Konica Minolta Japan Announces New Features 'Dialogue Log Analysis' and Standard Teaching Prompts for Generative AI 'Chat Tomo Sync' in Educational Solution 'tomoLinks'
Konica Minolta Japan will add 'Dialogue Log Analysis' and standard teaching prompts to its generative AI tool 'Chat Tomo Sync' for schools. Scheduled for release in fiscal 2026, these updates aim to support teachers' evaluations and stimulate students' independent thinking based on successful trials in Osaka City.
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Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. (hereinafter "Konica Minolta Japan") has announced that it will add new features, "Dialogue Log Analysis" to support the observation and evaluation of collaborative learning, and standard teaching prompts (instructions to generative AI) for classroom use, to the generative AI learning support function "Chat Tomo Sync" of its school education solution "tomoLinks." This update is based on knowledge gained from the generative AI utilization demonstration project conducted in Osaka City between fiscal 2024 and 2025, and is scheduled to be provided during fiscal 2026.
One of the generative AI functions of "tomoLinks," "Chat Tomo Sync," is a function that supports deepening learning in collaborative and exploratory learning through student dialogues with a generative AI whose behavior is preset by the teacher according to the lesson's purpose. In traditional classes, regardless of whether it is a collective or collaborative lesson, learning and evaluation tended to be biased toward students who speak up frequently, resulting in a challenge where only some students easily developed independent thinking. With "tomoLinks," generative AI is positioned not as a "tool that shows the answer," but as a means to draw out the thinking of each individual student through questioning back, rephrasing, and confirming the basis of their ideas. Through "Chat Tomo Sync," it supports the realization of a state where everyone can have their own ideas and participate in the class.
[About the New Features of "Chat Tomo Sync"]
1. "Dialogue Log Analysis" supporting the observation and evaluation of collaborative learning
In "Chat Tomo Sync," teachers were already able to review the dialogue history between students and generative AI. With the newly equipped "Dialogue Log Analysis," the generative AI analyzes the dialogue history and presents it in real-time by organizing perspectives and directions such as "what they are thinking about" and "how their thinking is progressing." This allows teachers to more accurately grasp individual students' comprehension levels and stumbling blocks during the consideration process. It not only helps in redesigning tasks for the next time and reviewing teaching methods but also leads to appropriate evaluations based on each student's learning process.
(Example of group log analysis display. Frequent opinions and opinions from different perspectives can be organized and visualized by theme. *The screen is under development and may differ from the actual specifications.)
2. Standard provision of teaching prompts as teaching materials for collaborative learning
Prompt materials that can be used in classes such as collaborative learning will be equipped as standard in "Chat Tomo Sync." Teachers can easily incorporate generative AI into their classes without the hassle of creating from scratch, simply by selecting a prompt suitable for the aim and activity of the lesson from prompts organized by textbook unit. These prompts have been refined through demonstrations in multiple municipalities and schools including Osaka City, and are designed with the intention of drawing out subject-specific perspectives and ways of thinking, supporting learning where each student verbalizes and deepens their own ideas.
(Example of student screen where teaching prompts are set)
[About the Results of the Generative AI Utilization Demonstration in Osaka City]
Aiming to explore the possibilities of diverse learning for students utilizing generative AI and others, Konica Minolta Japan and Osaka City signed a partnership agreement from fiscal 2024 and have been advancing initiatives to utilize generative AI in educational settings. In this demonstration conducted at three elementary schools designated as "Generative AI Pilot Schools" in Osaka City, multiple generative AI functions for children, including "Chat Tomo Sync" of "tomoLinks," were used in collaborative and independent learning.
In a questionnaire survey* of students conducted after the demonstration, 82.7% of the students answered that "when there was something I didn't understand, I increasingly thought about it and tackled it myself," showing an improvement in motivation to learn due to the use of generative AI. In the free-text responses, we also confirmed voices indicating improvements in information literacy and critical thinking skills, such as "I became anxious about whether the AI's answers were true and started looking up the answers myself," as well as voices feeling psychological safety specific to dialogue with generative AI, such as "I can ask questions I can't ask people around me" and "I don't feel embarrassed even if my words are slightly wrong."
[Information on Exhibition Participation]
We will exhibit and explain "tomoLinks" at "EDIX Tokyo 2026."
<17th EDIX (Education Comprehensive Exhibition) Tokyo>
Dates: May 13 (Wed) - 15 (Fri), 2026
10:00 - 18:00 *Ends at 17:00 on the final day only
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, East Exhibition Halls 1, 2, 3
Official Website: https://www.edix-expo.jp/tokyo/ja-jp.html
Organizer: EDIX Executive Committee (Planning & Operation: RX Japan Ltd.)
Konica Minolta Japan Booth: 16-20
One of the generative AI functions of "tomoLinks," "Chat Tomo Sync," is a function that supports deepening learning in collaborative and exploratory learning through student dialogues with a generative AI whose behavior is preset by the teacher according to the lesson's purpose. In traditional classes, regardless of whether it is a collective or collaborative lesson, learning and evaluation tended to be biased toward students who speak up frequently, resulting in a challenge where only some students easily developed independent thinking. With "tomoLinks," generative AI is positioned not as a "tool that shows the answer," but as a means to draw out the thinking of each individual student through questioning back, rephrasing, and confirming the basis of their ideas. Through "Chat Tomo Sync," it supports the realization of a state where everyone can have their own ideas and participate in the class.
[About the New Features of "Chat Tomo Sync"]
1. "Dialogue Log Analysis" supporting the observation and evaluation of collaborative learning
In "Chat Tomo Sync," teachers were already able to review the dialogue history between students and generative AI. With the newly equipped "Dialogue Log Analysis," the generative AI analyzes the dialogue history and presents it in real-time by organizing perspectives and directions such as "what they are thinking about" and "how their thinking is progressing." This allows teachers to more accurately grasp individual students' comprehension levels and stumbling blocks during the consideration process. It not only helps in redesigning tasks for the next time and reviewing teaching methods but also leads to appropriate evaluations based on each student's learning process.
(Example of group log analysis display. Frequent opinions and opinions from different perspectives can be organized and visualized by theme. *The screen is under development and may differ from the actual specifications.)
2. Standard provision of teaching prompts as teaching materials for collaborative learning
Prompt materials that can be used in classes such as collaborative learning will be equipped as standard in "Chat Tomo Sync." Teachers can easily incorporate generative AI into their classes without the hassle of creating from scratch, simply by selecting a prompt suitable for the aim and activity of the lesson from prompts organized by textbook unit. These prompts have been refined through demonstrations in multiple municipalities and schools including Osaka City, and are designed with the intention of drawing out subject-specific perspectives and ways of thinking, supporting learning where each student verbalizes and deepens their own ideas.
(Example of student screen where teaching prompts are set)
[About the Results of the Generative AI Utilization Demonstration in Osaka City]
Aiming to explore the possibilities of diverse learning for students utilizing generative AI and others, Konica Minolta Japan and Osaka City signed a partnership agreement from fiscal 2024 and have been advancing initiatives to utilize generative AI in educational settings. In this demonstration conducted at three elementary schools designated as "Generative AI Pilot Schools" in Osaka City, multiple generative AI functions for children, including "Chat Tomo Sync" of "tomoLinks," were used in collaborative and independent learning.
In a questionnaire survey* of students conducted after the demonstration, 82.7% of the students answered that "when there was something I didn't understand, I increasingly thought about it and tackled it myself," showing an improvement in motivation to learn due to the use of generative AI. In the free-text responses, we also confirmed voices indicating improvements in information literacy and critical thinking skills, such as "I became anxious about whether the AI's answers were true and started looking up the answers myself," as well as voices feeling psychological safety specific to dialogue with generative AI, such as "I can ask questions I can't ask people around me" and "I don't feel embarrassed even if my words are slightly wrong."
[Information on Exhibition Participation]
We will exhibit and explain "tomoLinks" at "EDIX Tokyo 2026."
<17th EDIX (Education Comprehensive Exhibition) Tokyo>
Dates: May 13 (Wed) - 15 (Fri), 2026
10:00 - 18:00 *Ends at 17:00 on the final day only
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, East Exhibition Halls 1, 2, 3
Official Website: https://www.edix-expo.jp/tokyo/ja-jp.html
Organizer: EDIX Executive Committee (Planning & Operation: RX Japan Ltd.)
Konica Minolta Japan Booth: 16-20