On March 2020, 3, Net Learning, an education and training service, will start "Introduction to Jomon Archeology" by Associate Professor Hiroshi Negishi of the Akita International University Asian Regional Research Cooperation Organization as a course of JMOOC (Japan Open Online Promotion Council). ..This is the first online course in Japan to issue electronic qualifications and certificates of completion to graduates.
According to Net Learning, the lectures are "Thinking about Prehistoric Japan", "Diversity and Transformation in the Jomon Period", "Introduction to the Jomon Sites in Hokkaido and Northeastern Hokkaido", and "To Realize the World Heritage Registration of Jomon". There are a total of 4 times each week, and although Japanese subtitles are added, all are done in English.There is no tuition fee and you can take the course until April 4th.
There is a multiple-choice confirmation test every week, and a final multiple-choice test is scheduled for the final week.If you take all the courses, send the answers to all the tests, and get a total of 60 points or more, you will be given an electronic qualification / certificate of completion.
Akita International University announced a comment saying, "There are not many opportunities to study Japanese archeology, especially the study of the Jomon period, in English. If you are interested in taking a lecture, please visit the ruins."
