The online information session on the SMILE project will be held on 18 September 2026, from 18:30 to 20:00. Feel free to join us if you are interested in this project. Contact us using the form on this website or by email. Please see the flyer. Note: The session will be provided in Japanese.
The online information session on the SMILE project will be held on 10 July 2026, from 18:30 to 20:00. Feel free to join us if you are interested in this project. Contact us using the form on this website or by email. Please see the flyer. Note: The session will be provided in Japanese.
We received the PM Encouragement Award and gave a speech at the award ceremony. Using photos, I, Wakabayashi, explained that the SMILE Project is run primarily by school teachers, and that since 2020, more than 3,000 elementary, junior high, high school, and university students have participated in this international online collaborative program for small group…
Dialogbook version three (alpha version) is now released! The update includes following changes: The source code is available on my GitHub https://github.com/iiojun/dialogbook/
On 17th April 2026, Jun Iio, the director of WILL, gave a talk entitled “The SMILE Project and the Dialogbook: Building and Deploying a Web-Based Learning Support System” at China University of Geosciences (CUG). He explained the SMILE project concept and the use of Dialogbook. Furthermore, the Web apps developed in his laboratory and their…
Today, I would like to introduce the case of the SMILE project 2025 between SMP Islam Al Azhar 26 Yogyakarta (ID) and Kohkai Junior High School (JP). It is an intercultural communication class for junior high school students. The teachers in SMP Islam Al Azhar 26 created a nice poster. It is excellent, even though…
A one-page presentation slide has been created to show the typical image of the SMILE project. We currently only have the Japanese version available. However, it will be translated into English, Korean, and other languages shortly.
