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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…
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Making the Interaction Observable: ScholAIstic at NUS AI Research Day 2026
On 22 September 2026, AICET presented ScholAIstic at NUS AI Research Day, a university-wide event organised by the NUS Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) that brings together AI researchers, students, and industry and government partners. Held at NUS School of Computing, the event featured faculty spotlight talks and a poster and demonstration session showcasing AI research from across the university. Karina Yuen, EdTech Development Specialist at AICET, recently demonstrated to an audience of researchers how ScholAIstic streamlines educational Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. The platform integrates activity design, student access, and interaction-data collection into a single, cohesive workflow. The Research Challenge A…
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Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Explores AI in Education at AICET
On 26 August 2026, AICET hosted a delegation from the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, Korea’s largest provincial office of education. The visit was hosted by Prof. Ben Leong, Director of AICET. The delegation comprised senior officials and researchers from the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, including the Head of its Future Education and Training Department, educational researchers, scholars, an officer, and a representative from the Gyeonggi Institute for Future Science Education. The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plays a leading role in advancing AI and digital education programs for elementary, middle, and high school teachers across the province. As…
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Copilot vs Autopilot: Preparing Shanghai Students for an AI-Driven Future
On 20 August 2026, AICET Director Prof. Ben Leong hosted a delegation from Shanghai University, comprising postgraduate students and the Vice Dean, together with a delegation from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), comprising a postgraduate student and Dr. Li Wei, Programme Director at NTU and CEO of Transfong Ventures. Prof. Ben opened with a familiar set of tensions educators are grappling with: how to prevent cognitive offloading, where the line sits between good AI use and over-reliance, and what students actually need to learn in an AI-saturated world. He framed the difference between productive and harmful AI use through a “Copilot…
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From Singapore to Saigon: AICET Explores Vietnam’s AI Landscape
On 18 August 2026, tech leaders, enterprise decision-makers, and investors gathered in Ho Chi Minh City for The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Chapter 4—a flagship event co-organised by JDI and the Hong Kong Business Association Vietnam. With an elite audience comprising 45% corporate leaders, 40% startups/SMEs, and a combined 80% management-level attendees (CXOs, senior/middle management, and founders), the summit offered a high-energy platform for two teams from AICET: Koditsu and SoftMark. Both teams set up shop right in the heart of the event’s exhibition hall. Koditsu: represented by Shubham Sahai, Umair Ahmed, Satvik Sinha, and Markus Yeo, focused on demonstrating…
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AICET Brings ScholAIstic to CELC in Hands-On Workshop
On 5 August 2026, AICET conducted a hands-on workshop introducing ScholAIstic to faculty from the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC). The session was led by Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, AICET’s Deputy Director (Pedagogy and Research), with support from AICET EdTech Specialists Bernice Loon, Geraldine Tan, Karina Yuen, and Pragya Chandel, and was customised specifically for CELC’s teaching context, building on AICET’s broader collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning Technologies (CTLT) on ScholAIstic workshops. Learning ScholAIstic as a Student First During the session, participants were given the opportunity to test-drive ScholAIstic themselves, experiencing first-hand four sample activities built on…
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Teaching Beyond the Tools: Rethinking Learning in the Age of Generative AI
On 5 August 2026, Director of AICET Prof. Ben Leong was giving a talk at an Apple Education Leadership Forum held in Kuala Lumpur where he tackled one of the most pressing questions facing modern educators: how to navigate the role of Generative AI in education while ensuring students still engage in deep, meaningful learning. This event brought together regional education leaders, government officials, and innovators to shape the future of learning through technology, inclusive practices, and forward-thinking leadership. The Dilemma of AI Adoption in the Classroom Prof. Ben opened by challenging the audience to reflect on whether students should…
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From Pain Points to Products: How AICET Builds AI Tools for the Classroom
On 5 August 2026, AICET hosted a delegation of teachers representing elementary, middle, and high schools across the province and education officials from Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, South Korea. The visit was hosted by Prof. Soo Yuen Jien, AICET’s Deputy Director (Pedagogy and Research). Setting the Tone: NUS’s AI Policy Prof. Soo opened by outlining NUS’s foundational stance towards AI in education: embrace it, rather than resist it, while paying close attention to considerations such as modality, keeping a human in the loop, and treating AI-detection tools as indicative rather than conclusive. From Knowing to Creating: A…
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“AI in Education: Boon or Bane?”: Prof. Ben Leong Delivers Keynote at HYPE@SST 2026
On 31 July 2026, AICET Director Prof. Ben Leong delivered a keynote at HYPE@SST 2026 (Humanities Youth Perspective and Engagement), a virtual session themed “AI in Education: Boon or Bane?”. Framed as “what I would tell myself if I were your age”, Prof. Ben’s talk spoke directly to the students in the audience, sharing a personal take on how AI is reshaping learning, work, and what young people should focus on developing over the years ahead. Cognitive Offloading and the “Copilot vs Autopilot” Problem Prof. Ben opened by naming a temptation familiar to any student: using AI to simply do…
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Copilot, Not Autopilot: Navigating the AI Frontier in the Public Service
On 30 July 2026, AICET Director Prof. Ben Leong spoke at a fireside chat at the Civil Service College during the Singapore Public Service Learning Fest 2026—themed One Public Service: Innovating for the Future: Harnessing AI and Innovation for Tomorrow’s Solutions. Beyond the Hype: The Reality of AI Adoption Addressing the pervasive sense of AI-driven Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO), Prof. Ben opened by cutting through the industry hype. Despite massive enterprise investments in generative AI, research shows that a surprising number of initiatives fall short of expectations. For instance, a 2025 MIT report revealed that 95% of GenAI pilots…
