David Gibson

Curtin University
United States of America - Berlin
Dr. David Gibson is an educational researcher, professor, learning scientist and technology innovator. His research focuses on complex systems, web applications and the future of learning, and the use of technology to personalize education via cognitive modeling, design and implementation.
Areas of interest
- games and simulations
- adaptive applications
- learning analytics & assessment
- educational leadership
- data mining & visualization
- system dynamics
Current Affiliations
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Founder, simSchool
Presentations
- Research-Based Implications for Policy and Practice: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2019 (Quebec) – The 6th International Summit on Information Technology in Education
- Dynamic Meta-assessment in Online Courses: Self-assessment of Instructors’ Efforts and the Network Design of Learner Interaction
- Online Collaborative Learning in a Global World
- Online Collaborative Learning in a Global World
- A Model of Dynamic Instructional Design and Dynamic Assessment: Applied in Teacher Education Online Courses
- Summary: Technology Enabled Challenge-Based Learning in a Global Context
- Research Highlights of Technology in Teacher Education and Learning Analytics: Writing to Publish
- Online Collaborative Learning: A Global Prospective
- The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 1
- The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 2
Biography
Professor David Gibson, is Curtin University’s Director of Learning Futures, Education Theme Leader of the Curtin Institute for Computation and the UNESCO Chair of Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching. Gibson’s research focuses on leadership and policy studies, games and simulations in education, learning analytics, complex systems analysis and the use of technology to personalize learning via cognitive modeling, design and implementation. He has over 90 publications on these topics. He is the creator of simSchool (http://www.simschool.org/), a classroom flight simulator for preparing educators, and eFolio (https://www.efolioglobal.com/)an online performance-based assessment system and provides vision and sponsorship for Curtin University’s Challenge, a mobile, game-based learning platform. He received his doctorate from the University of Vermont in 1999 based on a study of complex systems modeling of educational change.