Overview
The NIE Learning Festival 2025 features a selection of more than 20 engaging workshops and keynotes, covering cutting – edge topics such as AI-tools for education, climate change misconceptions, STEM curriculum development, computational thinking, educational neuroscience and using drama to teach. Led by experts, these bite-sized workshops give participants the opportunity to sample some of NIE’s courses and make them a feature of their professional learning pathways for the year. Participants will also have the opportunity to discover the latest educational resources, tools, and technologies to enhance their teaching practice as well as connect with like-minded educators to exchange ideas and create valuable partnerships with our experts.
What to Expect
Gain knowledge and skills in an area of interest to enhance their teaching and learning in the classroom.
Events Details
| 17 March 2025 (Monday) | On-campus |
| 18 March 2025 (Tuesday) | Online |
Fees
| Only 17 Mar 2025 | Only 18 Mar 2025 | Both 17 & 18 Mar 2025 | |
| MOE participants | S$61 per pax | S$61 per pax | S$121 per pax |
| Non-MOE participants | S$331 per pax | S$331 per pax | S$661 per pax |
- Non-MOE participants refer to educators from other educational institutions.
- All fees above are before prevailing GST.
- NIE reserves the right to refuse admission of participants who have not made full payment before the start of the event.
Key Event Highlights
The NIE Learning Festival spans two days.
- Daily Structure:
- 9am to 4pm daily (including 1-hr lunch break)
- Each day features two keynote speeches and two workshop sessions.
- Each session offers concurrent workshops across four strands.
- Participant Options:
- Register for Day 1, Day 2, or both.
- Choose workshops freely within your chosen day(s).
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Keynote Speakers
Assoc Prof Victor Lim
Associate Professor, English Language & Literature Department
Designing Learning in the Digital Age
17 March 2025 I 9.15am-10.15am I On-campus
Synopsis
In the digital age, learning is increasingly redefined by emerging technologies, such as Generative AI, which presents both promises and perils for education. Drawing on findings from recent studies, I discuss how educators can design meaningful and multimodal learning experiences that prepare students to navigate and thrive in our brave new world.
Profile
Fei Victor Lim is Associate Professor and Deputy Head (Research), English Language and Literature Department at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is a literacy researcher and an educator with expertise in multimodality in education. He is interested in how and what we should teach learners in today's digital age.
Assoc Prof Edward Park
Associate Professor, Humanities & Social Studies Education Department
Geospatial Technologies in Humanities and Sustainability
17 March 2025 I 3pm to 4pm I On-campus
Synopsis
This keynote explores the application of geospatial technologies like remote sensing and GIS to address pressing sustainability challenges. Drawing on real-world case studies, it highlights how these tools can support multidisciplinary teaching, offering practical ways to connect environmental and societal issues in humanities and geography classrooms.
Profile
Edward Park, Assistant Professor at NIE and Principal Investigator at Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU, is a Nanyang Research Award (Young Investigator) 2023 recipient and recognized among Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists. Specializing in Physical Geography and sustainability, his research spans Southeast Asia’s rivers. He serves as an editor for leading journals like Journal of Hydrology.
Dr Hang Kim Hoo
President of the Singapore Mathematical Society
Lifelong and Self-directed Learning – Lessons Learnt from an Educator
18 March 2025 I 9am-10am I Online
Synopsis
This keynote will provide practical tips and suggestions on how current educational focus areas (e.g. metacognition, CCE, 21CC, curriculum frameworks, technology) in the Singapore educational landscape can be mined to synthesise learning (and teaching) strategies to hone and enable internalisation of routines and habit of minds for lifelong and self-directed learning.
Profile
Dr Hang Kim Hoo is currently the President of the Singapore Mathematical Society. He was Specialist Inspector (Mathematics), Senior Curriculum Specialist (Mathematics) and led four schools (Clementi Town Secondary School, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Jurong Junior College and Jurong Pioneer Junior College) before retiring from education service.
Ms Rosie Connor
Founder of BTS Spark
The Uncommon Sense of MESSY Leadership
18 March 2025 I 3pm - 4pm I Online
Synopsis
School leadership is messy, and school leaders need to be increasingly adaptive, collaborative and emotionally intelligent. Ms Connor will share insights from coaching over 20,000 school leaders worldwide to unpack the top nine challenges faced by school leaders and offer some practical strategies to support you to thrive as a ‘MESSY leader’.
Profile
Rosie Connor founded BTS Spark to enable school leaders globally to access world-class leadership development at not-for-profit prices. She previously worked for England’s National College for School Leadership and facilitated the launch of Australia’s Professional Principal Standard. Rosie was named in The Educator Magazine’s list of “The Best Educators in Australia Influencing Culture and Reform,” within the category “Most Influential Educators 2023.”
Concurrent Workshops
10.30am - 12.00pm I On-campus
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| Strand | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Explore the Key Applications of AI Tools for Education (Part I) | A/P Quek Choon Lang Gwendoline & Ms Yap Chin-Fang |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Understanding and Supporting High Ability Learners in Regular Classrooms | Dr Letchmi Devi |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Film in the Classroom | Dr Dennis Yeo |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | The Teacher as FaciliActor | A/P Charlene Rajendran |
| Leadership | Connecting e21cc with CCE: Towards a Whole-School Approach to Values | Ms Faith Yeo & Mr Ong Chin Leng |
| Maths & Science | Introduction to Primary/Lower Secondary Science Demonstrations in Food Science Topics | Dr Johannah Soo |
| Maths & Science | STEM Tasks with Chemistry Applications | A/P Teo Tang Wee |
1.15pm - 2.45pm I On-campus
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| Strand | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Explore the Key Applications of AI Tools for Education (Part II) | A/P Quek Choon Lang Gwendoline & Ms Yap Chin-Fang |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Drama Strategies for Language Learning in the Primary Classroom | Dr Jennifer Wong |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Teaching Grammar | Dr Chang Qizhong |
| Leadership | Leading with Empathy and Compassion: What Several Years of Design Thinking in Schools Have Taught Us | Dr Wong Yew Leong |
| Maths & Science | Powerful Ideas for Secondary Mathematics: STEM and More! | A/P Choy Ban Heng |
10.15am - 11.45am I Online
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| Strand | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Neuroscience, Computational Science and Artificial Intelligence in Learning | Dr Yuvaraj Rajamanickam |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Using Learning Analytics to Understand Students’ Learning Outcomes and Processes | Dr Teo Chew Lee, Dr Elizabeth Koh, Dr Wong Lung Hsiang and Dr Katherine Yuan |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Correcting Secondary School Students’ Misconceptions of Climate Change | |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Sexual Enslavement and Silence: The Comfort Women of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore | Prof Kevin Blackburn |
| Leadership | Leading Powerful Conversations in Professional Learning Communities | A/P Hairon Salleh |
| Maths & Science | Developing Computational Thinking in Secondary Mathematics | A/P Ho Weng Kin |
1.15pm - 2.45pm I Online
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| Strand | Course Title | Instructor(s) |
| Emerging Technologies & Innovative Pedagogies | Applications of Educational Neuroscience | Dr Astrid Schmied |
| Language, Arts & Humanities | Appreciating Multiculturalism through Stories | Dr Sa'eda Buang, A/P Seetha Lakshmi & Ms. Moh Lee Fair |
| Leadership | Rethinking and Transforming Assessment Practices in Singapore Schools: Implications for Educational Leaders | A/P Jonathan Goh Wee Pin |
| Maths & Science | Preview to Certificate in STEM Curriculum Development | A/P Teo Tang Wee |
How to Register
You may register for either Day 1, Day 2 or both days of the NIE Learning Festival. This will give you access to participate in any workshops within the day, by mixing and matching workshops according to your interest.
