Center for Promotion of Educational Innovation

To assure the quality of education, the IR Section sets clear learning and educational goals as well as systematic curriculums designed to achieve them. We need to assess the learning effect and turn the PDCA (plan, do, check and act) cycle to improve the education quality based on the assessment. To do so, the IR Section is promoting the introduction of rubrics and PBL (project-based learning) into graduation studies, and is developing and expanding an e-portfolio as a means to enable students to learn proactively and reflect their achievements. We also plan and organize workshops on the implementation of educational reforms in association with the faculties and administrative staffs.

When asked why they have chosen a science and engineering university, some students of the Shibaura Institute of Technology mentioned their desire of involving in monozukuri (creating things) and cutting-edge research while others cited more specific goals concerning their future career, such as becoming an architect, designing and developing medical and welfare equipments or working for an automaker. Such replies are an indication that science and engineering education is nothing but career education for students. Against this backdrop, the Career Education Section is helping students reflect on their records of learning with an eye to their future career and implement proactive learning plans.

We provide Faculty Development and Staff Development support for the faculty and administrative staff, as well as the academic organization. Generally speaking, at science and engineering universities, middle-level Faculty Development concerning curriculums and education systems as represented by the JABEE program is relatively well-established. On the other hand, support measures for individual teachers have been insufficient at the Shibaura Institute of Technology as well. Therefore, we are enhancing the micro-level FT programs concerning class improvement support for individual teachers. As for Staff Development support measures, we are working with the faculty and administrative staff to gradually implement such measures, mainly with respect to Staff Development concerning the academic organization. Moreover, as an initiative to promote student participation in Faculty Development and Staff Development, we are fostering SCOT and providing the SCOT program as one of our Faculty Development support programs.

*JABEE: Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education
*SCOT: Students Consulting on Teaching

The College of Engineering has decided to reassess the fundamental subject system and to set up new support subjects starting from April 2017. These support subjects aim to support students to take common mathematics subjects and English subjects at the beginning of the freshman year. It plays a supplementary role for students who did not reach the enough level of placement test. This approach is intended to widely provide the learning support that had only been carried in the Learning Support Room of the College of Engineering. Regarding the establishment of new support subject, Learning Support Room will take another look at its role, such as providing private lectures to students who still have difficulty in studying. And we will continuously work on building a better education and learning promotion system for the whole university by collaborating with the learning counseling room "I-Co-B" established at the College of Systems Engineering and Science and the Learning Support Room at the College of Engineering and Design.