David Parsons

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I am the Research Director at academyEX and Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury. I have previously held academic roles at Southampton Solent University in the UK and Massey University in New Zealand, as well as senior training and consultancy roles in the software industry. I have a master's in Computer Science and a PhD in Information Technology and have research interests in the role of artificial intelligence and digital technologies in education, agile and lean approaches to the leadership of learning, innovative approaches to teaching, learning and curriculum design, and contemporary software development methods.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Research Director, academyEX
  • –present
    Adjunct Professor, University of Canterbury
  • 2015–2022
    National Postgraduate Director, The Mind Lab
  • 2004–2016
    Knowledge Engineer (contract), Software Education Associates
  • 2003–2015
    Associate Professor of Information Technology, Massey University
  • 2001–2002
    Principal Delivery Technologist, BEA Systems
  • 2001–2002
    Senior Training Consultant, Valtech
  • 1999–2001
    Senior Trainer, The Object People
  • 1990–1999
    Senior Lecturer in Computing, Southampton Solent University
  • 1987–1990
    Lecturer in Computing, Richmond Upon Thames College

Education

  • 2023 
    Otago Polytechnic, PGCert Learning Design
  • 1999 
    Nottingham Trent University, PhD
  • 1996 
    University of Southampton, MPhil
  • 1987 
    Garnett College, University of Greenwich, PGCE
  • 1981 
    University of Sussex, BA Mus.

Professional Memberships

  • Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technologies
  • Member of ASCILITE

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