Looking ahead to the post-corona era, the Japan Association of Private Universities has put together a proposal calling for the promotion of digital utilization in university education.Aiji Tanaka, the president of Waseda University, visited the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and handed the proposal to Koichi Hagiuda, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. We exchanged opinions.
According to private Dalian, while university education will change drastically due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, unexpected pandemics may occur due to the progress of global warming, etc., and new university education will be realized by digital utilization. I said I needed to.
In addition, when studying at a university, important items include online study abroad, support for international students through digital, promotion of recurrent education (* 1) through industry-academia collaboration, and collaboration between universities using digital technology.
Regarding national regulations, he points out that the upper limit of 60 credits that can be earned in distance learning, which is stipulated in the university establishment standards, should be abolished, and that the capacity should be switched from the enrollment capacity to the accommodation capacity.
On the financial side, he emphasized the cost of developing information infrastructure to promote digitization, the training of teachers to work on data science education, and the need to support students suffering from the corona disaster, and emphasized that it is an urgent issue. ..
* 1 Recurrent education An education system that repeats the cycle of employment and education throughout life.
