ProfessorPeter Reimann

I am a professor in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work, and co-director of the Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation (CRLI).

My primary research areas have been cognitive learning research with a focus on educational computing, multimedia-based and knowledge-based learning environments, e-learning, and the development of evaluation and assessment methods for the effectiveness of computer-based technologies. Current research activities comprise, among other issues: the analysis of individual and group problem solving/learning processes and possible support by means of ICT; and, analysis of the use of mobile IT in informal learning settings (outdoors, in museums, etc.).

I have extensive teaching experience in the areas of experimental psychology, cognitive science, methods of cognitive science, the psychology of emotion and motivation, instructional psychology, developmental psychology. Extensive research experience and responsible for a number of projects in the areas of instructional psychology (in particular the use of computers in schools and for adult education /training) and cognitive psychology (learning, problem-solving). Ample practical experience in the design and evaluation of hypermedia systems, simulation environments and intelligent tutors for teaching and training, in the evaluation of multimedia authoring programmes, in the use of several symbolic programming languages and expert systems development shells.

In addition to my academic work, I also worked as a reviewer for the IT Research and Development programs of the European Commission in various selections and projects. I have been the founder of a small consulting Germany-based elearning consulting company and been involved in a number of European Commission-funded Research and Development projects. From 2003 to 2010, I co-direct the CoCo research centre at the University of Sydney, which has grown to more than 20 researchers and PhD students, and between 2005 and 2010, directed the ICT unit in the Faculty of Education and Social Work.