• Overview of the business
• Outline of the event
• Implementation Report
• Contact information

Overview of the business

As an organizational effort for faculty members to improve and improve the content and methods of classes, the University Consortium Kyoto has been promoting FD activities in the Kyoto area together with member universities since 1995, shortly after its establishment.
The University Education Power-up Seminar was established in fiscal 2014 as a workshop-style study session that deals with themes that are useful for the educational (educational support) activities of a wide range of individual university faculty and staff.

Outline of the event

Part 1: Thinking about Imadoki Students ~ The Reality of Student Learning: Thinking from the Perspective of Connection with High School Education

Schedule	Monday, November 17, 2014 18:00~20:00
Lecturer	Hiroshi Hiroshi Hiromoto (Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
Deadline for application	Friday, November 14, 2014
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Part 2: Thinking about Imadoki Students ~Students and Internet Literacy: The Reality of Smartphone and SNS Use~

Schedule	Monday, December 15, 2014 18:00~20:00
Lecturer	Masayuki Murakami (Associate Professor, Center for Multimedia Education and Research at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies)
Deadline for application	Friday, December 12, 2014
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Implementation Report

Report on the 2nd University Education Power-up Seminar

On Monday, December 15, the University Consortium Kyoto held the 2nd University Education Power-up Seminar "Thinking about Imadoki Students ~Students and Internet Literacy: The Reality of Smartphone and SNS Use~".

On the day of the event, 17 participants from member and non-member universities were invited to participate in group work after Professor Masayuki Murakami (Associate Professor, Center for Multimedia Education and Research Center) of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies gave a presentation.

The topic began with an introduction to the fact that modern students are "digital natives" and explained their characteristics. In addition, he listed the characteristics of mobile phones (smartphones) and SNS (LINE, Facebook, twitter), how students use it, and its problems, and then talked about the explanation, background, and case studies of "flaming (a flood of criticism, slander, etc. more than expected by the site administrator)".

In the group work, participants were divided into four groups to discuss the theme of "Wonders about Internet Use by Students Today."

Many respondents from each group said, "There is a tendency to do everything by email or LINE," and "Face-to-face manners may be deteriorating due to the increase in Internet use." Regarding this, there was an opinion that "I have been exposed to IT since I was a child, so I may be using it as a communication tool without any malice, and I feel the need to explain how to use it according to TPO."

Finally, according to the results of the questionnaire of this seminar, 86% of the respondents answered that they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied," making it a study session that was well received by the participants.
In addition, participants commented, "I realized that we should change our teaching methods as the times change," and "This is not a theme that can be answered immediately, so it is very meaningful to hear the thoughts and initiatives of teachers from other schools and people with different occupations."

Report on the 1st University Education Power-up Seminar

On Monday, November 17, the University Consortium Kyoto held the 1st University Education Power-Up Seminar "Thinking about Imadoki Students ~ The Reality of Student Learning: Thinking from the Perspective of Connection with High School Education."

On the day of the event, 21 participants from member and non-member universities were welcomed, and after Professor Hiroshi Kugimoto (lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering) of Ritsumeikan University gave a topic, they were divided into four tables and did group work.

In the topical presentation, the background and issues were presented on how the change in the view of ability due to changes in society is affecting the course of study of high schools. In addition, as a reality of the school environment as seen from the transition survey, he reported on whether high school students have the three points of growth (the ability to learn independently, rich interpersonal relationships and activity, and awareness of the future).

In the group work, a discussion was held on the theme of "Today's university or university students are different here compared to when they were students!"
Each group expressed opinions such as "I feel that the attitude to take on challenges is disappearing, but this may be due to the large amount of information nowadays and the strong tendency to prefer stereotyped correct answers," and "Mismatches in places of enrollment and career paths are increasing, but there may be a tendency to be unable to convey one's intentions due to the strong influence of parents."

Finally, according to the results of the questionnaire at this seminar, 78% of the respondents answered that they were "very satisfied" or "satisfied," indicating that the training was generally in line with the participants' expectations.
In addition, participants commented, "I felt that I had to keep in mind the actual situation up to high school students while teaching university students," and "There are many things to learn about themes that approach the actual situation of students (such as the actual situation and how to deal with developmental disabilities), so I would like them to continue to deal with them."

Contact information

Consortium of Universities Kyoto FD Project
TEL 075-353-9163 FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Campus Plaza Kyoto, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
, Shiokoji-dori ※Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00~17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)