Learning Impact Japan 2025
- yasuhara5
- Jul 17
- 3 min read
(1EdTech Japan Conference）
Event overview
The 1EdTech Japan Society, originally established as the IMS Japan Society in June 2016, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, along with the 10th annual conference. Over the past decade, including the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of “realizing educational digital transformation (DX) through digital education ecosystem” has gradually disseminated in Japan and has even been reflected in national policies such as the GIGA School Initiative.
One of the key challenges for the next decade will be strengthening collaboration and exchange with related overseas organizations, as well as contributing to the 1EdTech global community from Japan. This objective was shown in our charter since the organization’s founding and has already been reflected in initiatives such as the development of the OneRoster Japan Profile and the establishment of the 1EdTech Japan Society Product Steering Committee within the 1EdTech Consortium.
Starting this year, we have renamed our annual conference to align with the 1EdTech Consortium’s global brand, the 1EdTech Impact Conference (LIC). Following the original LIC and Learning Impact Europe, ours will be the third in the series, now titled the Learning Impact Japan Conference. This change reflects our intention to incorporate an international perspective, particularly focused on Asia. It is because international members are increasing in 1EdTech Japan Society and because, more importantly, we recognize Japan’s educational ecosystem is no longer composed solely of domestically developed products and services.
On Days 1 and 2 of the conference, we will feature a concentrated series of international sessions— “Learning Impact Asia”—with participation from overseas speakers. On Days 3 and 4, the program will retain the distinctive features of the traditional 1EdTech Japan Conference. While some sessions in the “Learning Impact Asia” track will be conducted entirely in English, we plan to provide simultaneous machine interpretation function wherever possible to facilitate meaningful exchange across language barriers.
On Behalf of the 1Edtech Japan Society Executive Board,
Tsuneo Yamada
Executive Board Member & Chair of Operations Committee, 1EdTech Japan Society
Event theme
The learning impact of the digital ecosystem in education
~Technology standards and their implementation~
[Date and Time]
from July 30, Wednesday to August 2, Saturday
[How to participate]
Online and On-sight, Highbrid event
July 30 31, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. Shinagawa Headquarters
August 1 - 2, Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd. Tokyo, Shinkawa Headquarters
【registry fee】
free
[Organizer]
1EdTech Japan Society
[Sponsor]
Digital Learning Consortium (DLC)
Research Consortiumn for the Sustainable Promotion of International Education
Academic eXchange for Information Environment and Strategy
Accreditation Council for Practical Abilities
Japan Massive Open Online Courses
Japan Moodle Association
The Association for Promotion of Public Local Information and Communication
Research Council of Evidence-Driven Education (EDE)
Open Badge Network Foundation
Japan Online Education Industry Association (JOTEA)
JULY 30, Wednesday
Track 1: Digital Credentials in the world (9:30 am - noon)
Session 1-1 (9:30-10:40 am)
"How to utilize digital credentials for the visualization of lifelog learning history?"
101 "Digitalization of macro and micro-credentials: who will govern the standardization responsibility?", Kikue Sakaguchi, NIAD-QE
102 "TBA", Chikako Nagaoka, NII
103 "Infuse; Empowering institutions, Enabling Learners", Mark McConahay, AACRAO [online]
104 "The First Step to the Future:The Potential of Digital Credentials in K-12 Education", Yuki Takahashi & Masakazu Nagai, Infosign [in-person]
Session 1-2 (10:45 am-noon)
"Design Strategy of Micro-Credentials for Global Collaboration"
105 "Micro-Credential Framework and Architecture Fostering Global Collaboration", Masahiro Inoue, Taisho University
106 "TBA", Ryosuke Ohniwa, Tsukuba University
107 "Building a Human Capital Development Framework via JV-Campus and Micro-Credentials", Keiko Ikeda, Kansai University
108 "TBA", Anuchai Theeraroungchaisri, Thai MOOC
109 "TBA", Yoshinari Okada, Japan Micro-credentianls Organization [in-person]
Track 2: [Featured session] Government policies and infrastructure [tentative] (Coordinator: Yamada; Moderator: TBA) [tentative] (1:00 - 2:00 pm)
1:00-1:30 pm
110 "Japanese goverment policies for education [tentative]", TBA
1:30-2:00 pm
111 "From Policy to Practice: How Georgia Forges a Connected Educational Ecosystem" (Online), Keith Osburn, Chief Information Officer & Deputy Superintendent of Technology Services, Georgia Department of Education, USA
Track 3: Industry, government and academia partnership [tentative] (Coordinator: Yamada; Moderator: TBA) [tentative] (2:00 - 2:50 pm)
Session 3-1“Education and Human Resource Development for DX in Education”
112 "TBA", Karen Daughtery, Director, K-12 Member Activities, 1EdTech Consortium (online) & Edward Dedic, Vice President, Education Strategy, PowerSchool (in-person)
113 "The expectation to 1EdTech community from a professional graduate school aimed at developing human resources for educational DX in Japan", Haruo Takemura, President & Professor, The Graduate School of Management and Educational Technology, Japan (in person)
114 "TBA", TBA
Generative AI in Education in Asia
115-117（特別講演） 15:00～17:00
115 "Generative AI in Education in Asia", Travis Smith, Sr. Industry Advisor, WWPS Education, Australia Microsoft Corporation