First Posted: April 8, 2021 With more flexible working arrangements, many people working from home and in remote locations rely on teleconferences as an important tool to stay connected. Here are some tips to conduct teleconferences successfully: Plan your teleconference Identify the purpose for meeting. Plan the agenda and list the items for discussion Schedule a time and date that works for everyone involved in the meeting Identify the chairperson. He or she will be resp

Employee attitudes have evolved over the years. In the past, employees yearned for job security and safety. With the rapidly evolving and fluid economy, most people are looking beyond cash rewards as the major motivation for staying at their jobs. Managers have to get to know their employees well enough and understand what it takes to keep them engaged. Engaged employees give their best at work and goes the extra mile for the company. What can managers do to reward and engage

First Posted: April 8, 2021 Terminating employees is a stressful and unpleasant task for most managers, but it is necessary to learn how to deal with it. Here is a checklist to help you prepare for the actual meeting: Mull over your records to refresh your memory of the events or issues that led to termination for the particular employee. Confirm that company policy was adhered to in the case. Notify your boss before you act. This is crucial if the said employee was to appea

Visualizing, practising, applying good breathing techniques, re-directing your nerves and imagining the worst that can happen are some tips to help you overcome anxiety before presentation. 1. Visualize Before the speech: Envision yourself speaking with confidence at the venue During the speech: Scan for friendly faces among the audience to give you a confidence boost 2. Practice makes perfect Practice speaking in front of a mirror and observe how you talk Practice speaking i

Have you recently set up your course or program, but aren’t seeing the great results you expected? Or have you been using the same online tools for months, but still feel that classroom learning isn't as ideal as offline learning? If your answer is yes to any of the questions, don’t be too hard on yourself - it doesn’t mean that online education technology tools are ineffective! What you need to do instead is to assess your situation and some small but necessary changes. Here

First Posted: March 22, 2021 In a previous article , we discussed the importance of designing chatbots with care. To recap: Careless chatbot designs reinforce negative gender bias and stereotypes. This causes problems in both the digital and physical world, which is why it’s essential to design chatbots with gender equality in mind. Enter TechnoFeminism TechnoFeminism, a.k.a. Feminist Technoscience, is a transdisciplinary study of science that came about after decades of gen

In honour of International Women’s Day, the team at Noodle Factory would like to shed light on female chatbots in the male-dominated technology and AI space Within the last decade, we’ve witnessed the creation of many female characters as virtual assistants , including Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft Cortana, as well as feminine voices like Google Assistant and Apple Siri. According to Brookings , approximately 92.4% of America’s smartphone assistants market share which includes

Running a startup is known to be a long and arduous journey, but the Noodle Factory team has kept at it because we know that chatbots can help to change the world . As we’ve grown in knowledge, skills, and clientele, we’ve learned a lot to help us create better AI chatbots for our customers. From trends to festive seasons to the usual FAQs , there are countless things to consider before building an AI chatbot for education. Through trial and error, conversations with indust

Tip #1: Give your chatbot avatar a festive outfit for Chinese New Year We know that having a cute chatbot avatar is enticing and important to many users, so we’re encouraging you to make your chatbot avatar look even more adorable by dressing them up for the holiday season.What better way to ring in the holidays than to change your chat header, icon, and avatar’s outfit to be Chinese New Year-themed? It’s super simple to do so – all you have to do is go to the Noodle Factory

“What 1997 was to Internet and browsers, 2017 is to bots.” — Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot founder and CTO. Indeed, AI chatbots are already used in a number of everyday activities. You have probably encountered chatbots while ordering flowers online, scheduling a meeting or finding a suitable mortgage plan. While the benefits of chatbots are clear, there are certain misconceptions about what chatbots are exactly and what they can do. Here, we debunk 5 common misconceptions about AI

Overview We’re always learning new things as there is limitless knowledge to be consumed in this world. Every day is a lesson, and although it can be challenging to be a learner, it is arguably more challenging to be an educator. Learners have to focus mainly on learning their course content, but educators have to plan the curriculum, find ways to disseminate the content, figure out how to make the lessons engaging, try to personalise classes to meet different student needs,

Due to COVID-19’s stay-home and social distancing regulations this year, institutes have had to rely heavily on E-learning. The unprecedented situation has made teaching authorities and curriculum managers pinpoint the shortcomings of current E-learning capabilities while looking for a better alternative, particularly for Higher Education. Key difficulties faced on existing E-learning platforms As schools and workplaces transition into learning and working from home, teachers

Abstract summary : Artificial Intelligence brings a lot of promise and the business and education industries are expected to continue growing. Not only does AI provide accuracy and efficiency, it can work tirelessly and ensure less risks. However, there are significant challenges holding AI back such as its lack of creative thinking, its impact on the human workforce and the current shortage of AI professionals today. Almost everyone is joining in the hype about Artificial

The chatbot industry was valued at about 17 billion USD in 2019 and is projected to reach over 100 billion USD by 2025 (Mordorintelligence, 2020). With a probable 34% cumulative annual growth rate, the industry shows promise in service automation. Besides, 65% of customers worldwide showed an inclination towards chat connectivity over customer call support (BotMyWork, 2020). However, the chatbot industry is facing significant challenges that are holding it back. Chatbots have

Over the last decade, users of technology have experienced the benefits of an ever-expanding developer toolkit dedicated to enhancing the interfaces that we use to communicate with our devices and applications. Over the last decade, the typical user interface (UI) has moved well beyond the constraints of the keyboard and mouse or trackpad toward an increasing reliance on touch and voice. In the 2020s, I would like to re-frame an evolving idea: the new frontiers of UI will inc

Singapore, 9 May 2022 – Noodle Factory, Singapore’s leading AI-powered EdTech platform, is pleased to announce their partnership with Vygo, an Australian-based one-stop hub for student support, offering complementary pilot programmes for educational institutions. While Noodle Factory leverages AI to scale exam preparation and tutoring, helping educators save up to 400 hours a year, Vygo hosts all sorts of peer and student support initiatives for universities and higher educat

As a startup, our dream has always been to be able to change the world and make it a better place. As cliché as it sounds, that is really what drives most startups to dredge on, even when the going gets tough, like really tough! And whilst many of us will not make it to the news, small steps do add up. So, can chatbots change the world? And if so, how? Accessibility “Technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone.” – Apple.com Chatbots can be designed to be accessibl

How Noodle Factory is Pioneering AI-Powered Education I caught up with Yvonne Soh , co-founder and CEO of Noodle Factory , a Singapore-based startup on a mission to revolutionise learning with conversational AI. In this interview, Yvonne shares how she started, her collaboration with AI Singapore , and her vision for the future of AI-driven education. Watch the Interview 🎥 From Philosophy to AI Entrepreneurship Basil: Yvonne, you describe yourself as a dreamer, dog love

Designing a user-friendly interface that can cater to your entire target audience domain is not as simple as it seems. We often play with different design approaches and analyse user interactions in our websites/products. This user-behaviour testing helps us to improve the interfaces and enhance the UX. And then the entire cycle repeats. So, how do we dramatically reduce the number of interface design iterations? The answer is to follow a set of core principles while you are