＼＼＼Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter No. 020／／／


INDEX
1
Featured News
: Announcement of the Launch of the “Learning of Tomorrow Channel” —
All Classes Online: Statement on the Promotion of Online Education —
2
Columns & Interviews
: Online Classes — Malaysia
/ U.S. (Part 1)
 
3. Announcements
from the Secretariat: Workshop Collection Online Event Report;
Digital Ehon Award 2019 Results Announced
4
. Project Activity Reports
　Use of
Copyrighted Works in Online Classes 　~ Report
from the Copyright Working Group 5
. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations 6
. Recommended Related News
7
. Media


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1. Featured
News
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■ Announcement: Launch of the “Learning of Tomorrow Channel”

　The “Learning of Tomorrow Channel” features interviews with prominent figures active
in various fields. The first installment features Representative Toshiaki Endo, the first Minister in Charge of the Tokyo Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
　Future episodes are scheduled
to be released once a week on Wednesdays. https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1756/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw ■


All Classes Online
　 -Statement on Promoting Online Education-
The General
Incorporated Association Learning of Tomorrow announced on March 24 a proposal strongly advocating for online education
to ensure uninterrupted educational opportunities even in
the event of infectious diseases with the potential for
rapid nationwide spread, large-scale earthquakes, or other emergencies.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1691/
On April 7, measures regarding distance learning were included in the emergency economic stimulus package.
　https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/nakamura-ichiya/20200408-00172105/
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2. Columns & Interviews
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■ Online Classes 1 – Malaysia
　UNESCO
announced
that, due to the novel coronavirus, more than 1.5 billion
children worldwide are unable to attend school (as of April 6). How
are other countries responding to this situation?
Here is the first installment of interviews featuring interesting examples from overseas.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/column/1711/
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Online Classes 2 – United States (Part 1)
　An interview with
a brother and sister—a first-year middle school student and a fourth-grade elementary student—who attend local public schools in Westchester County
, a suburb of New
York State.The neighboring town was the first location in New York where a
COVID-19 cluster emerged.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/column/1719/　 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━



3. Announcements
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Workshop Collection Online Event Report
　“Workshop Collection,” one of the world’s largest creativity and
self-expression events for children, sponsored by Learning
of Tomorrow, was held online on
March 21.　 　
http://wsc.or.jp/2020/online/
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Digital Ehon Award 2019 Results Announcement
　The Digital
Ehon Award 2019 awards ceremony was held online
on March 21.During the livestream, freelance announcer Kyoko Uchida and
Nanako Ishido of the International Digital Ehon Fair Executive Committee announced the
awards. The winners and finalists were selected from
273 entries submitted by 34 countries—the highest number of participating countries to date.　 　
[Live Stream] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ4w_NMFqYc
[Results Announcement] http://www.digitalehonaward.net/news/2020/03/20/4654/
   

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4. Project Activity Report
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■
Use
of Copyrighted Works in Online Classes — Report
from the Copyright Working Group 　As schools nationwide have been forced to
conduct remote classes due to the COVID-19
pandemic, and in response to a request for emergency measures from the Agency for Cultural Affairs,
　SARTRAS (General Incorporated Association for the Management of Compensation for Public
Transmissions for Educational Purposes), the designated management organization, announced that it had decided to apply to the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for approval to provide compensation “free of charge”
—as
a special exception limited to fiscal year 2020—for the implementation of the “Compensation System for Public Transmissions for Educational Purposes.”
　The application for approval is expected to be submitted as early as mid-April.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/project/1641/
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5. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
■
Announcement
Regarding the Special Website for Online Programming Content 　As the postponement and cancellation of various
events continue,
　we aim to provide digital content that combines
the “fun” unique to computer entertainment 　“learning,” and with the aim of helping to invigorate society by enabling children to make
new discoveries and gain insights regardless of the current
　changes in the environment, we have prepared “content that allows children to learn programming in a fun way through game creation
.”
　(Computer Entertainment Association)
　https://www.cesa.or.jp/learning-contents/index.html
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Free
one-year provision of “Cloud Campus” to universities andjunior colleges nationwide that are facing difficulties in
conducting classes in person due to the COVID-19
pandemic, “Cloud Campus” will be provided
free of charge for one year. For universities and junior colleges nationwide that are facing difficulties in conducting classroom-based instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
integrated online education
platform “Cloud Campus,” equipped with all the functions necessary for managing classes, will be provided free of charge through the end of March 2021.
　(Cyber University)
　https://www.cyber-u.ac.jp/information/y200331.html
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Cisco and the National Institute of Informatics Support
Distance Learning at Universities,
Junior Colleges, and National Colleges of Technology Nationwide Cisco Systems G.K
. is supporting universities, junior colleges, and national colleges of technology nationwide in their distance learning efforts through the National Institute of Informatics (NII), a joint research organization under the Information and
　Research Organization (NIIS),
is offering a Special Support
Program for Higher Education Institutions that allows universities, junior colleges, and technical colleges nationwide to use Cisco’s web conferencing system, Cisco Webex
, free of charge for 180 days as a platform for
remote classes.Applications will be accepted starting April 6.
　https://www.nii.ac.jp/news/release/2020/0401.html
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6. Recommended Related News
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News
on digital education and teaching materials
from Japan and abroad. Introduction
to news on programming education. http://lot.or.jp/relation/
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7. Media
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•
“All Classes Online
– Statement on Promoting Online Education”
ICT Education News and many
others https://lot.or.jp/news/
 

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Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter Vol. 020
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow Association (General Incorporated Association) Publication
Date: April 15, 2020
Publisher: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Yuko Akamatsu

URL: http://lot.or.jp/

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