Industry-academia collaboration has been a core orientation of the field covered by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education (JSiSE) since its founding. This paper organizes such collaboration into three categories: research and development, demonstration and social implementation, and human resource development, and reviews representative cases including learning analytics platforms, large language model deployments, and educational VR systems. We then discuss the value and challenges of collaboration, including the educational effect of involving students in real-world problem-solving, the underdevelopment of mechanisms for sharing collaborative outcomes across the academic community, and the need to broaden paper evaluation criteria to include systemic value beyond quantitative learning effects. Finally, we describe the activities of the JSiSE Industry-Academia Collaboration Committee and its pipeline strategy, in which a portal site serves as the entry point and individual matching coordination is positioned as the ultimate goal.

In the medical technologists training course, a program was designed, implemented, and evaluated to teach patient care skills during clinical examinations in hospital-based practical training. The learning objectives were subdivided according to Gagné’s five domains of learning outcomes, with specific strategies and evaluation methods set for each objective. Based on these goals, a blended approach combining e-learning and face-to-face simulation was used to design and develop the entire course. After the practical sessions, learners’ reactions were evaluated in terms of motivation and the degree of content acquisition, particularly in their performance during simulated patient interactions. While motivation levels were high, confidence gains were slightly lower. Regarding content acquisition, over 90％ of the learners successfully demonstrated appropriate patient interaction, suggesting the effectiveness of the training.