Katsuaki Suzuki

This keynote addresses a needed shift in designing learning architecture for transforming education to meet the needs of Society 5.0, Super Smart Society. Classroom of the Future Project is reviewed to image the transformation of education being sought in Japan. The Nine Events of Instruction, a traditional instructional design theory proposed by Robert M. Gagne, will be reviewed as a framework for facilitating human learning based on information processing theory. It will then be compared with a more recent framework of the First Principles of Instruction, proposed by M. David Merrill, reflecting various theories and models proposed based on constructivist psychology. Similarities and differences will be discussed to suggest how to utilize them as an architectural framework for blended learning design toward a more learner-centered self-directed learning environment, toward so-called Society 5.0.