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2025.12.01
Learning of Tomorrow News

・More Universities Offering Classes in English—Is the Declining Birth Rate a Factor?… Concerns Over a Decline in Educational Quality Due to Students’ Inability to Understand Course Content (Yomiuri Shimbun Online)

・Education Tailored to Gifted Children—The Global Front Lines of Talent Discovery (Forbes JAPAN)

• What Happens When You Have “AI Alter Egos” Debate Each Other? — University of Tsukuba and Microsoft Report on a New Form of AI-Mediated “Self-Reflection” Learning (Ledge.ai)

・A “Return to Analog” Is Gaining Ground in Finland, a Leader in Digital Education: “Smartphones Are Generally Banned in Elementary and Middle Schools, and the Schools Have Regained Their Lively Atmosphere” (AERA with Kids+)

・The Risk That “Pseudo-Use” of AI in the Classroom Shallow Learning: Beware of the “Appearance of Doing Something”—What Does Instructional Design Look Like When AI Is Used as a Thinking Partner? (Toyo Keizai ONLINE)

・A physics-focused YouTuber who dropped out of college becomes “India’s Youngest Billionaire,” an edtech founder (Forbes JAPAN)

・The #1 Highly Recommended Method to Cap Off Your Learning (DIAMOND online)

・Why Is Math Becoming a Required Subject in the Humanities? 80% of Students in Toyo University’s Economics Department Take the Math Entrance Exam—What Is This 15-Year Reform? (Asahi Shimbun Think Campus)

• From “Liking” to “Learning”: Manga as a Form of General Education for University of Tokyo Students (University of Tokyo Newspaper Online)

・A recreation of a teachers’ lounge from 15 years ago! I visited the interactive exhibit “That Teachers’ Lounge,” featuring a row of desks that reflect each teacher’s unique personality (Children and IT)

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”