Infosign to Speak on Digital Badge Utilization at New Education Expo 2026

Seminars & Exhibitions for Educators: NEW EDUCATION EXPO 2026

Infosign Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Taito-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Susumu Murata), which provides the open badge issuance and management platform 'Open Badge Factory' in Japan, will speak at a seminar themed 'Utilization of digital badges in inquiry-based learning - through school education and social education' at the Tokyo venue of the 'New Education Expo 2026', one of the largest domestic seminars and exhibitions for educators, on Saturday, June 6, 2026. Together with Professor Tadashi Inagaki of Tohoku Gakuin University and Professor Takayuki Araki of Japan University of Economics, and under the coordination of the Uchida Yoko Educational Research Institute, the company will introduce the forefront of visualizing and certifying learning outcomes in inquiry-based education.

Seminar Content

Theme Utilization of digital badges in inquiry-based learning - through school education and social education

In the process of inquiry-based learning, how to grasp what children have learned and acquired and connect it to their next stage of learning has become an important theme. Under these circumstances, there is growing interest in 'digital badges' as a means to record and certify the learning process and the skills acquired. In this seminar, using the utilization of digital badges in the process of inquiry as a clue, we will explore the possibilities and practical hints of how to connect learning through school education and social education.

Date and Time Saturday, June 6, 2026, 15:40 - 17:20

Speakers - Tadashi Inagaki, Professor, Faculty of Letters, and Assistant to the President, Tohoku Gakuin University - Takayuki Araki, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Japan University of Economics - Yuko Mizuno, Infosign Co., Ltd.

Coordinator Uchida Yoko Educational Research Institute

Tokyo Venue Tokyo Fashion Town Building (TFT) [Seminar Number: T61]

Participation Fee Free (Advance registration required)

Recommended for: - School education professionals exploring evaluation and recording methods for inquiry-based learning - Local government officials considering mechanisms to connect school education and social education (regional/corporate collaboration)

About New Education Expo New Education Expo (NEE) is a seminar and exhibition for educators that has been held since 1996. In addition to the Tokyo venue (June 4-6), some seminars will be streamed in real-time at satellite venues in Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. It will also be held at the Osaka venue the following week on June 12-13.

About Open Badge Factory 'Open Badge Factory' is an open badge issuance and management platform from Finland. It is an international standard-compliant service (supports 1EdTech Consortium Open Badges 3.0) that is currently adopted by over 3,900 organizations in more than 50 countries worldwide. In Japan, its implementation is advancing in a wide range of areas, including universities, local governments, organizations, and corporate human resource development departments. It also supports integration with LMS and HR systems via API. As a partner company in Japan, Infosign provides support from introduction to operation and technical integration.

About Infosign Co., Ltd. Established in 2001, Infosign provides the SaaS version of the open-source CBT platform 'TAO' called 'TAO Cloud' and the open badge issuance platform 'Open Badge Factory'. Believing in the potential of open source and open standards, the company works to create a better future for education that can contribute to everyone through the utilization of these technologies.