SILA Faculty Development 2022 Report
Date

Presenter(s)TopicContent

Number ofParticipants

April 7

A. Passos

New Curriculum
Tracks Explanation

Provide a brief explanation
about the new tracks and how
to help students registerduring the orientation.

27

May 25

C. Yamamoto

Keeping Track ofStudents Graduation
Requirements

Faculty was shown a sharedspreadsheet where we can all
keep track of students’
graduation requirements in thenew tracks

27

January 20

F. Botta

Alternative Careers for A brief discussion on theHumanities and Social relevancy of humanities andScience Grads
social sciences nowadays

13On demand

A. Passos

Basic Usage of UNIPA

The recorded videos provide
instruction s on how to
operate our Student
Management System.

20

On demand

A. Passos

Moodle Gradebook(basic)

Basic explanation about how
to setup your gradebook inMoodle

6

On demand

C. Yamamoto

Poster PrinterA brief explanation about how to
operate the Poster Printer andhow to start using it as soon as
possible5

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Session Feedback Form
1. The objectives of the session were clearly defined.
2. Participation and interaction were encouraged.
3. The topics covered were relevant to me.
4. The content was organized and easy to follow.
5. The session experience will be useful in my work.
6. The presenter was knowledgeable about the training topics.
7. The session length and pace were appropriate.
8. The session room and facilities were appropriate.
9. The materials distributed were helpful.
10. What aspects of the session could be improved?
11. How do you plan to apply the contents of this session to your work?
12. Additional comments
NOTE:
Number 1 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
Number 5 = STRONGLY AGREE

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New Curriculum Tracks Explanation (A. Passos)
Date: April 7, 2022
Session Start/End Time: 13:30~14:30
Place: 2-307
Summary:
A. Passos explained the material previously sent by email with the course list for each of the newthree tracks. Faculty is responsible for advising incoming students regarding which courses totake in each track, and this session aims to clarify the rules.

Participants:
Attendees:
Anderson Passos○

Hironori Hayase○

Anne Howard○

Iain Stanley○

Anthony Diaz○

Ikuko Hayase○

Aya Kasai○

Jason Adachi○

Brendan Rodda○Kenji Yano○

Cathrine-Mette Mork○

Manh Tien Vu○

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto○

Marc Waterfield○

Debra Occhi○Paul Richards○

Ellen Head○

Pawel Mlodkowski○

Erik Bond○

Rebecca Schmidt○

Eunsoo Cho○

Shigeo Kuwabara○

Felix Jimenez○

Sunghee Cho○

Futoshi Kobayashi○

Yuji Kawagoe○

Gregory Dunne○

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New Curriculum Track Explanation (A. Passos) - Session Feedback
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 95 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clearerbreakdown of
track
requirements
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 54 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 55 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4Q11Q12

It will be mucheasier to advise
students regarding
track requirements.

It would be useful to have acurriculum framework ofsuggested courses from year toyear of each track.

Necessary foradvising.

5 3 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 More
opportunity forstructured talkbetweendifferent
sections forexamplecontent andlanguage.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 New
Curriculum
TracksI am teaching
students in theliberal arts strandand education
strand so I alreadyapply it in the senseof being aware of
their needs.

The curriculum tracks are
inherently complex. They do notdirectly impact day-to-day
teaching and will need to bereviewed periodically. It would
help if the database could
actually explain therequirements.
It was useful for advising
freshmen.

New Curriculum
Tracks4 of 19

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Keeping Track of Students Graduation Requirements (C. Yamamoto)Date: May 25, 2022
Session Start/End Time: 16:45~17:15
Place: 1-221
Summary:
A. Passos explained the material previously sent by email with the course list for each of the newthree tracks. Faculty is responsible for advising incoming students regarding which courses totake in each track, and this session aims to clarify the rules.

Participants:
Attendees:
Anderson Passos○

Hironori Hayase

Anne Howard○

Iain Stanley

Anthony Diaz○

Ikuko Hayase

Aya Kasai○

Jason Adachi○

Brendan Rodda○

Kenji Yano○

Cathrine-Mette Mork○

Manh Tien Vu○

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto○

Marc Waterfield○

Debra Occhi○Paul Richards○

Ellen Head○

Pawel Mlodkowski○

Erik Bond○

Rebecca Schmidt○

Eunsoo Cho○

Shigeo Kuwabara○

Felix Jimenez○

Sunghee Cho○

Futoshi Kobayashi○

Yuji Kawagoe○

Gregory Dunne○

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Keeping Track of Students Graduation Requirements (C. Yamamoto) Session Feedback
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 95 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 Needed
moretime topresenttopic.

Q11

Q12

Tracking students
credits to better
advise themregarding
graduation
requirements andcourses to register
for.

Should have a follow up FD now thatthe 1st semester is completed.

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5Thank you Craig for your hard work
making the spreadsheet.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5The system will
It is ironic that this kind of system isundoubtedly help to necessary when it should be a basic
advise students
function of an academic database.
going forward.
Excellent idea and thank you for theFD.
5 2 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 It was an TRacking myI am not sure if I already did the thing
efficient
student's was useful I am supposed to do according toand short for me.
that spreadsheet. I did the thing ofsession,
marking which are my students but I
don't think I have marked the ones
who got the credit yet.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Keeping
Keeping Track of Students Graduation Requirements
Track ofStudents
Graduation
Requirements

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Alternative Careers for Humanities and Social Science Grads (F. Botta)
Date: January 20, 2023
Session Start/End Time: 16:30 ~ 17:00
Place: CCR2
Summary:
The presenter briefly discussed the relevance of humanities and social sciences nowadays. The
presentation covered the common information we have about jobs that our graduates aregetting and expands it to include UX, which is a fairly new career but started taking off after thepandemic. The discussion follows to list up the skills MIC students should be nurturing and how
we can help them finding good paying jobs.

Participants:
Attendees:
Amy Walker○

Gregory Dunne

Anderson Passos○

Hironori Hayase

Anne Howard○

Iain Stanley

Anthony Diaz○

Ikuko Hayase○Aya Kasai

Jason Adachi○

Brendan RoddaKenji Yano

Cathrine-Mette Mork

Manh Tien Vu

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto○Debra Occhi
Ellen HeadFutoshi Kobayashi○Paul Richards○Eunsoo Cho
Felix Jimenez

Marc Waterfield○○Pawel Mlodkowski
Rebecca Schmidt○

Shigeo Kuwabara○

Yuji Kawagoe

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Alternative Careers for Humanities and Social Science Grads (F. Botta)
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1
55Q
2
55

4

5

55Q
3
55Q
455Q
555Q
655Q
755455455Q
855Q
9Q10Q11Q1
25N/aGuiding students as an advisor, Iwill refer to the information hegave about new kinds of careerswhich are opening up

Greatsession.

53

54

A little moreJapanesecontextwould benice.

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We will use this information in ourfuture planning for the IBM course.
Advising students

Basic Usage of UNIPA (A. Passos)
Date: Asynchronous FD (open on August 4)
Session Start/End Time: N/APlace: N/A
Summary:
The recorded videos provide instructions on how to operate our Student Management System.
The explanation covers: Getting student pictures, Manage attendance, Enter grades and Class
date management (cancelation, changes and additions)

Participants:
Attendees:
Anderson Passos

Aug 4Anne Howard

Hironori Hayase

Sep 6

Iain Stanley

Sep 13

Anthony DiazSep 6

Ikuko Hayase

Sep 6

Aya Kasai

Sep 7

Jason Adachi

Aug 22

Brendan Rodda

Kenji Yano

Cathrine-Mette Mork

Sep 8

Manh Tien Vu

Aug 22

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto

Aug 22

Marc Waterfield

Sep 6

Debra Occhi

Sep 6

Paul Richards

Nov 24

Ellen HeadAug 22

Pawel Mlodkowski

Erik Bond

Rebecca Schmidt

Aug 22
Sep 6

Eunsoo Cho

Aug 22

Shigeo Kuwabara

Felix Jimenez

Sep 26Sunghee Cho

Futoshi Kobayashi

Aug 23Yuji Kawagoe

Gregory Dunne

Sep 8

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Basic Usage of UNIPA (A. Passos) - Session Feedback
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 N/A
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

4 1 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 having it as video on demand was
great. I think it would have been
good to have it available a bitearlier. It was strange that thisyear we were told not to put
grade into unipa and the material
for training arrived just about thetime when we were expected toput the grades into google, .
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Q11

Q12

Improve my proficiency
with UNIPA

N/A

Critical for management ofUNIPA. VERY helpful and an
important resource for futurereference.
by using unipa again next
semester.

On
deman
d FDs
arevery
usefuland
goodfortime
management.

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 UNIPA Usage
UNIPA Usage
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 There are no improvements to the I know how to use UNIPA.
session.
5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 55 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 Nothing in particular
the information isNothin
useful to my work asg
Chief of Student Affairs particu
as Unipa gives melar
access to student
information. Also, I will
use the information

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5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 The session was great, it・€・s
just that software is so poorly
designed
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 55 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Production
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 54 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

15 of 19from this FD tonavigate moresmoothly throughUinpa.
It is essential to doing
the grades and related
stuff

Thanksfor thisFD!

Administration
Necessary for the administrationof the classes
I frequently forget how tochange dates in UNIPA, so thisreview was helpful for that.

Moodle Gradebook (basic) (A. Passos)
Date: Asynchronous FD (open on August 4)
Session Start/End Time: N/A
Place: N/A
Summary:
The recorded videos provide instructions on how to setup your gradebook in Moodle.

Participants:
Attendees:
Amy Walker

Nov 25

Gregory Dunne

Anderson Passos

Aug 4

Hironori Hayase

Nov 28Anne Howard

Iain Stanley

Feb 9

Anthony Diaz

Ikuko Hayase

Aya Kasai

Jason Adachi

Brendan Rodda

Kenji Yano

Cathrine-Mette Mork

Manh Tien Vu

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto

Marc Waterfield

Debra Occhi

Paul Richards

Ellen Head

Pawel Mlodkowski

Erik BondRebecca Schmidt

Eunsoo Cho

Shigeo Kuwabara

Felix Jimenez

Sunghee Cho

Futoshi Kobayashi

Yuji Kawagoe

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Nov 24

Nov 24

Moodle Gradebook (basic) (A. Passos) - Session Feedback
Q
1Q
2Q
34455554455Q
4Q
5Q
6Q
7Q
8Q
9Q
10Q11

55554Not
particularly

555555n/a

4

55

55

4

455555

5

5

5

5

5

55

5555

Necessary formanage
ment

Q12

The on-demand format isextremely useful. Tutorials when
you need them are efficient andtime-saving.

I haven't yet used Moodle and my courses
aren't uploaded so I'm not sure how toimplement the training

17 of 19Poster Printer (C. Yamamoto)Date: Asynchronous FD (open on August 4)
Session Start/End Time: N/A
Place: N/A
Summary:
The recorded videos provide a brief explanation about how to operate the Poster Printer andhow to start using it as soon as possible

Participants:
Attendees:
Anderson Passos

Aug 4

Hironori Hayase

Anne Howard

Iain Stanley

Anthony Diaz

Ikuko Hayase

Aya Kasai

Jason Adachi

Brendan Rodda

Kenji Yano

Cathrine-Mette Mork

Manh Tien Vu

Craig Tadashi Yamamoto

Aug 4Marc Waterfield

Debra Occhi

Paul Richards

Ellen HeadPawel Mlodkowski

Erik Bond

Rebecca Schmidt

Eunsoo Cho

Shigeo Kuwabara

Felix Jimenez
Futoshi Kobayashi

Jan 26Feb 9Sunghee Cho
Yuji Kawagoe

Gregory Dunne

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Feb 2

Poster Printer (C. Yamamoto) - Session Feedback
Q
15Q
25Q
35Q
45

Q
55

Q
65Q
75Q
85Q
955

4545

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

Q10

Q11Q12

Help students print their poster
presentations.
The voice was VeryThank you very much fora little slow
useful for
providing us with thisand theexactly
printer. I think these onintroduction
what it isdemand FD sessions are atoo long.
intendedfantastic idea.
for.

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