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INDEX

Top News Story
● Now Accepting Registrations for Online Symposium!
　https://lot.or.jp/feature/2676/
・[February 2] Digital Talent Development and the Next Step・
[February 9] Satonoba University
: Learn through a hybrid model—advance projects in your community and connect with people across Japan
via online lectures● New Member Sign-ups

2 Learning of Tomorrow CHANNEL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw
● Online Symposium Video Now Available!
• Infinity International Academy
: Continuing Its Unprecedented Challenges • C2C Platform Education Using Design Thinking —
A Prototyping Experience with embot —

3 Project Activity Reports
● Online Symposium Report Now Available
! https://lot.or.jp/feature/2628/・A School Created by
Entrepreneurs to Change the Future of Humanity ~
Kamiyama Marugoto Technical College (tentative name)
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Ensuring Children Are Not Isolated from Society: How to Manage Relationships with the Internet and Video Games
; “Traveling Classroom” Lets Students Who Have Stopped Attending School Roam
Freely All Over Japan! — Class Japan Elementary and Junior High School ● Working Groups

: Meta University Working Group

4. Announcements from Participating Companies and Organizations

5 Recommended Related News Stories

6 Media Features

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1. Featured

News ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Announcement: Online Symposium [
February 2 – Digital Talent Development and the Next Steps]

　Mr. Koji Machida of
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting
, a member of the Meta University working group conducting specific studies
toward the development of a platform for digital talent development, delivered a lecture
on the development of globally
competitive professionals, drawing on the expertise cultivated over the Deloitte Tohmatsu Group’s 50-year history.
　https://lot.or.jp/report/7265/

[Held on February 9: Satonoba University—A Hybrid Learning Experience Where You Advance Projects Locally and Connect with People Across Japan
Through Online Lectures]

　Satonoba University—a “four-year university that travels through the
region”—has no physical campus; instead, students deepen their learning through online courses and hands-on participation in local
projects while living in the community.
　Mr. Ryosuke Nobuoka, founder of Satonoba University, gave a lecture on the university’s initiatives
and future prospects.
https://lot.or.jp/report/7320/

■ New Member Registration
[General Member] Tokyo Individual Tutoring
Academy, Inc
. https://www.tkg-jp.com/

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2. Learning of Tomorrow Channel
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■ Online Symposium Videos Now Available!・Infinity International
Academy: Continuing Its
Unprecedented Challenges　https://youtu.be/cMqBEt1bnYg・C2C Platform Education Using

Design Thinking: A Prototyping Experience with embot　
https://youtu.be/6QnzfbvbjSY

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3. Project Activity Report
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■ Online Symposium Report Now Available!
[
A School Created by Entrepreneurs to Change the Future of Humanity: Kamiyama Marugoto Technical College (tentative name)]

　Mr. Chikahiro Terada, founder and candidate for chairman of the board of “Kamiyama Marugoto Technical College” (tentative name) and President and CEO of Sansan
, Inc., introduces the National College
of Technology currently awaiting approval to
open in April 2023　“Kamayama Marugoto National College of Technology” (tentative name), which is currently awaiting approval for its opening in April 2023. He discusses the background of the
school’s establishment, its concept of
“a school that changes the future of humanity through ‘Technology × Design,’” and its innovative educational curriculum.
　Part 1: https://lot.or.jp/project/7076/
Part 2: https://lot.or.jp/project/7077/

[Preventing Children from Becoming Isolated from Society:
How to Manage Their Use of the Internet and Video Games]

　Dr. Toru Yoshikawa, a child psychiatrist and Director of the Child
Mental Health Department at the Aichi Prefectural Medical and Rehabilitation Comprehensive Center Central Hospital, discussed children’s actual
Internet usage patterns, ICT literacy, and what adults
can do to prevent children from becoming isolated, drawing on examples
from his own family.
　First half: https://lot.or.jp/project/7133/
Second half: https://lot.or.jp/project/7134/

["The Traveling Classroom": Students Who Have Stopped Attending School Roam
Freely All Over Japan! ~ Class Japan Elementary and Junior High School]

　Takeshi Nakajima, representative of Class Japan Elementary and Junior High School, provided a detailed overview of the
current situation and challenges facing students who refuse to attend school nationwide, the
online learning program at Class Japan Elementary and Junior High School—which he heads—and schools
designated as “special schools for students who refuse to attend school” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
　Part 1: https://lot.or.jp/project/7235/
Part 2: https://lot.or.jp/project/7236/

■ Working Groups
· Meta University Working Group

　We compiled
an interim report for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) outlining the definition of the ideal digital professional, as well as the roles
and skills required for various digital job roles in the promotion of digital transformation (DX).
　In December, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) launched
the “Digital Skills Standards Study Group” to begin investigating and deliberating on
the digital skills standards that business professionals should possess, with Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
appointed as the chair of the study group.Members of the working group also participated as
the secretariat
. https://lot.or.jp/project/7329/

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4. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
■ [Digital Arts] Case Studies on Security Measures Published & Information
Literacy Classes Currently in Session

・We are currently featuring a case study of the Ichihara City Board of Education
in Chiba Prefecture, which utilizes i-FILTER@Cloud as
a security measure for the "one device per student" initiative under the GIGA School Project.

"I don't want children to be either victims or perpetrators"
: A teacher's
hope realized through filtering https://www.daj.jp/webtopics/127/

・[Outreach and Awareness Activities] Individual Registration: Information
Literacy Classes <For Students, Parents, and School Staff
> *Currently available online as well.
https://www.daj.jp/csr/enlightenment/
(Digital Arts Co., Ltd.)

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5. Recommended Related News
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Japan and around the world
http://lot.or.jp/relation/

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6. Media
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■ Online Symposium
– Dec. 14: The Education Newspaper
, “A Wake-up Call for Human Resource Development in Japan: Lecture by Professor Ataka of ‘Shin Nihon’”
https://www.kyobun.co.jp/news/20211214_03/

・Dec. 21: Naigai Education
, “Digital Use: An Inevitable
Reality” https://lot.or.jp/media/7295/

・January 12, Kyoiku Shimbun
: “Sesame Street’s Vision for Blockchain-Based Education”
https://www.kyobun.co.jp/news/20220112_01/

Click here for more details:
https://lot.or.jp/media/

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Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter Vol. 041
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow Association (General Incorporated Association) Publication
Date: January 19
, 2022 Editor-in-Chief: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Yuko Akamatsu
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