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.
On 18th February, Prof. Jun Iio provided his lecture on developing and operating the Dialogbook system at Chiang Mai University. He gave his talk to sophomore students studying software engineering at the university’s Courage of Art, Media, and Technology (CAMT). He gave an overview of the SMILE project, how the dialogbook supported it, and its…
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…
We would like to introduce the TV program entitled The Corridor of Knowledge, produced by JCOM and Chuo University. Here is the citation from the introduction written on Chuo University’s website. Chuo University is collaborating with JCOM Corporation to produce the educational program “Corridor of Knowledge” to contribute the university’s intellectual property to society. The…
At the Kagoshima Prefecture Private School Education Training Seminar held on Thursday, 20th November, 2025, Miwako Yoshida, a teacher at Kagoshima Ikueikan Junior and Senior High School, introduced the online collaborative class with Taiwan supported by WILL, under the theme of “Practical Research on English Education through AI and International Exchange for Glocal Human Resource…
From 15th to 18th March, Prof. Waka and Prof. Jun visited several institutes in Taiwan to discuss preparations for the next SPICE and I-WIT 2027. On the 16th morning, they visited Mingdao High School in Taichung, then, in the afternoon of the same day, they had a meeting with Prof. Stano Kong of Tunghai University….
The SMILE Project generally charges a participation fee of approximately 3,000 yen per person. We asked Gemini to assess whether this price is reasonable for the services provided. Below are Gemini’s analysis results. Based on the available materials, we will present an analysis of the SMILE Project’s pricing relative to typical online educational exchange services…
