◆◇ Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council News ◇◆ Vol. 041

The weather has been unstable lately.
Once the rainy season ends, summer will finally be here. Will we have another scorching summer this year?

The symposium held last month drew a great deal of interest from many people, and
it concluded as a resounding success.
Thank you for your participation.

In this issue, along with a report on DiTT’s activities,
we bring you the latest information on digital textbooks and educational materials.

Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council Secretariat

Table of Contents ——————————————————
・Topics
・Activity Reports (Study Sessions/Steering Committee)
・Member Information
・Media
・Information on Digital Textbooks and Educational Materials
———————————————————–

◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
　　　　 Topics
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆
■DiTT’s Eight Strategies for Educational Informatization

At the symposium held on June 17,
DiTT announced its 2013 recommendations, titled
“Eight Strategies for Educational Informatization.”
http://ditt.jp/news/?id=1960

We are establishing 100 regional hubs nationwide to promote the use of ICT in education,
and we are selecting 100 teachers engaged in pioneering initiatives in the field of ICT education
as “Leading Teachers.”
As of the end of June, 50 teachers have been certified.

◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
　　　　 Activity Report
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆

≪Study Session≫
We held the 35th study session on Wednesday, June 19.

Guest Presentation

■ Director, AZ Holdings Co., Ltd.
　 Director, Concent Co., Ltd. Tetsuro Uehara
　　“Exploring the Future of Digital Textbooks”
　　　~ Current Challenges and Future Requirements Revealed Through UXD (User Experience Design) Analysis ~
　　　　　　　　　
■ Mr. Tsuneaki Hasekura, Representative Director, Elephant Cube Co., Ltd.
　 　　　　　　　　　　　　Director: Manabu Miura
　　“AQUA: Digital Educational Materials That Move When You Touch Them”
　　　　　　　　　　　　～What Only Digital Technology Can Achieve～

*You can view the study session report at the URL below. (To be posted soon)
http://ditt.jp/report/

=======================================
≪Steering Committee≫

　The 12th subcommittee meeting was held on June 19.
This time, we were honored to have a presentation by Mr. Jiyu Yoshida, Director of Digital Knowledge Co., Ltd., a long-standing leader in e-learning.
　From among the many e-learning systems Digital Knowledge has developed,
he introduced several case studies tailored for schools and cram schools.
For example, he highlighted a higher education institution that implemented
a smartphone-based clicker system. This is an excellent example of how
classes transformed into lively, interactive sessions that actively engage students.
I felt this approach would also be effective in elementary and secondary education classes that utilize tablet PCs.
　He also spoke about trends in e-learning.
Video-based education, such as MOOCs, has become increasingly widespread recently, and he predicted that video-centric
e-learning will become the norm in the future.
The presentation was also rich in practical know-how and insightful suggestions, making it extremely informative.
　As one-to-one PC environments become more widespread in elementary and middle schools, the use of PCs for individualized learning will increase. It is likely that e-learning systems will become necessary at that time.
　Attention should be paid not only to digital educational content but also to the systems used to create, manage, and operate it.
=======================================
=======================================
◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
　　　　Member Information
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆

Introducing three new corporate members.

<Executive Members>
・Sharp Corporation

<General Members>
・IMAGICA Co., Ltd.
http://www.imagica.com
・Yamaha Corporation
http://jp.yamaha.com/

As of Monday, July 1, 2013, there are 103 member companies participating.
Please visit the page below for more details!
http://ditt.jp/about/member.html

◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
　　Media Coverage
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆

■Japan Printing News
Debate on Digital Textbooks: Personal Information Protection Takes Center Stage
http://ditt.jp/office/nichiin_20130624.pdf

Media coverage is updated regularly on the page below.
http://ditt.jp/media/

◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
　Information on Digital Textbooks and Educational Materials
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆

June 2, 2013
Report on a Third-Grade Elementary and First-Grade Middle School Student Trial: How Engaging Are “Video-Based Correspondence Course Materials”?
http://president.jp/articles/-/9553

June 3, 2013
[Educational Use of Tablet Devices] Rather than asking “Why introduce them?”
I’d like to ask, “What are the reasons not to introduce them?”
http://www.kknews.co.jp/maruti/news/2013/0603_3a1.html

June 7, 2013
Kawasaki City and Intel Partner to Improve Teachers’ Instructional Skills Through ICT, Among Other Initiatives
http://resemom.jp/article/2013/06/07/13853.html

June 10, 2013
• Digital Natives Prefer E-Books Over Paper Books (WIRED.jp)
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20130610/483463/

June 15, 2013
・Distance Learning “Evolves” with Tablet Devices… High School in Ogoe
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/ibaraki/news/20130615-OYT8T00045.htm

June 18, 2013
・[DiTT] “Eight Strategies for Educational Digitalization”: Selection of Promotion Hub Regions and “Super Digital” Teachers
http://resemom.jp/article/2013/06/18/13987.html
http://pc.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/news/20130618/1094850/

=======================================
　.:*:.:♪*:. DiTT is Currently Recruiting Members *:.:♪*:.*:.
=======================================

The Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council is currently recruiting members.
Executive members and general members can participate in study sessions and
committee meetings organized by DiTT.

In addition, we provide information on digital textbooks and educational materials, and
for members to exchange information.
Please visit the page below for more details!
URL: http://ditt.jp/join

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
◆◇ DiTT NEWS ◇◆ vol. 0041
Publisher: Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council
Publication Date: July 1, 2013
Editor-in-Chief: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Asaka Uchiyama
URL: http://ditt.jp/
e-mail: ditt@ditt.jp
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━