FY2019

Business Overview
Outline of the event

Inquiries

Business Overview

Since 1995, the University Consortium Kyoto has been holding an FD Forum every year with the themes of (1) disseminating FD activities, (2) providing practical and research reports on university education and class improvement, and providing a place for personal exchange, with the aim of raising awareness of FD among university faculty and staff and contributing to the improvement of university education. This is a large-scale FD event attended by many university faculty members and educators from all over the country.

Outline of the event

The 25th FD Forum

20th February 2020 15:30
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020 and Sunday, March 1, 2020.
We have decided to cancel the 25th FD Forum.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Overall Themes

Thinking about the role of a proactive university

Date & Time

Saturday, February 29, 2020 and Sunday, March 1, 2020

Venue

Ryukoku University Fukakusa Campus (Fushimi-ku, Kyoto) Access

Organizer

University Consortium Kyoto

Sponsors

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City

The 25th FD Forum leaflet can be downloaded here

schedule

	Time	: Venue	:
February 29 (Sat)	12:00	Reception starts Building	No. 3
	13:00~17:00Symposium		No. 3
	17:30~19:00Information	Exchange Meeting	Building No. 22 Basement Cafeteria
March 1 (Sun)	9:00	Reception starts	Wagaikan
	10:00~12:00	Breakout Session (Morning Session)
	12：00~13：30	break Poster Session Core Time
	13:30~15:30	Breakout Session (Afternoon Session)

symposium

For more information about the symposium, please visit.
You can see it from here *Participation in one of the symposiums will be

Symposium 1	Now, we are thinking about “university reform” anew Capacity: 470 students (Priority quota for member schools: 250 students)
The purpose of the FD Forum is basically to provide and share meaningful information on the promotion of FD at each university. On the other hand, there are many FD personnel at each university who feel that “there are few participants” or “there is no understanding within the university” when conducting FD training on campus in the first place, and in some cases, the person in charge himself may think that he or she is “doing his or her duties as an obligation because he or she is told to do so from above,” or may have doubts about the state or the central education council that promotes FD and so-called “university reform.” In this symposium, we will pause and think about the current situation surrounding universities and the trends and significance of so-called “university reforms” such as FD. In a forum such as the FD Forum, it may be difficult to discuss the doubts and discomforts with the FD and university reform in the first place, but I believe that confronting such thoughts is also an important significance of the FD Forum. Symposist Hiroaki Ozawa, Vice President, Chiba University / Professor, College of International Liberal Studies Takeshi Yamada, Associate Professor, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, Kyoto University Koichi Watanabe, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Osaka University of Economics and Law Ryo Ishida, President, Kyoto Seika University Coordinator : Sohei Yamada, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto Seika University
Symposium 2	SDGs and Universities – How is it possible to simultaneously solve social issues through higher education? Capacity: 250 students (Priority capacity for member schools: 180 students)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set forth in the outcome document adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September 2015. It requires Member States to work towards achieving 17 goals and 169 targets by 2030, including environment, poverty, conflict, education, and food. Based on a basic understanding of how higher education can contribute to the SDGs, we will search for clues to the challenge of opening up the future based on practical examples related to the achievement of the SDGs without referring to the SDGs and the expectations placed on by society. Keynote Speaker : Masahisa Sato, Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Studies, Tokyo City University Speaker: Mr. Katsutaka Shiraishi, Vice President for SDGs, Ryukoku University, Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies Mr. Shohei Kotsuji, General Manager, Compliance Promotion Division, Saraya Co., Ltd. Commentator : Mr. Eisuke Kumano, Representative Director, Amita Holdings Co., Ltd. Coordinator : Mr. Hironori Yamaguchi, Associate Professor, Institute for the Promotion of Common Education, Ritsumeikan University

Symposium 1

Now, we are thinking about “university reform” anew
Capacity: 470 students (Priority quota for member schools: 250 students)

The purpose of the FD Forum is basically to provide and share meaningful information on the promotion of FD at each university. On the other hand, there are many FD personnel at each university who feel that “there are few participants” or “there is no understanding within the university” when conducting FD training on campus in the first place, and in some cases, the person in charge himself may think that he or she is “doing his or her duties as an obligation because he or she is told to do so from above,” or may have doubts about the state or the central education council that promotes FD and so-called “university reform.” In this symposium, we will pause and think about the current situation surrounding universities and the trends and significance of so-called “university reforms” such as FD. In a forum such as the FD Forum, it may be difficult to discuss the doubts and discomforts with the FD and university reform in the first place, but I believe that confronting such thoughts is also an important significance of the FD Forum.

Symposist Hiroaki Ozawa, Vice President, Chiba University / Professor, College of International Liberal Studies
Takeshi Yamada, Associate Professor, Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, Kyoto University
Koichi Watanabe, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Osaka University of Economics and Law
Ryo Ishida, President, Kyoto Seika University

Coordinator : Sohei Yamada, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto Seika University

Symposium 2

SDGs and Universities
– How is it possible to simultaneously solve social issues through higher education?
Capacity: 250 students (Priority capacity for member schools: 180 students)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set forth in the outcome document adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in September 2015. It requires Member States to work towards achieving 17 goals and 169 targets by 2030, including environment, poverty, conflict, education, and food. Based on a basic understanding of how higher education can contribute to the SDGs, we will search for clues to the challenge of opening up the future based on practical examples related to the achievement of the SDGs without referring to the SDGs and the expectations placed on by society.

Keynote Speaker : Masahisa Sato, Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Studies, Tokyo City University

Speaker: Mr. Katsutaka Shiraishi, Vice President for SDGs, Ryukoku University, Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies
Mr. Shohei Kotsuji, General Manager, Compliance Promotion Division, Saraya Co., Ltd.

Commentator : Mr. Eisuke Kumano, Representative Director, Amita Holdings Co., Ltd.

Coordinator : Mr. Hironori Yamaguchi, Associate Professor, Institute for the Promotion of Common Education, Ritsumeikan University

Breakout Sessions

Details of the subcommittees (bulk version) can be viewed here
You can also see the details of each breakout group in the table below
* You will participate in one of the subcommittees.

University

Breakout Session Themes
Subcommittee 1:	Thinking about first-year education
Subcommittee 2:	Examples of the use of robots and ICT at universities
Session 3:	Is Active Learning Necessary for Universities?
Session 4:	SDGs and University Education: Practice
Session 5:	“Multicultural Conviviality” Education at Universities in Local Communities
Session 6:	Education for Creating a Society in the 21st Century from the Perspective of Women’s Empowerment
Session 7	First Flipped Classroom Design Workshop
Subcommittee 8:	Lesson Improvement Workshop Starting from Problem Awareness
Subcommittee 9:	“University Reform” from the Perspective of Young Researchers
Session 10:	Facing the Motivation Crisis
Subcommittee 11:	Fostering Professionals to Support Children and Families to Address Contemporary Social Issues
Session 12	STEAM Education in the VUCA Era – Logic and ethics of designing a place of learning that co-creates value

Poster Session

This is an announcement of applications by the member universities of the University Consortium Kyoto.
Poster display time: 11:00~14:30
Poster Session Core Time: 12:00~13:30
* In core time, the presenter will answer questions from the participants in front of the poster.

Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto FD Project
TEL 075-353-9163　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Reception hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)