Tohoku Gakuin University
Open Educational Resources
(TGU-OER) Regarding the release

As part of its open education initiative, Tohoku Gakuin University has been making the following educational resources available since the 2022 academic year, including course plans, lecture materials, lecture recordings, and self-study materials created at the university. Please utilize these resources as lecture materials and self-study tools at universities and other institutions.

Professor, Department Department of Education Faculty of Letters
INAGAKI, Tadashi (Registered: September 2022)

Content title: "Educational Methods and Techniques"

(Worksheets, rubrics, illustrations, test questions, sample syllabus, bibliography)

*The materials are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

Learning Commons
Yuki Tokai and Minori Shimada (Registered: September 2022)

Content title: "Tips for writing reports, Colatelier Rubric"

*The "Report Writing Tips" document is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC-ND). The "Rubric" document is also provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Permitted Derivatives-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC).

Professor, Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems
KUMAGAI, Masaaki (Registered: September 2022)

*Licenses for the following five materials: For use in lectures and in-house training, there are no restrictions on the use of all or part of the materials (e.g., only the diagrams), including modification and distribution as training materials. However, public distribution on the internet, etc., is prohibited in principle, regardless of whether modifications have been made (it is permitted in closed environments such as the university's course material provision system or intranet; this is to avoid the display of numerous similar pages in internet searches). For commercial use such as publication, please inquire on a case-by-case basis.

Course Title: "Fundamentals and Comprehensive Mechatronics"

Slides, explanations, and past exam questions
Description: This page provides lecture materials for the third-year specialized courses "Fundamentals of Mechatronics" and "Comprehensive Mechatronics" Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems. The content mainly focuses on "What is necessary to turn mechanics into mechatronics."

Course Title: "Basic Robotics Engineering"

Online lecture notes and past exam questions
Description: This page contains lecture materials for the third-year specialized course "Basic Robotics Engineering" Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems. The content covers what is commonly known as "robotics," specifically the basic mathematics required to operate robots.

Course Title: "Robot Development Engineering"

Online lecture notes and past exam questions
Description: This page provides lecture materials for the fourth-year specialized course "Robot Development Engineering" Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems This course integrates specialized subjects to develop robots and mechatronics equipment. It is a unique course of this department and deals with mechatronics in its original sense.

Course title: "Mechatronics I & II"

Online lecture notes and past exam questions
Explanation: This page contains lecture materials for the former specialized courses "Mechatronics I and II" of this department. While it is the predecessor to "Basic and Integrated Mechatronics," and "Basic and Integrated Mechatronics" focuses on "mechatronics as general education," this course is highly specialized, and because the explanations are complete online, it still has many external users and remains publicly accessible.

Content title: "Mechatronics Seminar from the Basics"

Slides and explanations.
Description: This material was used for a course on various fields of mechatronics, conducted as part of the Sendai City Regional Collaboration Fellowship program, targeting young engineers at companies. It avoids mathematical formulas as much as possible and assumes a basic understanding equivalent to that of a high school student. This content is also used for on-site lectures at local companies.

Professor, Department of Department of Data Science Faculty of Informatics Science
MATSUMOTO, Akiyo (Registered: September 2023)

Course title: "Introduction to Programming"

(Lecture materials, instructional videos, materials needed for app creation, and links to websites used in the lectures)

*The materials are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (CC BY-NC-SA).

Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering Department of Information Technology
MORISHIMA, Yu (Registered: September 2025)

Content title: "Getting Started with Generative AI Training"

You can experience a class currently being taken by Tohoku Gakuin University students, free of charge. This introductory course is perfect for those who have never used generative AI before.

• Course format: On-demand lectures and exercises (15 sessions total)
• Course fee: Free
• Skills you will acquire: Understanding the basic mechanisms of generative AI, learning the rules for safe use, experiencing how to create appropriate questions and prompts, and being able to think about application scenarios.

*A personal Gmail address is required to register. If you do not have one, please create a new Gmail address.

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