Publications

Journal Paper and Book Chapter

  1. Mayuroh, M., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J. (2025) The Impact of Internet-Based International Small-Group Activities on Students in the Countryside, LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 18(2), 410-429.
  2. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J. (2025) Online International Exchange Classes, Chapter 14: Utilizing ICT in English Education, Special Issue Commemorating the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japan Association for the Study of English as a Second Language, pp. 424-427. (in Japanese)
  3. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J. (2024) The Student Meet Internationally through Language Education (SMILE) Project: Its Overview and Unique Points, Language Education International Conference (LEI-Con), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 187-194.
  4. Pornthanachotanan, P., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Honda, Y., Insawat, T., and Singhapreecha, P. (2024) The Impact of the SMILE Project on Thai EFL Learners: Collaborations between Thai and Japanese L2 Learners, LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 17(1), 662-687. (2024.2).
  5. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Ramayah, K., Komoto, R., Sakurai, J. (2023) How ICT Tools Support a Course Centered on International Collaboration Classes, In: Keane, T., Lewin, C., Brinda, T., Bottino, R. (eds) Towards a Collaborative Society Through Creative Learning. WCCE 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 685. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43393-1_24.
  6. Iio, J., Wakabayashi, S., Sakurai, J., Ishikawa, S., Kijima, Y. (2021) Providing a Platform for Intercultural Communication Education and its Practices, Transaction Digital Practice, IPSJ, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 58-67. (in Japanese)
  7. Iio, J. and Wakabayashi, S., (2020) Dialogbook: A Proposal for Simple e-Portfolio System for International Communication Learning, International Journal of Web Information Systems, Vol. 16, Issue. 5, pp. 611-622.

Short Paper, Technical Report, and Bulletin

  1. Wakabayashi, S., IIo, J. (2025) SMILE Project: Fostering Intercultural Understanding and Transformative Learning through International Collaborative Language Education, Academic Symposium Research Series, Chuo University, No. 14, pp. 15-24. (in Japanese)
  2. Nakagawa, Y., Yoshimizu, K., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Matsumoto, H. (2024) Innovative Utilization of ICT for the Global Learning Experiences: English-Mediated Exchanges Between Schools in Japan and Overseas, LET Journal of Central Japan, Vol. 34, pp. 1-26. (in Japanese)
  3. Baba, M., Zou, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Wakabayashi, S. (2024) A Practical Report on Collaborative Japanese Classes among Learners at Thailand and Chinese Universities Using ICT – AN Analysis of Thai Students’ Responses to Questionnaires and Reflection Forms -, Journal of research papers: Network for Thai-Japan Studies in Thailand, Vol. 5, pp. 20-30. (in Japanese)
  4. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Kumaraguru, R., Sakurai, J. (2023) The Joy and Surprise of Getting through, and the Cry for Better, KELES Journal, Vol. 8, pp. 18-26. (in Japanese)

International Conference

  1. Wakabayashi, S. (2025) Building a Foundation for Courses Centered on Simultaneous, Interactive Collaborative Classes, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 57-63, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  2. Wakabayashi, S. (2025) Report on the Results of International Collaborative Classes Between Three Universities in Three Countries, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 64-72, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  3. Kunimatsu, M. (2025) Internationalization of University and Specialized Subject Education in Foreign Languages, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 73-77, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  4. Iio, J. (2025) Discourse Analysis in Intercultural Education, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 78-85, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  5. Yoon, J. (2025) Learning and Growth of Language Hosts Participating in Online Collaborative Learning, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 86-90, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  6. Baba, M. (2025) Report on Collaborative Japanese Language Classes Between Universities Outside Japan, 52nd International Academic Conference, The Japanese Language Association of Korea, pp. 91-95, Seoul, Korea & online. (in Japanese)
  7. Iio, J., Saito, M., Wakabayashi, S. (2025) Visualize the Meetings: Discourse Analysis on Intercultural Online Group Discussions, The 14th International Workshop on Web Services and Social Media (WSSM-2025), Taichung, Taiwan.
  8. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J. (2025) New Perspectives Emerged from the Student Meet Internationally through Language Education (SMILE) Project, the 23rd AsiaTEFL Conference, Hongkong, China.
  9. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., and Baba, M. (2024) Online Collaboration Classes among Learners of Japanese with Different Cultural and Lingustic Backgrounds, The 6th Intenational Conference on Japanese Studies, Language, & Education 2024 (The 6th ICJSLE 2024), pp. 59-60, Bali, Indonesia.
  10. Baba, M., Zou, S., Iio, J., and Wakabayashi, S. (2024) Report on Collaborative Teaching between Universities in Thailand and China in Japanese using ICT, 2024 International Conference on Japanese Language Education, (ICJLE2024), Madison, WI, USA.
  11. Kokwarn, P., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Honda, Y., Insawart, T., Wakabayashi, S. (2024) Influence of ICT-based International Collaboration Classes on Thai Learners’ Attitudes toward English Language Learning, The 8th FLLT Conference 2024 Global Voices in ELT: Embracing Multicultural Perspectives, Phuket, Thailand.
  12. Ibañez, J. M., Iimura, T., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Wakabayashi, S. (2024) Fostering a Meaningful Online Collaborative Learning: A place of Equity and Inclusion, International Hybrid Conference on Diversity and Inclusivity in English Language Education (DIELE2024), Hachioji, Tokyo.
  13. Iio, J., Miyamoto, Y., Wakabahashi, S. (2023) Lessons Learned from Intercultural Communication Classes of the SMILE Project, In R.J. Dickey & H.K. Lee (Eds.), AsiaTEFL Proceedings 2023: Papers from the 21st AsiaTEFL Conference (pp. 1021-1033). AsiaTEFL. (ISBN: 979-11-982534-0-8) Available: https://asiatefl.org/main/main.php?main=10&sub=2, Deajeon, Korea, (2023.8).
  14. Iio, J., Wakabayashi, S., Sakurai, J., Nakagawa, Y. (2023) Participants’ Net Promoter Score on the Students Meet Internationally through Language Education Project, The 17th International Conference on e-Learning and Digital Learning (ELDL2023), pp. 200-204, Porto, Portugal.
  15. Amornrat A., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Insawart, T. (2023) High School Students’ Confidence in Speaking English and Attitude to an ICT-based International Collaboration, FLLT Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
  16. Kokwarn, P., Wakabayashi S., Iio J., Sakurai, J., Insawart, T., Honda, Y. (2023) Learners’ Attitudes to English Language Learning through ICT-based International Collaboration Classes, FLLT Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
  17. Mayuroh, M., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Kijima, Y. (2023) The Impacts of Collaboration Classes through The Internet: A Case Study of Thai – Japanese Students on SMILE Project (Students Meet Internationally through Language Education), FLLT Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
  18. Pornthanachotanan, P., Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J., Honda, Y., Insawart, T., Pornsiri, S. (2023) A Study of the Impact of The SMILE Project on Thai EFL Learners: The Collaboration between Thai and Japanese L2 Learners, FLLT Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
  19. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Sakurai, J. (2023) What a Series of ICT-based Collaboration Classes Bring to High School and College Students, FLLT Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
  20. Iio, J., Wakabayashi, S., Sakurai, J., Nakagawa, Y. (2023) Cross-cultural Education In Asia using Online Communication Tools and the Dialogbook, The 21st International Conference on e-Society (ES2023), pp. 409-412, Lisbon, Portugal.
  21. Wakabayashi, S., Iio, J., Kumaraguru, R., Komoto, R., Sakurai, J. (2022) How ICT Tools Support a Course Centered on International Collaboration Classes, T. Saito, T. Kakeshita. Eds, Towards a Collaborative Society through Creative Learning: Book of Abstracts. World Conference on Computers in Education 2022, 2C-3, p. 50, Aug 2022, Hiroshima, Japan, (2022.8).
  22. Iio, J., Wakabayashi, S., and Sakurai, J., (2021) Dialogbook2: An Improvement of e-Portfolio System for International Communication Learning, The 20th International Conference on WWW/Internet (ICWI2021), pp. 201-204.
  23. Iio, J., Wakabayashi, S. (2020) Dialogbook: Simple e-Portfolio System for International Communication Learning, The 9th Workshop on Web Services and Social Media (WSSM2020), pp. 538-548, Victoria, Canada (canceled).