Two teams present at the Nikkei STEAM 2025 Symposium

On August 8th, two teams from our university participated in the Nikkei STEAM 2025 Symposium, held at Intex Osaka.

At the "We Ask: For a Free and Prosperous Future" presentation contest, five volunteers from TEAM COLORS, a student group that aims to promote intercultural understanding on campus and plans and manages international exchange events and exchange events with international students, took on the challenge of a four-minute presentation titled "THE Art of What?". The idea was to use various proverbs from around the world as a tool to open the door to a free and prosperous world, and the members presented "Aha! (Art of What)," a quiz-style card presentation featuring proverbs from around the world that they had created. "Aha!" garnered such a positive response that other groups came to hear the presentations even after the contest had ended.

Next, in the DiS STEAM Seminar "Changing Common Sense with ICT! The Future of Life and Education" presentation contest, four volunteer students with an interest in ICT technology, known as "Cattleya," took on the challenge of a seven-minute presentation titled "Engaging Students Through Dialogue: The Next Generation of Online Education." While remote classes have been introduced since the COVID-19 pandemic, they cited the issue of lower student engagement compared to face-to-face classes as an issue. Taking the approach of "learning x characters x dialogue" as a solution, they cited an event held at the university in June, "Shuo Sango's Otemae University Taikengo! 2025," as an example, arguing that incorporating stimulating entertainment elements into remote classes and emphasizing "dialogue" between instructors and characters (avatars) could be a solution.

Other events included a "Young Researchers Roundtable Discussion" with high school students, featuring Lecturer Miyake from Faculty of Business Administration, and the "University Experience Corner," where Associate Professor Takezawa from the Faculty of Faculty of Modern Social Studies held a collaborative event between Psychology and informatics, where students had the opportunity to evaluate the scent of essential oils, attracting many high school students.

(Source: School Public Relations)