Presentation of the field research

Today, the Kumadai master 2 are having a presentation to Prof. Suzuki and Assistant Prof. Nemoto on their field researches.


Mr. Widianto Fanina Nur (Indonesia), Mr. Musopole Sakayi Musango, Mr. Miamba Paul Ungilamwagha Mwasikakata and Mr. Kwerengwe Stanley Daniel Adamson (Malawi) are finishing their research sooner and hopefully obtain Master's degree from Kumamoto University.

Take Good Care, otherwise.....

Well, we have encouraged our participants to go to gym for physical exercise & fitness. Now at the sight of this, we may need to add one phrase "Take good care when you play".
Musopole Sakayi Musango (Sakayi san) got injured in the gym when he was playing basketball last night.
At this very moment, he is undergoing an exam at orthopedics. He is accomppanied by his fellow classmate Stanley and our caring med-coordinator Michie san. I hope he will recover sooner, and join every activity he wants to join.

Still in the joy :)

The Kumadai "Insei -graduate school students" came to MTEC office to meet Maekasa san, our chief instructor and big brother.

He was out to Ishigaki Island to arrange the training for China, so they could not meet on the day they had passed the exam.


They brought a box of cake to show their appreciation. Well, they learned a Japanese custom while they stayed in Okinawa. Not only the knowledge of instructional design, but also Japanese customs they learned.


The cake they brought to MTEC, from Jimmy's. Thanks and Arigato.

Now you are "INSEI"... Congratulations!

WOW!
They passed the exam!

Our Kumadai participants are now really Kumadai "insei".
Insei means "graduate school student".


We congratulate on your effort. Yet another congratultions go to Tokumura san, who ceaselessly guided them all the time.

I may have to write that it is just a start. You need to learn more and more in Kumadai Master's course. But you can stop just a while to feel the joy :)

249. International Cooperation Festival 2008

There was International Coooperation Festival 2008. The entire participatns, staff participated in it.



The MTEC staff wore the team polo.

239. New challenge for MTEC

This fiscal year, MTEC starts its challenge - the collaboration with a university in Japan to assist a master's course program. The name of the course is "Educational Technology-based Instructional Systems (Master's degree: Instructional Systems)". The course leader is, no doubt, Dr. Tomoaki Tokumura (Toku san)!
The participants first are the candidates to the master's course until they pass the entrance exam scheduled in next February.

First year has four participants, three from Malawi and one from Indonesia. In the photo above, from left, Mr. Kwerengwe Stanley Daniel Adamson (Stanley-Malawi), Mr. Miamba Paul Ungilamwagha Mwasikakata (Paul-Malawi), Mr. Musopole Sakayi Musango (Sakayi-Malawi), and Mr. Widianto Fanina Nur (Fanina-Indonesi) with Ms. Yoko Iha as their coordinator.
The photo was taken at the Briefing session.


During the Briefing, the participants visited MTEC office, as you may remember, to meet Tokumura san.


Can you find Nishimura san, Uramoto san, and Maekawa san?


On September 9, there was a course orientaion held in MTEC Studio.


At the ceremony, we were honored to have faculties from Kumamoto University.


After the ceremony, the participants were introduced other MTEC participants. In the photo the participants were meeting Media Strategy course participants.


The room 204 (opposite of MMLab) is their classroom. Good Luck for you All!

216. Welcome to MTEC, again!

This week, a new instructor and a special lecturer joined MTEC. Maekawa san (right) introduced them to the participants.
The left is Ms. Aya Nakazato, the special lecturer in "Media Campaign". With her abundant experience abroad such as the Philippines, Lao PDR and Tanzania, Aya san is expected to deliver a participatory workshop for us.
The middle is Ms. Chiho Yoshida, the instructor in MTEC. She just returned from Burkina Faso after two-year volunteer. Prior to Burkina Faso, she was a short-term intern in MTEC in 2005. Some of you might remember her. Click here if you want to see the previous post about her.


In this fiscal year of Japan, MTEC will launch a new project.
MTEC has had meetings on this these days... and also party! Do you remember the person in the center? Our favorite giant in Kumamoto University now.
(We will anounce about the new project sooner...)