David Collien was an education PhD researcher at the University of New South Wales, and a talented software engineer with first class honours in a Bachelor of Science (Computing).
His current research focuses on the analysis of the pedagogical and motivational aspects of community in online learning environments.
Mr Collien spent 6 years at UNSW as a tutor, high school outreach coordinator, guest lecturer, and course design assistant. He is also experienced in artificial intelligence having done research with NICTA, and been a member of UNSW’s RoboCup team rUNSWift.
Mr Collien had worked in the e-learning field as a researcher, pedagogical liaison, and developer with the UNSW Adaptive eLearning Research Group and Smart Sparrow, and gives talks on software engineering in startups at Muru-D. He also expresses his creativity as an artist, with an installation in the 2015 Sydney Vivid Light Walk.
