＼＼＼Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter No. 034／／／

INDEX

1
. Featured News ● Now Accepting Registrations for Online Symposium!
https://lot.or.jp/feature/2676/・What Should Education Look Like in the
Post-COVID Era?
・AI in Education, Education Through AI, and Education for AI・The Use of AI in Education as Seen Through
EdTech Unicorns,
and the Future of StudySapuri

●Appointment of New Board Members

2. Announcements from the Secretariat ● [
Now Accepting Applications] Online Seminar Featuring Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
: “The Future of Cultural Experiences: Will ‘Learning’
Change Through Art Appreciation That Transcends Time and Space!?—The Possibilities and Challenges Brought by Cutting-Edge VR Technology”
● New Member Sign-ups

3 Learning of Tomorrow CHANNEL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw
● Online Symposium Videos Now Available!
・The Fundamental Principles
of
Digital Society That the GIGA School Initiative Must Not Lose Sight Of・Expanding Human Potential Through Touch
—What “Haptics” Can Achieve・Security Challenges and Countermeasures in the Era of the
GIGA School Initiative

Project 4 Activity Report
● Online Symposium Report Now Available!
https://lot.or.jp/feature/2628/・Security Challenges and Countermeasures in the Era of the

GIGA School Initiative・The Future and Prospects of VR for Realizing “Learning of Tomorrow”・
~Co-hosted by the U.S. Embassy and the Learning of Tomorrow Association~ The Current State of Online Education
in the U.S. and Post-COVID Learning

● Working Group
Online Terakoya Vol. 1: Event Report

5. Announcements from Participating Companies and Organizations

6 Recommended Related News Stories

7 Media Appearances

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1. Featured

News ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Announcement
: Online Symposium [What Should Education Look Like in the Post-COVID Era?]

Kenichi Arai, an advisor to Benesse Corporation, gave a lecture on education in the post-COVID
era. In his talk, he
reflected on the vision for education that had been pursued before the pandemic while taking
into account the changes in society and the educational environment brought about by the pandemic, and discussed the future direction of education and the challenges it faces.
https://lot.or.jp/report/4650/

[Education on AI, Education Through AI, Education for AI]

Masashi Sugiyama, who is engaged in research and education as a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School and serves as Director of the
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project,
has
earned high international acclaim primarily in the field of basic research on statistical machine learning and is a leading figure in Japanese AI research.
He will deliver a lecture on “AI Education, Education by
AI, and Education for AI.” https://lot.or.jp/report/4672/

[How EdTech Unicorns Are Utilizing AI in Education,
and the Future of StudySapuri]

Tetsuo Yamabe of Recruit Co.
, Ltd.—who, as a data engineer, has been involved in
developing the data analysis infrastructure for StudySapuri and has been leading efforts to utilize data from various angles to
enhance learning—
introduces examples of educational AI from around the world. He organizes these use cases and explains, using StudySapuri as a case study, how we should consider utilizing
AI in the future.
https://lot.or.jp/report/4813/

■ Appointment of New Board Members: New board members were appointed
at the 2021 Annual General Meeting held on June 14.

Satoshi Uchiyama, Director

and Product Manager, Marketing Department, Digital Arts, Inc.

Tsuyoshi Kano, Director
; Head of the Public Sector Division, Risk Advisory Business
Unit, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC

Shuichi Mori, Director,
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC,
Public Sector Division Leader, Executive Officer/Partner

Click here for a list of board members and members:
https://lot.or.jp/about/structure/

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2. Announcement from the Secretariat
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■ [Now Accepting Applications] Online Seminar Featuring Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
: “The Future of Cultural Experiences: Will ‘Learning’
Change Through Transcendent Experiences?—The Possibilities and Challenges of Cutting-Edge VR Technology”

As part of the events accompanying the currently running “BnF × DNP Museum Lab 2nd Exhibition: Cultural Experiences of the Future
,” Chairwoman Nanako Ishido will speak at an online seminar
discussing cultural experiences utilizing
cutting-edge VR technology, as well as the potential and challenges of its application in the fields of culture and education.
https://lot.or.jp/report/4660/

■ New Member Sign-Up
[General Member]
Mouse Computer Co., Ltd.
https://www.mouse-jp.co.jp/

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3. Learning of Tomorrow Channel
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■ Online Symposium Videos Now Available!
・The Fundamental Principles of a
Digital Society That the GIGA School Initiative Must Not Lose Sight Of
https://youtu.be/y3EM0_S_8BY
・Expanding Human Potential Through Haptics: What
"Haptics" Can Achievehttps://youtu.be/S8gqEpav81E・Security Challenges and Countermeasures in the
GIGA School Initiative Era
https://youtu.be/gyDJhQVT0EY

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4. Project Activity Report
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■ Online Symposium Report Now Available!
[Security Challenges and Countermeasures in the Era of the GIGA School Initiative]

Satoshi Uchiyama, Product Manager in the Marketing Department at Digital Arts
, Inc., gave a presentation on the current status and challenges of security
measures under the GIGA School Initiative, while Tetsuhiko Imada from the Sales Department introduced the features of the company’s filtering
software, “i-FILTER.”First
Half:
https://lot.or.jp/project/4608/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/4632/

[The Future and Prospects of VR in Realizing “Learning of Tomorrow”]

Dr. Masahiko
Inami, Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo and Doctor of Engineering, presented case studies and research on the use of VR technology and wearable devices
in educational settings.
Part 1:
https://lot.or.jp/project/4681/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/4698/

~Co-hosted by the U.S. Embassy and Learning of Tomorrow~
[The Current State of Online Education in the U.S. and Learning in the Post-COVID Era]

Dr. Darcy W. Hardy, Associate
Vice President for Academic Affairs at Blackboard Inc.’s North American Higher Education (NAHE) division, discussed key points and important considerations
for implementing online education, as well as the current state of
online education in the United States.
Part 1:
https://lot.or.jp/project/4721/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/4734/

~Co-hosted by Keidanren and Learning of Tomorrow~
[Keidanren’s Roadmap for Digital Transformation in Education]

　Ms
. Rieko Komiyama, Director of the Education AI Research Institute at Recruit StudySapuri Co., Ltd. and
Chair of the Keidanren Innovation Committee’s EdTech Strategy Study Group, gave a
presentation on the Study Group’s recommendations.
Part 1:
https://lot.or.jp/project/4785/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/4802/

■ Working Group
Online Terakoya Vol. 1: Event Report

The event consisted of two parts: first, guest entrepreneurs shared their journeys to founding their current companies and discussed their
business activities; followed by a startup consultation corner where attendees
could speak with them one-on-one.

The guest entrepreneur for the first session was Mr. Kosuke Furuoi of POTETO media, whose
work is guided by the motto “Making politics easy to understand.” https://lot.or.jp/project/4712/

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5. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
■ [Call for Participants] May Online Seminar on Education Hosted
by Digital Arts

We are currently
hosting seminars designed to deepen your understanding of the safe and secure use of ICT and filtering
under the GIGA School Initiative—covering everything from an explanation of challenges faced in school settings to the configuration and operation of
filtering as part of countermeasures. We are also accepting requests at any time for customized outreach and awareness activities (information
literacy classes).

・GIGA School-Related Seminar
[Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 3:00 PM–3:40 PM]
Safe and Secure Use of ICT and
Filtering in the GIGA School Initiative [Practical Guide] For
more details, click here:https://mktg.daj.jp/public/seminar/view/3861
・Information Literacy Classes <For Students
, Parents, and Faculty> (Individual Registration)
For more details, click here: https://www.daj.jp/csr/enlightenment/
*Currently available online as well.
(Digital Arts Co., Ltd.)

■ [Webinar] Thursday, June 17, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
. The Quality
of Educational Content in the GIGA School Era: Introducing a Test Site Utilizing a Closed School

As “ICT integration in education” advances,
improving the “quality of educational content and learning environments” is essential. To address this, our company has repurposed a closed elementary school in
Fukushima Prefecture to
create a “School Test Field”—a facility where the quality of educational ICT
services can be evaluated in a real-world school setting.In this webinar, we will introduce the facility, discuss key points for quality assurance of educational ICT services
in the GIGA School era,
and highlight new initiatives unique to this facility.
[Registration] https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t4MHHVXVT0a2Y3yg4Qjjtg
(Webledge Co., Ltd.)

■ [Exhibition Information] Exhibiting at the 4th EDIX Kansai Comprehensive Education Exhibition (June 23–25)

We’ll introduce the perfect
device for every environment,
including educational ICT and learning devices for “elementary and middle schools,”
learning devices for “high schools,” high-performance PCs for “smart vocational high schools,” and creator PCs
for “universities and vocational schools.” https://edixk2021.tems-system.com/eguide/jp/details?id=136
(Mouse Computer Co., Ltd.)

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6. Recommended Related News
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News on "Learning of Tomorrow" from Japan and Around the World
http://lot.or.jp/relation/

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7. Media
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■ Online Symposium – May 23: Zen-Shigaku
Shimbun
, “Learning of Tomorrow Holds Symposium on GIGA School Initiative, etc.”
https://lot.or.jp/media/4670/

・May 25: Naigai Kyoiku
, “Implementing ICT in Schools in Accordance with the Digital Basic Act”
https://lot.or.jp/media/4669/

■ Nanako Ishido, Chairperson
—May 15, Toyo Keizai Online
: “The Deep Reason Behind ‘Programming Education’ for Preschoolers: The Benefits of Exposing Children to
Modern Foundational Knowledge from an Early Age”
https://lot.or.jp/media/4667/

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

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Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter Vol. 034
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow Association
(General Incorporated Association) Date of Publication: June 15
, 2021 Publisher in Charge: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Yuko
Akamatsu ＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝