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 * Proposal submission #21700**

Challenges and Successes: Reflecting on Five Years of Video Conferencing Speech Classes between Hawaii and Japan
 * Title**

Doric Little, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, HI, USA, Doric@hawaii.edu Reid Sonoda, Sony Hawaii Company, Honolulu, HI, USA, Reid.Sonoda@am.sony.com Mary Kimura, Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, marykimu@ogu.ac.jp Kumiko Sakamoto, Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, kzyy1594@ogu.ac.jp Noriko Miyake, Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, n-miyake@ogu.ac.jp Kazumi Fukuda, Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, hiro-furukawa@earth.ocn.ne.jp
 * Presenter(s)**

A speech professor in the University of Hawaii system who was contemplating retirement developed an English communication skills course (public speaking) for college students at Osaka Gakuin University in Japan. This course and an advanced version were taught successfully for five years using videoconferencing technology from the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, to the classroom in Osaka Gakuin University. The purpose of this proposed workshop is to discuss the challenges that the team faced and the close collaboration required to overcome those challenges. These challenges included technical (packet loss), academic (adaptation of the course to meet students’ English abilities and speaking needs), personnel (the role of the teaching assistant), and recruitment (the courses were not required). The essential members of the team and several former students will participate. If the panel can be scheduled for an afternoon, the two Hawaii participants and the three participants in Japan will meet via the conference and present together. Audience participation and questions will be encouraged and is important for all to benefit from the team's five years of experience.
 * Description**

Panel discussion Not previously published All audiences The session will be presented by participants in Japan and Hawaii, including students.
 * Notes & Comments**