AI in Education – Selected Publications & Keynotes
Keynotes & Opinions
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Media,
By taking over routine thinking, AI could open space for ESD, University World News, December 2025.
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Ong, Y. S., AI and Gamification for Personalization, Engagement, and the Future of Learning
(Keynote, International Conference on AI and Education for Sustainable Futures (TTLC 2025), 11 - 12 September 2025, Malaysia). Details.
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Ong, Y. S., Transforming Education with AI and Gamification: Personalization, Engagement, and the Future of Learning
(Keynote, Joint Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Future Talents by Harvard, Stanford and The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 8 - 10 May 2025). Details.
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Ong, Y. S., Potential of generative AI in transforming teaching and learning and the next phase of technology.
(Keynote, Immersive Learning and Metaverse in Education (CILME) Annual workshop, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 20 - 21 February 2025). Details.
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Ong, Y. S., AI-Driven Education: Shaping the Future of Learning with Personalization and Engagement
(Keynote, AI for Education Conference, 4 - 5 November 2024). Details.
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Ong, Y. S., Harnessing Motivation to Ignite Learning: AI and Game-Based Strategies for Engaging Students.
(Keynote, International Learning Festival, Singapore Polytechnic, 24 September 2024, Singapore). Details.
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Ong, Y. S., Two Decades of AI Practice in Higher Education – A Personal Perspective
(Keynote, The Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, March 2021). Details.
Creator-Centered Education: Gamification and AI
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Explore interactive AI systems and simulations designed to help learners explore intelligent agents, adaptive behaviors, and computational problem-solving through games and experimentation. By combining gamification with AI-driven environments, students can move from passive learning to creator-based learning, where they design, test, and evolve intelligent systems themselves. Such approaches reflect modern AI research that blends learning, adaptation, and optimization to solve complex problems. AI Learning Systems.
Research Publications (AI in Education)
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Hou, C., Zhu, G., Liu, Y., Sudarshan, V., Chong, J. L. L., Zhang, F. Y., Tan, M. Y. H., & Ong, Y. S., The effects of critical thinking intervention on reliance behaviors, problem-solving quality, and creativity during human-Generative AI collaborative learning (2026). Computers & Education, 247:105576.
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Hou C., Zhu G., Sudarshan V., Lim F., Ong Y. S., Measuring undergraduate students' reliance on generative AI during problem-solving: Scale development and validation. (2025).
Computers & Education, 234:105329
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Hou C., Yu H., Zhu G., Anas J. D., Liu J., Ong Y. S., MazeMate: An LLM-Powered Chatbot to Support Computational Thinking in Gamified Programming Learning (2025). arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/html/2511.03727v1
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Zhu G., Kow J. F., Fan X., Yeter I. H., Chit L. S., Ong Y. S., Exploring Undergraduate Students' Computational Thinking Skills Across Engineering Design Processes. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2025.
Wiley Link
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G Zhu, V Sudarshan, JF Kow and YS Ong, Human-Generative AI Collaborative Problem Solving: Who Leads and How Students Perceive the Interactions. IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2024. arxiv or IEEE Link
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Zhong T., Zhu G., Lim K. Y., Ong Y. S., Generative AI as a Tool or Leader? Exploring AI-Augmented Thinking in Student Programming Tasks (2025). arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19490
Awards & Features