It has finally arrived. The Japan Society for Educational Technology journal Vol. 37(3), a special issue on “Informal Learning in the Information Society.” I served as the deputy editor-in-chief, having been appointed by Professor Yuhei Yamauchi of the University of Tokyo.

I would like to thank Professor Masayuki Murakami of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, the deputy editor-in-chief of the previous special issue, for his guidance on the duties of the role and for his support whenever I had questions. I am also grateful for his review of the outline for the perspective paper. Thank you very much. I would also like to express my gratitude to the secretary, Professor Junko Araki of Sanno University, for her assistance, and to all the members of the editorial board for this special issue, whose contributions helped make this a high-quality publication.

This special issue contains a wealth of research findings, ranging from Professor Yamauchi’s overview of informal learning research in Educational Technology to my own research on trends in ICT utilization for informal learning, as well as studies on workshops and support for report writing outside of class. I hope you will take the time to read it.

On a personal note, in addition to the perspective paper, a review paper I co-authored with Professor Toru Fujimoto of the University of Tokyo on the evaluation of game use in informal learning is also included. Recently, research on the development of games for education and learning, such as serious games, as well as the use of existing games in educational and learning settings, has become increasingly active worldwide. I hope those of you conducting research on education/learning X games will find it useful.

Thank you for your support.