Center for Meta-Learning

logo The Center for Meta-Learning (aka CML) promotes, supports and informs the education environment at FUN, encouraging learning of students, staff and community by nurturing an awareness of personal transformative experiences. The Center for Meta-learning is a collection of integrated educational research projects and pragmatic activities at FUN coordinated by knowledgeable practitioners.
To encourage our students in becoming more independent as learners, the Center for Meta-Learning is promoting the adoption of meta-learning: meta-learning is an autonomous process of objective thinking about one’s own performance, applying learning strategies to maximize opportunities to learn, and developing an awareness of one’s transformation. Meta-learning motivates people to consider: What I learn; How I learn; Why I learn.

History

2007	Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for organizing CML
2008	Establishment of CML (Chair of CML: Professor Noyuri Mima)
2011	Placement of full-time faculty member
2012-2013	Chair of CML: Professor Yasuhiro Katagiri
2014-2015	Chair of CML: Professor Michael Vallance
2016-2017	Chair of CML: Professor Keiji Hirata
2018-2021	Chair of CML: Professor Atsuko Tominaga
2022-	Chair of CML: Professor Edson T. Miyamoto

Core Activities

Foundation for Meta-Learning

Peer tutoring center Meta-Learning Lab

Meta-Learning Lab provides peer-tutoring or one-to-one individualized study guidance between tutor (consultant) and tutee (consultor). The purpose of peer-tutoring is to encourage tutees to become an autonomous learner by improving their self-study habits so that they could choose appropriate learning methods.

Virtual English Program (VEP)

The Virtual English Program is an online content-based course aimed at improving the English language proficiency of first and second year students. In particular, it has been designed to improve students’ reading and listening skills, and enhance their lexical knowledge. Students will have to tackle various online language tasks on a regular basis in order to pass each VEP course.

Orientation program for new students

The program is held on the last day of the new student orientation. The students learn necessary process for their “course selection”, which is mandatory for them to choose the best-fit course by the end of the year. The program helps students to start their university life with a sense of direction based on their own will.

Preparatory Education

Pre-enrolment English and Math Courses for AO and　Recommended students

The program is for the prospective students with recommendation or who successfully passed AO examination to help them keep up with university education. The program consists of instruction by correspondence and online course.

Supplementary Education

Connections Café

Connections Café is an open space, which provides students opportunities to practice English conversation and learn about different culture.

Supplementary Lecture for Math

The University provides a remedial class in Math III, Math II, and Math B for the 1st year students as an aid to learn Analysis I and II, which are their requirements.

Assessment of Learning

Assessment of students’ English (TOEIC Bridge)

TOEIC Bridge is administered twice a year; once in July for all first year students and once in January for all second year students. The results of the test are used as a measure of the students’ English skills.

Improvement skills of the faculty and staff members as professionals

Professional Development

Efforts to enhance knowledge and competence among the faculty and staff members of the University regarding educational guidance

Promote research for improvement of education method

Active allocation of on-campus research expenses for the study on the improvement of education method including active learning, flipped classroom, and fostering of teaching assistants

Staff Members 2023-2024

	Department of
Chair of CML	Center for Meta Learning	Professor	Edson T. Miyamoto
CML Members	Center for Meta Learning	Professor	Atsuko Tominaga
	Center for Meta Learning	Associate Professor	Adam Smith
	Center for Meta Learning	Associate Professor	Yoshihito Tsuji
	Center for Meta Learning	Associate Professor	Mitsuru Kudo
	Media Architecture	Professor	Yoshinari Takegawa
	Media Architecture	Associate Professor	Kengo Terasawa
	Media Architecture	Associate Professor	Shigemi Ishida
	Media Architecture	Associate Professor	Andrew Johnson
	Media Architecture	Associate Professor	Dominic Bagenda
	Media Architecture	Associate Professor	Peter Ruthven-Stuart
	Complex and Intelligent Systems	Associate Professor	Yoshitaro Tanaka
	Complex and Intelligent Systems	Associate Professor	Yuzuru Kato
		Coordinator	Moe Naito