AI Centre for Educational Technologies
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Prof. Ben Leong delivers keynote at Anderson Secondary School
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On 11 November 2026, Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET, delivered a keynote address to the teaching staff of Anderson Secondary School as the school concluded a year of professional learning.The talk explored what it means to be an AI-ready educator through four questions: how AI affects learning, whether students…
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Keeping the Human at the Centre: AICET’s Prof. Soo Yuen Jien Speaks at RGS Staff Development Day
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On 10 November 2026, AICET was invited to speak at Raffles Girls’ School’s (RGS) annual professional development event, attended by more than 100 RGS staff. The programme featured two speakers: Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, AICET Deputy Director (Pedagogy and Research), and Felix Goh from Google. Prof. Soo’s talk, was organised…
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Teaching Is About Heart: AICET Director Addresses MOE SDCD
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On 10 November 2026, Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET, delivered the keynote at MOE’s Student Development Curriculum Division (SDCD) Divisional Learning Day 2026. In his talk, “Preparing our students for an AI-driven future”, he made clear he was not there to convince teachers to use AI to teach. Instead,…
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ScholAIstic in Practice: AICET Hosts HKBU’s Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning
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On 6 November 2026, AICET welcomed a delegation from the Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). The visit was co-hosted by AICET Director Prof. Ben Leong and Deputy Director (Research and Pedagogy) Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, and centred on ScholAIstic, AICET’s platform for educators…
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AICET Takes KouShi’s Learnings to AI Engineer Shanghai
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On 5 and 6 November 2026, AICET joined about 1,600 developers, researchers and practitioners at AI Engineer Shanghai, the first edition of the AI Engineer conference series held in China. AICET was represented by Satvik Sinha, Yang Hui Ting and Karina Yuen, with Satvik presenting a talk on streaming speech-to-text…
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What Should Students Learn When AI Can Do So Much?: Perspectives from Australia and Singapore
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On 6 November 2026, AICET welcomed Dave Armstrong, Principal of Wangaratta High School in Victoria, Australia, and a board member of the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals (VASSP). The visit was hosted by Jonathan Chen, Deputy Director (Engineering), who shared how AICET is approaching teaching and learning as AI…
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AI in Schools, Guided by Pedagogy: A Visit from Sejong City Office of Education
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On 5 November 2026, AICET hosted a delegation from the Sejong City Office of Education. Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET, shared how the centre builds AI tools around the needs of teachers and how these tools are being used in Singapore schools. From university labs to school classrooms Prof.…
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Effective AI Adoption Is a People Problem: AICET Welcomes SWIPC
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On 4 November 2026, AICET welcomed a delegation from the Korea Regional Software Industry Promotion Council (SWIPC). Hosted by Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET, the visit offered the delegation a look at how a university centre takes educational software from an idea in the classroom to a platform used…
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AICET at GMC 2026: Reimagining Education at the Speed of AI
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On 3 November 2026, AICET’s Deputy Director (Engineering) took up a question that many educators are now asking at the 2026 Global MOOC and Online Education Conference (GMC 2026) in Hanoi, Vietnam: if AI can do so much, what is left for education to teach? His answer, in a talk…
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Pedagogy First, Technology Second: AICET Shares Its Approach with Educators from the Moscow Region
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On 30 October 2026, AICET hosted a delegation of educators from Primakov School in the Moscow Region. The delegation was led by Ms Maiia Maisuradze, Principal, and included Ms Anna Mara, Head of Leadership Department; Ms Irina Kurlykova, Head of Professional Development Department; Ms Viktoria Petrova, Head of Boarding; Mr…
