Digital Textbooks [Call for Participants] Let’s Brainstorm the Textbooks of the Future Together! We will be holding a symposium titled “Let’s All Think About the Textbooks of the Future!”
http://ditt.jp/news/?id=2108
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Toshiaki Endo, Member of the House of Representatives and Chair of the “Parliamentary League for Promoting the Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education,” as a participant. We hope to engage in an in-depth discussion on the current status of efforts to standardize digital textbooks, as well as issues such as costs and copyright.
We look forward to your participation.
■Date and Time: Monday, May 25, 2015, 1:30 PM–3:00 PM (Registration begins at 1:00 PM)
■Venue: G-SEC, 6th Floor, East Building, Keio University Mita Campus
http://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/access/mita.html
Panel Discussion (Tentative) *Titles omitted:
Toshiaki Endo, Member of the House of Representatives
Toru Kawase, General Manager, First Sales Department, ICT Business Division, Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.
Naoto Kikuchi, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
Koichi Kurokawa, Director and Head of the Editorial Division, Mitsumura Tosho Publishing Co., Ltd.
Ichiya Nakamura, Executive Director of DiTT, Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
Nanako Ishido, Director of DiTT, Chairperson of the Board, NPO CANVAS
* We are expecting a video message from Mr. Tsuyoshi Natsuno (Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Policy and Media Studies, Keio University).
■ Registration
Please register here.
http://u111u.info/jTj2
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.”
