＼＼＼Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter No. 030／／／

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Top News
Story ● Now Accepting Registrations for Online Symposium!
https://lot.or.jp/feature/2676/ · Wednesday,
February 24 [
Clark International Explores School Development That Empowers Students to Pursue Their Passions:
“If You Love It, You’ll Be Good at It 2.0”]

●New
Members●New Executive Committee Members

● Top 10 Digital News Stories of 2020: Voting Results Announced!
https://lot.or.jp/report/3973/

● Now on sale!
“The Cutting Edge of Online Education in Japan: Rethinking Learning in the Post-COVID Era”
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4750350915/

2 Learning of Tomorrow CHANNEL
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw
● Online Symposium Videos Updated!
・Essential for Recruiting International Talent: Digitizing
Academic Credentials; Virtual School Trips Combining VR and Real-World Experiences—JTB’s Initiatives
; Co-hosted by Keidanren and Learning of Tomorrow:
Toward Realizing Learning That Paves the Way for the With/Post-COVID Era

Project 3 Activity Report
● Online Symposium Report Now Available!
https://lot.or.jp/feature/2628/
・~Special Feature~
Promoting the Use of Educational Data to Support Learning in a New Era・Unlocking the Secrets of Online Education with
Multimodal AI

● Working Group Activity Report
: Copyright 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 – Wednesday, February
24 [
Clark International’s Approach to Creating
Schools That Empower Students to Pursue Their Passions: “Passion Leads to Mastery 2.0”]

The event was held
with Masayoshi Tsuchiya, Director of the Akihabara IT Campus at Clark Memorial International High School, as a guest speaker.
Clark Memorial International High School, a pioneer in full-time
correspondence high schools, has introduced "Labster"—a VR-based virtual
science experiment platform developed by Labster, Inc.—
for the first time in Japan and launched an esports course. This article introduces the school’s innovative educational programs.
https://lot.or.jp/report/3899/

■ New Member Registration
: Webレッジ Co., Ltd.
https://webrage.jp/company/

■
Katsumi Emura Appointed as New Secretary-General — President, Information Processing Society of Japan
https://www.ipsj.or.jp/

■ Top 10 Digital News Stories of 2020: Voting Results Announced!
Total Votes: 21,178!
https://lot.or.jp/report/3973/

1: Stamps and Faxes
on the Sidelines as the Digital Agency Is Established 2: “Demon Slayer” Heads Toward All-Time Box Office Record 3
: The Rise of the “Zoom Society”—Will Remote Work Take Root
? 4: The Esports Boom and “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”Global Popularity 5
: The Rise of New Live Entertainment Following the Postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 6
: The Streaming War Continues: Disney+ Launches, Sony Acquires Crunchyroll 7
: Digital Social Divisions
Revealed by the U.S. Presidential Election 8: One PC Per Student Realized; Remote Learning Expands Nationwide 9
: Gundam Stands on Earth: Life-Size Gundam Moves.
10 Tokyo Stock Exchange Down; Trading in All Stocks Suspended for the Entire Day

■ Now on sale! “The Cutting Edge of Online Education in Japan: Rethinking Learning in the
Post-COVID Era”

A book by Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of the Learning of Tomorrow Association (author and editor), has been published.
It compiles
the content of online symposia held by the Learning of Tomorrow Association. The book highlights the lag in Japan’s digital education that became apparent during the COVID-19 school closures and explores what needs to be done now to ensure
children’s learning continues.Through
global trends, initiatives by leading local governments and schools in Japan, and efforts
by the private education sector, this book reports on the rapidly changing
front lines of learning as we approach the full-scale arrival of the AI and data era.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4750350915/

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2. Learning of Tomorrow Channel
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■ Videos from the online symposium are now available!

・The 28th Online Symposium
: “Essential for Recruiting International Talent: The Digitization of Academic Credentials”
Professor Shingo Ashizawa, Toyo University; Koichi Nakazaki, Principal Researcher, Future Engineering Research Institute (
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)
https://youtu.be/jWiWPtjNzOs

・The 29th Online Symposium
: “Virtual School Trips
Combining VR and Real-World Experiences: JTB’s Initiatives”
— Mr. Yuichiro Makino and Mr. Hideaki Oikawa, JTB Education Business Solutions Center
, JTB Corporation
https://youtu.be/LfivkZsFa3Y

・The 30th Online Symposium
: “Toward Realizing Learning That Paves the Way for the With/Post-COVID Era”Mr
. Daisuke Asano, Director of the Service Policy Division (concurrently serving as Director of the Education Industry Office)
, Commerce and Services Group, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry; Mr. Chikara
Iikura, Director of the Information Circulation Promotion Division, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; Mr
. Yuichi Imai, Director of the Information Education and
Foreign Language Education Division Director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Mr. Yuichi Imai Chair, EdTech Strategy Study Group, Innovation Committee, Japan Business Federation (Keidanren
) Director, StudySapuri Education AI Research

Institute, Recruit Marketing Partners Ms. Rieko
Komiyama
https://youtu.be/Og4UQnrAYn8

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3. Project Activity Report
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■ Online Symposium Report
—Special Edition—
[Toward Promoting the Use of Educational Data to Support Learning in a New Era]

In the first half, speakers gave presentations on the current state of educational data utilization, its future prospects, and its relationship with
the My Number Card;
the second half consisted of a question-and-answer session.
<Speakers> Mr
. Takashi Kiryu, Director
, Office for the Promotion of Advanced Technology in Learning, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Mr. Masanori Kusunoki, CTO
, Japan Digital Design Co., Ltd.; Mr. Tsutomu Togasaki
, Superintendent of
the Toda City Board of Education; Professor at the University of
Tokyo Graduate School,Koichi
Hashida, Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School and Researcher at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AI-RI) First Half:

https://lot.or.jp/project/3831/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/3852/

[The Secrets of Online Education, Uncovered by Multimodal AI]

We hosted an online symposium
featuring Mr. Wataru Kamiya of I’mbesideyou, Inc.Mr. Kamiya introduced the service
provided by I’mbesideyou, which uses multimodal AI to analyze
videos of online communication, and shared case studies of its use in the education sector.
Part 1:
https://lot.or.jp/project/3927/後半 https://lot.or.jp/project/3951/

■ Working Group Activity Report
: Copyright Working Group

Held online on January 13. Discussions included a report from the Educational Copyright Forum.
https://lot.or.jp/projectgroup/741/

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4. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

■ [Call for Participants]
February Online Seminar on Education Hosted by Digital Arts

We are hosting a seminar to deepen your understanding of web security in the era of the GIGA School Initiative—
covering everything from an overview to implementation, configuration, and operation. We are also holding our
monthly information literacy classes
for faculty and staff, which have been well-received. We look forward to your participation.

▼Recommended Seminar: Thursday, February 18
, 2021, 3:00 PM – 3:40
PM <It’s Not Too Late to Start!>
Web Security in the Era of the GIGA School Initiative [
Implementation, Configuration, and Operations]
https://mktg.daj.jp/public/seminar/view/3430
(Digital Arts Co., Ltd.)

[Admission: Free] https://lot.or.jp/report/3895/

■ Launch of the “GIGA School Evaluation Package”

Launch of the “GIGA School Evaluation Package.” This service involves setting up classroom environments compliant with the GIGA School Initiative within closed schools to evaluate the use of educational ICT
services and equipment.

Facility tours are also available. (Webレッジ Co., Ltd.)
https://webrage.jp/service/testfield/

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5. 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

・Jan. 19: *Kyōiku Shimbun*
“Emergency Symposium on ‘Misconceptions’ Regarding the Use of National Education Data”
https://www.kyobun.co.jp/news/20210119_02/

・Jan. 22: Naigai Education
, “Explaining the Effects and Significance of VR School Trips”
https://lot.or.jp/media/3883/

・Feb. 2: Vision for
"Goal" in Domestic and International Education Is Inadequate
https://lot.or.jp/media/3986/

■ Interview
with Chairwoman Nanako Ishido, January
25, *Japan Education News*: “Building People, Building the Nation” [Issue No. 781]
https://lot.or.jp/media/3829/

・Jan. 29, BUSINESS INSIDER, interview article
: “One Year Since the Nationwide Temporary School Closures: What Was Happening on the Ground at the Time?”
https://lot.or.jp/media/3878/

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

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, Vol. 030
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow Association (General Incorporated Association)
Date of Publication: February 15
, 2021 Publisher: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Yuko
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