Gabriel Lim | Teacher
Raffles institution

Gabriel Lim is a dedicated and innovative educator with a passion for inspiring students to reach their full potential. With close to a decade of experience teaching at Raffles Institution, one of Singapore's leading educational institutions, Gabriel has a proven track record of fostering academic excellence and personal growth in his students.

Gabriel's teaching philosophy centers around creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment where students are encouraged to think critically, collaborate with their peers, and develop a lifelong love for learning. He is known for his creative approach to lesson planning, incorporating technology to make complex concepts more accessible and relatable to his students.
As the Lead Consultant in Raffles Institution's AI Capabilities and Transformation center, he has also supported many other staff members to infuse Edtech into their lessons.

Appearances:

Pre-conference Workshops @ 10:00

[M5] 3 Nov (AM) - Culture first, AI second: driving sustainable adoption

AI tools offer powerful new affordances for teaching and learning, yet in many schools and organisations, adoption still lags behind what’s possible. The sticking point is rarely whether the tools work. More often, it’s culture: the beliefs, norms, incentives, and everyday routines that shape whether people feel safe to try, time to experiment and support to persist when early attempts are messy.

This workshop focuses on the “culture engine” behind sustainable AI adoption. Drawing from our school’s experience, we will share a practical, field-tested approach to shifting mindsets and behaviours - from cautious curiosity to confident, purposeful use. Participants will explore how we build trust and psychological safety, reduce friction in teachers’ workflows, and create shared language for what “good” AI use looks like. We will also unpack the systems that make change stick: leadership signals, professional learning structures, peer champions, quick-win pilots, feedback loops and lightweight governance that protects quality without slowing innovation.

Beyond sharing examples, this is a hands on planning session. Participants will diagnose their current adoption barriers and identify the cultural levers most relevant to their context. Using a simple strategy canvas, they will craft a customised adoption plan- including key messages, enabling structures, pilot ideas, measures of progress and a realistic action roadmap - so they can return to their organisations ready to lead AI-enabled change with clarity and momentum.

Key takeaways include:

Explain why culture (not tool effectiveness) is often the main driver of AI adoption and identify the key cultural barriers and enablers in their own context
Apply a set of practical culture-shaping strategies (e.g., psychological safety, norms for “good use”, peer champions, quick-win pilots, supportive structures) to increase teacher uptake and quality of AI use
Design a customised AI adoption strategy for their organisation, including priority actions, stakeholder roles, communication moves and simple success measures

Kuang Wen Chan, Head of Department, Educational Technology, Raffles institution