We are pleased to announce that a book on active learning at the University of Tokyo will be published on March 24.
It is entitled “Active Learning and Teaching at the University of Tokyo.” For more details, please click the link below.
The book includes the case study of “Teaching Development in Higher Education” (The University of Tokyo Future Faculty Program) in Chapter 7.
Active Learning and Teaching at the University of Tokyo – University of Tokyo Press (utp.or.jp)
The 16th Certificate Award Ceremony of “The University of Tokyo Future Faculty Program (UTokyo FFP)” was held on Zoom on Friday, March 5th, 2021.
Thirty-nine participants completed the 16th program, and each of them received a certificate. They had a congratulatory address from Prof. Takumi Moriyama, Director of the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo.
Alumni also appeared as guest speakers and explained their various activities after completion of the program and their alumni network.
UTokyo FFP has produced a total of 753 people who completed the program coming from every graduate school at The University of Tokyo.
The next program (the 17th UTokyo FFP) is scheduled to start in April 2021. Please click the link below for the application.
A book written by Associate Professor Kayoko Kurita is introduced on the website “UTokyo BiblioPlaza,” where faculty at the University of Tokyo talk about their own books.
Please click the link below.
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.
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
(Extracted from “Hyakkiyakozu” in the collection of General Library, The University of Tokyo)
There are academic archives (including images) provided by the University of Tokyo that you can use for your teaching/presentation online.
Search and use items by following the procedure below.
It is a specific instruction for instructors who would like to insert images in their course materials (e.g., slides).
1. UTokyo Academic Archives Portal
(1) Archives that you can use without permission
You can search images by the terms of use on the website of “UTokyo Academic Archives Portal.”
Look at the search result page. Check the box “Free Re-use” out of the “Rights” option shown on the right bar, and you can narrow down the results to show the images you can use without permission.
https://da.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/portal/en
The website offers numerous images without permission and regardless of the purpose of usage, so you can use them when you deliver online courses or create assignments.
(For more details, please refer to the “Rights” section of each item.)
(2) How to download/save/use images
① Click “Free Re-use” items on the website of UTokyo Academic Archives Portal.
*Items that are labeled “Free Re-Use.”
https://da.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/portal/search?facet%5B0%5D=rights_facet%3A29
② Select an image. (Example: “Taiwancho”)
③ Click the icon in the lower left of the screen (“Download”).
Choose the size and download the image.
④ Right-click the image and click “Save image as…”
⑤ Save the image in a folder as you like.
⑥ Use the image in your course or any other place.
⑦ You are encouraged to inform the department (i.e., the provider of the image) of how you used the image.
Please make sure to carefully read the terms of use and indicate the department that holds the original materials of the image or inform the department of how you used the image as necessary.
2. How to use UTokyo Academic Archives Collection
(1) UTokyo Academic Archives Collection
The University of Tokyo has worked on archiving and publishing its collection of various items online.
Please visit the website of UTokyo Academic Archives Collection.
UTokyo Academic Archives Collection (u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Some of the collections can be searched on the website of “UTokyo Academic Archives Portal” as described in Section 1.
Please make use of the items when preparing for delivering classes of presentations.
(2) How to download/save/use images (Example: “Hyakkiyakozu” in the collection of General Library, The University of Tokyo)
Please also refer to the PDF file “How to save/use images” (in Japanese).
① Choose a website from the Collection. (Example: “Hyakkiyakozu”)
https://iiif.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/repo/s/hyakki/page/home
② Click the picture, and the whole image will appear.
③ Choose the part of the image you would like to use.
④ Click “Download” in the lower left of the screen.
⑤ Choose the size and range.
If you are satisfied with the selected part of the image, choose “Current view” and download it.
If you would like to download the whole image, choose “Whole image” (in small size).
The third option is to download the whole image (with a high resolution), so choose it as necessary.
(The following image shows “Current view” (i.e., only the selected part of the image).)
⑥ Right-click the image.
⑦ Click “Save image as…” and save the image in a folder as you like.
⑧ You are encouraged to inform the department (i.e., the provider of the image) of how you used the image.
Please make sure to carefully read the terms of use and indicate the department that holds the original materials of the image or inform the department of how you used the image as necessary.
(As for the collection of General Library, The University of Tokyo, it has “Form for Use of Digital Contents.”
https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/general/digi-contents ）
If you have any questions, please make inquiries to the department that holds the original materials of the images.
[Note]
The revised Copyright Act (enacted in the spring of 2020) now allows transmitting materials in live courses online and on-demand courses.
However, it does not mean that you can use any materials without any conditions except for the works that the copyright owners allow their use. The following are against the Copyright Act: usage that unreasonably prejudices the interests of the copyright owner and publishing the work on a website that anyone can access. Please take extra precautions.
https://www.bunka.go.jp/koho_hodo_oshirase/hodohappyo/pdf/2020042401_04.pdf
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.
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.
Global Faculty Development Program (GFD) will host a workshop on Wednesday, November 18th.
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, 18th November, Wednesday.
The lecturer will be Dr. Dina Newman, Associate Professor and Co-Director of The Molecular Biology Education Research group at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Details about the workshop are listed below:
Date: 18th Nov. Wednesday, 2020 9:00-10:45 *JST
Place: Zoom Meeting style
Registration: Encouraged with the link below
https://forms.gle/BX3CvNJVNvK7ZV5M8
Eligibility: All faculty, staff and students welcome!
Language: English and Japanese
* Simultaneous translation will be available.
Admission: Free
Inquiries: GFD committee e-mail: gfd-tokyo@adm.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Workshop description
Dr. Newman is an associate professor and co-director of the Molecular Biology Education Research (MBER) group at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
About 10 years ago, she shifted her research entirely from traditional laboratory science to biology education research. In the first part of this workshop, Dr. Newman will describe her background, why she chose to change her scholarship, and then how she approached the change in her research. In the second part of the workshop, she will describe her recent research using visual representations in molecular biology.
Tentative schedule
9-9:05am: Introduction
9:05-9:45: First session
(Dina will describe her professional trajectory and how she switched from biology research to pedagogical research in biology.)
9:45-9:55: Q&A
9:55-10:00: Breaktime
9:55-10:35: Second session
(Dina will discuss her recent research in molecular biology and, in particular, teaching genetics to undergraduate students.)
10:35-10:45: Q&A
