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Introduction of “Spotlight event” by Global FD held on April 20th

The Global Faculty Development (GFD) Program would like to invite you to a spotlight event with three members of Tokyo College next Tuesday, April 20th, from 5-6:30pm JST.

The theme is ” Collaborative interdisciplinary course design: a case study from Tokyo College”.

This is a great opportunity to get to know Tokyo College and to learn from their experience developing an interdisciplinary seminar for undergraduates.

Please refer to the following page:　Introduction of “Spotlight event” by Global FD held on April 20th

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Launch of the New Website: Center for Research and Development of Higher Education

We are proud to announce that the new website of the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo has been launched. Please click the following link.

Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo (u-tokyo.ac.jp)

The Center for Research and Development of Higher Education “provides courses and resources and supports sharing and deepening practical knowledge to promote online classes for better education” and is engaged in publishing regular courses and various lectures conducted at the University of Tokyo through the use of OpenCourseWare (OCW), UTokyo TV, MOOCs, etc.
The website of the Center shares a variety of information from the standpoint of “contributing to <the evolution of education> at the University of Tokyo and flexibly developing and further fulfilling <future learning> in accordance with the change of times.”

 

*UTokyo FD website (this website) focuses on “teaching at university” and provides opportunities for collecting information and self-study on class design and enhancing skills in teaching at university.
It supports the activities of faculty development (FD) for people engaged in education at the University of Tokyo and pre-FD for graduate students.

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GFD program “Teaching Sustainable Development in Higher Education”

The Global Faculty Development (GFD) Program would like to invite you to our f workshop which will be held on Monday, February 22nd. This event will provide a general introduction to education for sustainable development with specific examples from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Guest speaker will be Dr. Anders Rosén, an associate professor in Naval　Architecture at the KTH Department of Engineering Mechanics.

Details about the workshop are listed below:

Title: Teaching Sustainable Development in Higher Education

Date: Monday, February 22nd from 4-6pm （JST）

*From 6pm onwards, there will be extra time for discussion (for interested participants).

Place: Zoom Meeting style

Registration: Encouraged with the link below         

https://forms.gle/YWKXtsjEa2wttZ3AA

(Link will be sent to all registered participants the day before the workshop)

Contents：We will cover the following:

  • General introduction to sustainable development – why, what, how.
  • Hands-on workshop on the Sustainable Development Goals in UN’s 2030 Agenda.
  • Insights on how KTH Royal Institute of Technology is working to integrate sustainable development into educational programs.
  • Discussion on status and opportunities for integrating sustainable development at the University of Tokyo (and Japanese universities more generally).

Eligibility: All faculty, staff, and students welcome!

Language: English and Japanese

* Simultaneous translation (English to Japanese) will be available.

Admission: Free

Inquiries: GFD committee     (e-mail: global.fd@adm.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp )

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【Event report】Teaching effectively in English (advanced course): Online workshop for faculty members and graduate students

＜About＞ Wednesday, September 16th, 2020, 10:00-17:00 @Zoom meeting room

Professional and Global Educators’ Community (PAGE) organized an online workshop “Teaching effectively in English (advanced course): Online workshop for faculty members and graduate students.” We invited Mr. Masakuni Yoshinaka (Global Professional Development Consultant with ALC Inc) as an instructor. A total of 7 participants consisted of faculty members, graduate students, and researchers at the University of Tokyo. Since it was held online, one of the participants joined the workshop from overseas.

The workshop was intended for people with intermediate–advanced English language skills who already had experience of teaching in English and those who were expecting to teach in English in the near future. In the first half of the workshop, the participants learned about topics such as “How to speak English in an easily understandable way,” “What is the most effective speaking speed?” “What kind of writing style is suitable for speaking?” and “Major/Minor grammatical errors” through speaking practice and discussion.


Following the lunch break was the second half of the session, where each of the participants gave a ten-minute mini-lecture on their research field using PowerPoint slides they had prepared beforehand. They realized their own advantage and disadvantage through receiving thorough feedback from the instructor and exchanging anonymous feedback among themselves.

Here are some of the feedback we received from the participants after the workshop:
“It was a great learning opportunity to explain my research field in English to people coming from diverse fields with no prior knowledge of my field and to receive detailed feedback on what I was not good at. The feedback not only gave me an input but also raised my motivation.”

“It was simply so fun to listen to others’ mini-lectures that I even wanted to take their classes furthermore. I wish I had more time to ask questions and have discussions on the topics. Since the workshop was held online, it’s a shame that we had no chance to chat with others during lunchtime and short breaks. It was a precious opportunity to get to know excellent researchers, so I hope a kind of online community will be established for eager instructors who want to improve their teaching in English, such as virtual luncheon, so that we can keep in touch with each other.”

PAGE will continue to hold workshops on the improvement of academic communication skills in English. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

Click here for a free online program provided by the PAGE project: English Academia.↓
https://utokyo-ea.com

Click here for more details of the PAGE project. ↓
https://dev2.utokyofd.com/page/project.html

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GFD program “Faculty Development & COVID-19: From Emergency Measures to a Deeper Shift in Teaching? Lessons from a European Perspective”

The following is the invitation to a workshop organized by the Global Faculty Development (GFD) Program.

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The Global Faculty Development (GFD) Program would like to invite you to our first workshop of the year. Given everything that has transpired in the educational world, we would like to take this opportunity to discuss the future of faculty development and teaching in a post-COVID world.

Details about the workshop are listed below:

Title: Faculty Development & COVID-19:
From Emergency Measures to a Deeper Shift in Teaching? Lessons from a European Perspective

Date: January 22nd　Friday 2021, from 13-14:45 （JST）

*The lecture portion of this event will last approximately 1 hour, with the

remaining time being devoted to discussion.

Place: Zoom Meeting style

Registration: Encouraged with the link below         

https://forms.gle/91zR5zPxEUGNPs5t5

Eligibility: All faculty, staff and students welcome!

Language: English and Japanese

* Simultaneous translation n (English to Japanese) will be available.

Admission: Free

Inquiries: GFD committee

e-mail: global.fd@adm.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp


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[Call for Applications] Research Associates (Two Posts), Center for Research and Development of Higher Education

Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo invites applications for Research Associates.

The job description of Research Associates at the Center used to state “having a Ph.D.” as a required qualification, but this time those who are expected to receive a Ph.D. can also apply for the posts.

One post is related to open education, and the other is related to faculty development (FD) and supporting online courses.

The terms are both five years and may extend up to two years.

The application deadline is January 8, 2021, at noon.

The fields of open education and FD have always been suffering from a shortage of human resources, and there has been an increasing need for such resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to receiving applications from those who would like to work on new challenges with us. Also, if you could share this information with those who might be interested in these topics, we greatly appreciate your cooperation.

Please click the link below for more details.

Jobs | The University of Tokyo (*in Japanese)

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=Postponed= [External Webinar] U.S. Embassy Webinar “The Current State of Online Education in the U.S. and the Future of MOOC”

=This event is postponed due to the lecturer’s sudden illness.=

U.S. Embassy in Japan invites you to an online seminar “The Current State of Online Education in the U.S. and the Future of MOOC” (*)

1. Date   Thursday, December 3, 2020, 10:00—11:00 am (JST)

2. Lecturer   Julia Stiglitz (Partner at GSV Ventures / Ex-Vice President of Coursera)

3. Moderator   Nanako Ishido (President of Learning of Tomorrow / President of CANVAS)

4. Language   English/Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation available)

5. Fee   Free of charge

6. Co-organized/Cooperated by the U.S. Embassy, Learning of Tomorrow, and CANVAS

7. Application Form　Webinar Registration – Zoom
(Registrants will be informed of log-in information such as the URL of the Zoom meeting.)

☆Contact         TokyoPASCP@state.gov

*What is MOOC?

MOOC is the abbreviation for “Massive Open Online Courses.” It is an online learning platform to enable anyone in the world to receive education on the internet.

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GFD Workshop “Building Critical Capacities Through Environmental Injustice Case Study Research”

Global Faculty Development Program (GFD) will host a workshop on the morning of Monday, December 7th.
For more details, please check the following description.

 

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As part of our Global FD initiative at UTokyo, Global Faculty Development Program (Komaba) will be holding an FD Workshop on 2020, 7th December, Monday.

The lecturer will be Dr. Kim Fortun, Professor in the University of California Irvine’s Department of Anthropology.

Details about the workshop are listed below:

Name of the Workshop: Building Critical Capacities Through Environmental Injustice Case Study Research

with Dr. Kim Fortun (UC Irvine)

Date: 7th Dec. Monday, 2020　10:00－11:45　*JST

Place: Zoom Meeting style
Registration: Encouraged with the link below

https://forms.gle/vwsGYXM84VjgkyHA6

Eligibility: All faculty, staff and students welcome!

Language: English and Japanese

* Simultaneous translation will be available.

Admission: Free

Tentative schedule

10-10:05am: Introduction

10:05-10:45: First session

10:45-10:55: Q&A

10:55-11:00: Breaktime

11:00-11:35: Second session

11:35-11:45: Q&A

Contact information: global.fd@adm.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

 

Workshop description  

Addressing current and accelerating environmental injustice around the world will depend on students we are educating today. Students need to learn about many types of environmental hazards and how to quickly characterize the different contexts and communities impacted by them. They need experience working with different kinds of data and to develop sharp analytical skills．

In this presentation, I’ll share the Environmental Injustice Case Study Framework and how we have mobilized it both in our classrooms and in the communities we study.

Speaker Biography

Kim Fortun is a Professor in the University of California Irvine’s Department of Anthropology.　Her research and teaching focus on environmental risk and disaster, data practices and politics, and experimental ethnographic methods and research design. Her research has examined how people in different geographic and organizational contexts understand environmental problems, uneven distributions of environmental health risks, developments in the environmental health sciences, and factors that contribute to disaster vulnerability.

Currently, she is working on an array of collaborative projects, including the Asthma Files, the Quotidian Anthropocene Project, and the Transnational Disaster STS COVID-19 Project, all supported by the Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography. Fortun co-edits a book series for University of Pennsylvania Press, Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster, designed to connect academic research to public problems and policy, reaching audiences in different regions of the world.

September 2017- 2019, Fortun served as President of the Society for Social Studies of Science, the international scholarly society representing the field of Science and Technology Studies.

 

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“Support via Chat” (Online Class / Web Conference Portal Site: Part 3)

Online Class / Web Conference Portal Site @ the University of Tokyo | utelecon is a one-stop website to help students and faculty/staff members at the University of Tokyo collect information on online classes and web conferences.

Today we would like to introduce “Support via Chat” to you. It replies to various questions such as, “I can’t enter the virtual classroom,” or “I don’t know how to use the system.” Click here for the description of “Support via Chat.”

Access “Online Class / Web Conference Portal Site @ the University of Tokyo | utelecon,” and you will find a window with a Japanese sentence (「チャットサポートで質問できます」) in the lower right corner.

 

 

A chatbot will make an automated response to your questions and put you through to a human operator (student staff called “Common Supporter”) as necessary.

Keep choosing the right item from the options that come up in the menu, and you will hopefully find an answer to your question. In case you cannot find an item that suits your question or trouble, you will be put through to a human operator. (Business Hours (Operator): 8:30 AM–6:35 PM on weekdays (Mon–Fri))

Please feel free to use this service when you have any kind of trouble or questions with online classes and web conferences.

 

Please also read the following when using the service.

[Note]

“Support via Chat” offers services through student staff called “Common Supporter” as necessary, and the number of staff members is limited. Therefore, please note that the service cannot respond to inquiries related to the examination in principle. If you have any questions or concerns related to the examination, please contact your instructor or the department/school that offers the course.

Business Hours of the operators are from 8:30 AM to 6:35 PM on weekdays (Mon–Fri), but please note that some hours may become unavailable according to their work schedule. (Chatbot service is 24 hours available.)

Please note that you may not be put through to an operator, depending on the volume of inquiries. In that case, please email us or try again later.

All the inquiries are recorded.

Please take great care when handling personal information. Specifically, please be sure NOT to input the following into the chatbot system: Common ID, student ID, age, and gender.

If the operator decides that the above personal information is needed to solve your problem, he/she will ask you to make an inquiry by email.