November 10, 2020 Opening of Online Courses for Proper Use of IoT Devices

In the future, it is expected that a considerable number of IoT devices will be utilized in various fields and industries. More people will use radio waves than ever before. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the efficient use of radio waves in radio wave utilization systems such as these IoT devices. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will start an IoT introductory web course from today to develop ICT human resources to use radio wave utilization systems such as IoT devices properly.

1. Course period

From Tuesday, November 10, 2020, through Wednesday, March 24, 2021

2. Outline of the course

This course will explain the necessary knowledge and technology of IoT in an easy-to-understand manner while introducing examples of IoT utilization in various industries to learn about IoT utilization while aiming for effective use of radio waves.

Introduction IoT utilization scene

Chapter 1

Basic Knowledge of IoT What is IoT? Get the image of IoT

Chapter 2

IoT Technology and related Legal Systems Get to Know IoT Technology

Chapter 3

Utilization of IoT How to Utilize IoT in-house? Get to Know the Procedure for Introducing IoT

3. Method of attending

This course distributes video content on the large-scale public online course platform named gacco operated by DOCOMO gacco, Inc. This course requires membership registration and attendance registration (with no registration fee and tuition fee).

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    The published material is in Japanese only.

Contact

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