Employees who are interested in FD are also eligible (regardless of the number of years of work experience)

Venue:

Online (using Zoom)

Participation fee:

University Consortium Kyoto member school faculty and staff: Free For those other than those on the left: 1,000 yen (tax included, advance payment required)
* The deadline for payment of the participation fee is as described in the details of each session. Please note that if payment of the participation fee is not confirmed within the deadline, the application will be invalidated.
If it is difficult to pay on time, please contact us as soon as possible using the contact information on the invoice.
* Please note that if you cancel after paying the participation fee, no refund will be given.

Capacity:

About 30 people / time (first-come, first-served basis)

Organizer:

University Consortium Kyoto

Precautions

• On the day of the event, please participate from a PC or tablet device that can be stably connected to the Internet.
  * Please refrain from participating in workshop-type programs from smartphones.
• For workshop-type programs, we recommend that you turn on the video microphone.
• Please refrain from recording by participants. Please strictly adhere to it.

■Part 1: IR Struggle – How to apply IR-like thinking in class? –

Schedule:

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 13:30~15:30

Format:

Lecture, workshop type (using Zoom)

Progress:

Akira Toji (Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Otani University)
Masayuki Nakagawa (Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Tourism Studies, Heian Jogakuin University)

Lecturer:

Makoto Takahashi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Otani University)

The importance of IR is emphasized from the perspective of academic management and internal quality assurance at universities. Various universities are making advanced efforts, but IR initiatives often do not progress easily at small universities or universities that do not have researchers specializing in higher education. In addition, there is a strong image that IR initiatives are carried out by a specific department and have little relevance to individual class management, but utilizing the perspective of IR may lead to improvement of classes. In this training, we will understand the position of IR in university education based on the case of Otani University, and consider methods that will lead to class improvement from the perspective of collecting and analyzing data in IR.

Application has been closed.

■Part 2: Things to think about in the report assignment
– Balance between basic confirmation and generative AI –

Schedule:

Saturday, October 14, 2023 13:30~15:40
* The end time is subject to change depending on the progress.

Format:

Workshop type (using Zoom)

Progress:

Noriya Kayagi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Ryukoku University)
Yuya Hoshi (Lecturer, Department of Arts and Culture at Ikebo Junior College)

Lecturer:

Kenji Shimamura (Supervisor, Writing Support Center, Ryukoku University)

With the advent of generative AI such as Chat GPT and Google’s Brad, I think that the foundation of presenting students with the task of thinking and writing like a report has been shaken. In this training, based on the situation in the preamble, I would like to use it as an opportunity to confirm and consider the following. First, we’ll review what you need to think about when presenting a report assignment from an academic writing perspective. After that, we will consider how to deal with generative AI. In the discussion situation, we would like to make it an opportunity to share how to deal with generative AI through the free exchange of opinions.

Application deadline: Saturday, October 7, 17:00
Payment deadline: Tuesday, October 10

■Session 3: Thinking about seminar and laboratory management

Schedule:

Friday, November 10, 2023 18:30~20:30
* The end time is subject to change depending on the progress.

Format:

Lecture, workshop type (using Zoom)

Progress:

Tomoaki Koyama (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto University of Advanced Science)

Lecturer:

Kosuke Kaji (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto University of Advanced Science)
Akihiro Ogino (Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Kyoto Sangyo University)

We planned this event as an opportunity for university students to exchange information and learn about how to conduct more effectively in “seminars and laboratories,” which are classes where university students utilize the knowledge they have learned in university lectures to conduct surveys and research activities. We will invite one lecturer each from the sciences and humanities to give a lecture on how to run the seminar and laboratory. After that, we will divide into small groups to discuss concerns and ingenuity regarding seminar and laboratory management methods, and finally share them with the entire group. We would like to make it a fun meeting where you can discuss seminar and laboratory management with the participants.

* Applications will be accepted from 10:00 on Tuesday, October 3.
Application deadline: Thursday, November 2, 17:00
Payment of participation fee: Monday, November 6

■Lecture 4: Considering the university’s own first-year education
~An example of the practice of a university~

Schedule:

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 18:00~20:00
* Start and end times are subject to change.

Format:

Workshop type (using Zoom)

Progress:

Ikuko Takao (Assistant Professor, Student Training Support Center, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University)
Riyasu Matsuse (Lecturer, Department of Global Tourism, Faculty of International Contribution Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)

Lecturer:

Takashi Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University)

First-year education is expected to facilitate a smooth transition from high school to university and strengthen motivation for learning. In recent years, with the accelerated transformation of society such as the further progress of information technology and the accompanying diversification of academic abilities and learning skills of new students, the number of students who cannot adapt to university learning is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary for first-year education to consider learning design based on an accurate understanding of the problems faced by current students.
In this training, lecturers who have been involved in the construction of first-year education at medical universities will give lectures on their efforts so far, and then participants will exchange information with each other, so that they will have an opportunity to think about the perspectives and methods necessary to build a university’s own first-year education.

* Applications will be accepted from 10:00 on Tuesday, December 5.
Application deadline: Saturday, January 6, 2024, 17:00
Payment deadline: Wednesday, January 10, 2024

■Session 5: Personal Writing to Promote Self-Formation in Students
~The importance of cultivating awareness from oneself to others and the world~

Schedule:

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 18:30~20:30
* The end time is subject to change depending on the progress.

Format:

Workshop type (discussion method) (using Zoom)

Progress:

Chieko Hayashi (Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Yuko Negishi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Contemporary Home Economics, Kyoto Kacho University)

Lecturer:

Mina Tani (Professor, Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tezukayama University)

They do not actively participate in classes, are not good at expressing what they think, have little interest in them, and find it difficult to independently find a theme for their report or graduation research.
Such attitudes of students tend to be criticized for easy reasons, such as “low motivation to learn” and “lack of habit of thinking for themselves on a daily basis.” However, for example, even if you are trained to write a conventional essay in your education before entering university, you may not have the opportunity to look at and express your own emotions and experiences, you may not have others to respond to them, or you may not know how to express yourself in the first place.
Through the practice of personal writing (PW), Mina Tani, the instructor of this training, has guided students to reconsider themselves, express themselves to others, and learn how to express themselves and diverse perspectives in response to criticism from classmates. The students said that their PW experience led to self-understanding, understanding of others, the theme of their graduation thesis, and their future way of life and values. We hope that you will gain hints from his practical research that can be an important stepping stone to specialized education.

* Applications will be accepted from 10:00 on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
Application deadline: Saturday, February 24, 2024, 17:00
Payment date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Inquiries

In charge of FD business, University Consortium Kyoto
TEL 075-353-9163　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Campus Plaza Kyoto, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9: 00 ~ 17: 00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)