FD/SD activities

In recent years, society's expectations of university education have grown even more in the midst of rapid changes in the environment surrounding universities. Under such circumstances, FD (Faculty Development)- an organizational effort for teachers to improve and improve class contents and methods - has become indispensable.
 
In addition, in order for the university to fully fulfill its mission President it is necessary to further improve its Administrative Staff. We will provide opportunities for SD (staff development) as training to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the operation of, etc., and to improve abilities and qualities.
 
In order to promote FD/SD activities on a campus-wide basis, our President has set up a university-wide FD/SD committee chaired by the president, and conducts various initiatives throughout the year. In addition, each faculty and research school has its own activity policy and conducts unique activities. In addition, in order to share information on these FD/SD activities and deepen their activities, Asia University "FD/SD Letter" is published twice a year.

University-wide FD/SD activity policy for 2020

The university-wide FD/SD activity policy for 2024 is based on our university's medium- to long-term plan (Third Medium-Term Action Plan of the New Asia Future Map - From Asia to Global) (established on March 24, 2022), and aims to "create a fun university and interesting classes." We will continue to operate the learning outcomes understanding and visualization system and promote analysis of surveys of graduating students. In addition, we will share examples of on-demand classes, which students have strongly requested to be expanded, and will focus on enhancing not only FD activities but also SD activities.

1. Operation of learning outcome understanding/visualization system

We will continue to operate the "Learning Results Understanding and Visualization System" introduced in 2021, and will analyze and verify the consistency of curriculum maps (diploma policies and goals for each class) in each department. In addition, at that time, we will conduct interviews with our students regarding the gap between their own experiences and data, and we will also include analysis from the student's perspective.

2. Analysis of graduation year student questionnaire and extraction of issues

Each department will conduct a self-analysis of the response status of the "Graduate Year Student Survey" with an eye toward the degree of achievement of the diploma policy, and the IR Committee will examine the survey results from a specific perspective for all faculties and departments. We will identify issues based on the comparatively analyzed data and share this with each department.

3. Sharing examples of on-demand classes

With regard to on-demand classes, which have received many requests from students for expansion, in order to provide material for each faculty/department to consider increasing the number of classes, we will hold training sessions with Lecturer who are currently in charge, and provide know-how. and share success stories.

4. Expanding the implementation system for FD/SD activities

Under the University-wide FD/SD Committee, we will systematize the training, lectures, and briefing sessions for faculty and staff held within the university, and promote the expansion of the system for FD/SD activities.

University-wide FD/SD activity report for 2025

date	content
1st Friday, April 1	1st University-wide FD/SD Training Session (Held in person) "About the University-wide FD/SD Activity Policy for FY2023"
2nd time April 4th (Tuesday)	Orientation for new faculty members (FD/SD related) <face-to-face>
3rd May 16th (Tuesday)	1st University-wide FD/SD Committee <Online>
4th Wednesday, May 31st	FD/SD Letter No. 45 issued
5th Friday, June 9th	2nd University-wide FD/SD Training Session (Held in person) "Current status of the new high school curriculum guidelines" Lecturer: Rui Ishii (Obunsha Educational Information Center, Snow Information Group)
6th June 12th (Monday) - July 24th (Monday)	Conducted class survey by students (spring semester)
7th Wednesday, July 12th	3rd University-wide FD/SD Training Session <Online> "Questionnaire analysis and study results" presenters: Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Faculty Faculty of Law, Faculty of International Relations, Faculty of Urban Innovation, Vice President for International Affairs (AUAP/AUASP2022C2 returnee survey analysis report)
8th September 4th (Monday) - September 22nd (Friday)	4th University-wide FD/SD Training Session <On Demand> “Prevention of Harassment” (1) SD training (for all full-time faculty and staff) “Cases of harassment at universities and research institutions and their responses (universities and research institutions)” (2) FD training (for all full-time faculty *including specially appointed faculty) “Prevention of academic harassment for university faculty”
9th October 1st (Sun)	FD/SD Letter No. 46 issued
10th Friday, December 15th	5th University-wide FD/SD Training Session <Online> “About the operation of the learning outcome understanding and visualization system” Presenters: Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law, Faculty of International Relations, Faculty of Urban Innovation
11th Wednesday, January 24th	6th University-wide FD/SD Training Session <Online> “Support and reasonable accommodation for students with mental and developmental disabilities” Lecturer: Junko Iwata (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Seikei University)
12th November 27th (Monday) - January 20th (Saturday)	Class survey by students (Fall semester)
13th Tuesday, March 19th	2nd University-wide FD/SD Committee <Online>

Student questionnaire for class improvement

Since 2007, we have been conducting a University-wide "Student Questionnaire Survey for Class Improvement" once each in the spring and fall semesters. The purpose of this is to know the degree of understanding and opinions of the students about the class, and to use it to create better classes.

Summary results of class questionnaires by students

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2021

2020