TDC Software to Provide UX Design Education at Ichinoseki National College of Technology

TDC Soft, Inc. (President: Hiroyoshi Kobayashi, hereafter referred to as “TDC Soft”) has been conducting a class using the UX Design Starter Kit developed by TDC Soft in the “Civic Tech Advanced Course” [Eiyuki Senda1], a specialized major course at Ichinoseki National College of Technology (Principal: Junya Kobayashi, hereafter referred to as “Ichinoseki National College of Technology”) from this school year. This class was conducted using the UX Design Starter Kit developed by the Company. This class aims to develop human resources who can contribute to local communities by using the UX Design Starter Kit to develop solutions to local community issues, and while learning UX design methods, students aim to enter the Urban Data Challenge*.

(*) Urban Data Challenge: a community building and artwork contest to solve local issues
See: https://urbandata-challenge.jp/#aboutudc

Our CX & UX Design Promotion Department is committed to the mission of “making design the next normal thing for everyone”. We aim to create a world where everyone, regardless of their unique personal qualities and skills, can discover the latent needs of others and make them happy, just like a designer. As part of this mission, we have conducted classes using our UX Design Starter Kit for a wide range of students, from elementary school students to technical college and university students.

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  Our UX Designer, Miyako Sakai, who was in charge of the lecturer.

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  Classroom scene on November 21, 2024 (2)

In this class, students are using our UX Design Starter Kit to discover local issues and propose solutions in earnest, and will be conducting interviews with local residents. By analyzing the data obtained, they will identify the root causes of local issues and devise specific services and products that will lead to solutions from the perspective of UX design, with the aim of entering the Urban Data Challenge.

Professor Eiyuki Senda, dean of the Ichinoseki National College of Technology, stated, “The TDC software program, which started this year, is a great opportunity for students to learn about the local community.
Professor Eiyuki Senda, Dean of Ichinoseki National College of Technology, said, “The UX design education in collaboration with TDC Soft, which started this year, has been a very valuable learning opportunity for our students. The students have mastered the basics of UX design and have become deeply aware of the importance of solving problems from the user’s point of view. In particular, I think it was a great achievement for the students to learn methods for capturing latent needs through persona setting and user interviews. This initiative was very meaningful in fostering creativity and problem-solving skills in our students. We will continue our collaboration with TDC Soft and make every effort to develop human resources who can contribute to the local community.”

We will continue to contribute to the development of students’ creativity and problem-solving skills through our collaboration with various educational institutions.

About our UX Design

https://www.tdc.co.jp/digitaltechnology/technology/ux-design/

About Ichinoseki National College of Technology

Ichinoseki National College of Technology, located in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, was established in 1964 as a national college of technology in Japan. The college offers a five-year associate degree program after junior high school graduation and a two-year major course to foster engineers who will consistently support industry.
https://www.ichinoseki.ac.jp/

About TDC Software

TDC Soft is a next-generation system integration company that meets the potential needs of society and markets and responds to new trends in digital technology. With “Making the world more Smart” as our Purpose, we provide high value-added IT services to customers in all areas, aiming to realize a sophisticated and comfortable world.