The "Japan Moodle Innovation Award", a special award in the Learning Innovation Grand Prix 2023, a competition to discover the most innovative learning technologies, has been selected.

e-learning Co., Ltd.(Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki) sponsored the Learning Innovation Grand Prix 2023, and the award ceremony was held at the Tokyo International Forum on July 19, 2023.

Learning Innovation Grand Prix 2023

As the only Certified Premium Partner of Moodle, the world's standard learning management system, the Japan Moodle Innovation Awards were organized by eLearning Inc. in cooperation with Moodle Pty Ltd (Moodle HQ), the headquarters of Moodle, with the aim of promoting the development of Moodle and the excellence of its scalability, which is still not well known in Japan.

It was given to ResearchIC.（Toyohashi University of Technology ）for its advanced efforts in "Fostering Educational and Research Literacy with Online Journal Club and AI Tools"  .

Japan Moodle Innovation Award

◆What is the Learning Innovation Grand Prix?

The "Learning Innovation Grand Prix" is an award for laboratories (teams) in higher education institutions (universities, graduate schools, colleges of technology, etc.) since 2016 to discover unprecedented learning and teaching methods and styles, innovative learning technologies, and to propose new learning and teaching environments. The award is open to laboratories (teams) of higher education institutions (universities, graduate schools, technical colleges, etc.). It is co-sponsored by the Japan Society for Systems and Information in Education (JSiSE) and the Digital Learning Consortium (DLC), a non-profit organization, and aims to promote collaboration between industry and academia.

◆"Japan Moodle Innovation Award" winning research

For more information, please visit

https://ligp.gingerapp.co.jp/2023/04/3366/

◆Critique of the "Japan Moodle Innovation Award”

The idea of a free, open, online "journal club," which has rarely been used in the field of education, was excellent. The idea of having a free, open, and online "journal club," which has rarely been used in the field of education, is excellent. The use of the OSS Moodle as an online platform enables the linkage with AI tools, databases, Perusall, SNS, etc., and the scalability of its use also leads us to the conclusion that this research is worthy of the "Japan Moodle Innovation Award". We hope that this activity will spread not only to the field of education but also to all other fields, establish a new educational literacy model, and contribute to shortening the distance between research and practice.

◆Comments from Dr. Jingjing Lin, winner of the "Japan Moodle Innovation Award”

I am thrilled and deeply honored to receive the Japan Moodle Innovation Award for my project, "Fostering Education and Research Literacy Using Online Journal Clubs and AI Tools". My deep gratitude goes to people who have made this award possible.

This accolade reflects my recent dedication to leveraging web technology for enhancing educational research training. The journey began with a simple vision: to create an open, dynamic, interactive, and collaborative space for students and researchers for research training purposes to bridge the gaps in traditional pedagogical methods. By blending AI tools with online journal clubs, this project of ResearchIC.com has endeavored to nurture a culture of shared learning and research by developing a unique Moodle instance. The Moodle platform has been instrumental in our efforts, offering a flexible and powerful tool that allowed me to achieve the vision.

This achievement is not merely a personal victory, but a triumph for all educators navigating the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. This recognition serves as a beacon, inspiring us all to continue pushing the envelope, sparking curiosity, and nurturing a passion for learning and research. While we revel in the glow of this accomplishment, I also eagerly anticipate future undertakings with the potential to revolutionize the educational landscape.

For more information on the Learning Innovation Grandprix, please visit

https://ligp.gingerapp.co.jp/

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e-learning inc.

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Company Profile

Company name: e-learning Co., Ltd.

Representative: Takeshi Matsuzaki

Location: Cross Office Mita 8F, 5-29-20 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo

URL ： https://www.e-learning.co.jp/

Capital ： 33.6 million yen

Business: Consulting, development, and maintenance of learning management systems, and provision of SaaS services

Moodle Certified Premium Partner

e-learning Co., Ltd. is the first and only Moodle Certified Premium Partner in Asia Pacific and Japan to be officially certified by Moodle HQ.