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AI in Schools, Guided by Pedagogy: A Visit from Sejong City Office of Education
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. Ben explained that AICET’s work starts from a simple premise: AI should not replace teachers, but help them do what they already do, better. Educational innovation, in his view, is less a technology problem than a pedagogy problem. Each platform therefore begins with a real classroom need, is built and…
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Effective AI Adoption Is a People Problem: AICET Welcomes SWIPC
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 by thousands of students across NUS and Singapore schools. Start with the problem, not the technology Prof. Ben began by explaining why AICET does not treat educational innovation as a technology challenge. In his view, the harder questions are about pedagogy, and the Centre’s goal is not to replace teachers…
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Pedagogy First, Technology Second: AICET Shares Its Approach with Educators from the Moscow Region
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 Artemii Yeliseev, Vice-Principal for IT; Mr Ivan Savinykh, Producer and Teacher of Music; and Mr Daniel Pagnoccolo, Head of International Department. The session was led by Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET, who gave an overview of how the Centre develops its AI-based learning platforms, the platforms now in use…
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Better, Not Faster – AICET at Digital:NEX Asia Tech Conference 2026
On 29 October 2026, AICET Director Prof. Ben Leong spoke at the Digital:NEX Asia Tech Conference 2026. His talk, “Better, Not Faster: Getting AI Adoption Right!”, addressed a question many organisations are now facing: how to deploy AI in a way that delivers lasting value. Prof. Ben structured the talk around four themes: the current state of AI, how organisations should deploy it, its impact on work and learning, and the risks that come with it. His central argument was that effective AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology problem. Pay attention, but don’t FOMO Prof. Ben opened…
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KouShi.AI : The Future of Oral Language Learning
On 15 October 2026, AICET welcomed a delegation from the Mother Tongue Languages Branch (MTLB) of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore. The visit was an opportunity to talk about how AI can support language learning, especially speaking practice, and to give the delegation hands-on time with one of AICET’s newest platforms. Designing AI Around How Students Learn The session opened with a presentation by Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, Deputy Director (Pedagogy and Research), AICET. Prof. Soo started from a simple principle that guides AICET’s work: if educators already understand how to teach something well, that pedagogy can be translated…
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Judgment First: Learning Well in the Age of AI
On 12 October 2026, Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET welcomed a delegation from Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower Academy (MOMA). The session gave the delegation an overview of AICET’s approach to using AI in education, a look at the Centre’s platforms in use today, and an opportunity to discuss how these tools might support learning beyond the classroom. Prof. Ben covered AICET’s pedagogy-first approach, the risks and opportunities AI presents for learning, and how the Centre’s platforms are being used to train and assess human skills. A Pedagogy-First Approach Prof. Ben opened by noting that innovation in education is fundamentally…
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From Policy to Practice: AI Governance in Teaching and Learning
On 2 October 2026, Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, Deputy Director (Pedagogy and Research) at AICET, spoke at the first webinar of the Work-Study Technology & AI Pedagogy Special Interest Group (SIG), titled AI Governance & Responsible Practice. The webinar opens a three-part series on how technology and AI can enhance teaching and learning across Continuing Education and Training (CET), part-time and work-study programmes. The SIG is supported by the Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG-SIG) from the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) at NUS. Prof. Soo covered three areas: the NUS AI policy, integrating AI into teaching and learning, and…
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Better, Not Just Faster: Prof. Ben Leong at Home Team Trainers’ Day 2026
On 30 September 2026, Prof. Ben Leong, Director of the AI Centre for Educational Technologies (AICET), delivered a sharing at Home Team Trainers’ Day 2026, organised by the Home Team Academy’s (HTA) Centre for Learning Systems. Titled “Better, Not Just Faster: AI, Judgement, and Human Skills”, the session examined how generative AI affects the way people learn, and what this means for trainers preparing officers for work where sound judgement is essential. What the evidence suggests Prof. Ben began by pointing to growing evidence that relying on AI can come at a cost to learning. He shared a recent study…
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From Idea to Prototype: AICET Introduces MOE Principals to AI-Assisted Software Engineering
On 30 September 2026, AICET conducted a hands-on workshop for Ministry of Education (MOE) principals from the West Zone on the use of AI in software development. The session took participants from the basics of “vibe coding” through to the wider discipline of AI-assisted software engineering, giving them a first-hand sense of what these tools make possible and where their limits lie. The programme also included a dedicated segment introducing KouShi, one of AICET’s newest platforms. From Vibe Coding to AI-Assisted Software Engineering The workshop opened with an overview of how AI is changing the way software is built. Participants…
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Building Better Bots: ScholAIstic Workshop for NUS Business School
On 23 September 2026, AICET’s Pedagogy Team conducted a hands-on ScholAIstic workshop for faculty and staff from NUS Business School. The session was led by Karina Yuen, EdTech Development Specialist at AICET, and introduced participants to the platform through direct, practical use. Exploring What’s Possible The workshop was organised around four segments: Explore, Experience, Understand, and Build & Refine. Participants began by looking at examples of ScholAIstic projects already running at NUS Business School, such as AI executives that MBA students interview for an IPO pitch and AI recruiters for practising negotiation across cultures. Attendees got the chance to try…
