About Us

The Computer Science Education Research Group (CSER), based at the University of Adelaide is home to CSER Research and the national CSER STEM Professional Learning program, through which we provide open, online professional learning in Digital Technologies, AI, Cybersecurity and Mathematics for Australian teachers. Our team is comprised of research academics and experienced school educators.

We are grateful for the support of our many partners and funding bodies over various programs, including Google Australia who initiated our first MOOC project with us, and remain genuine collaborators in our program. The Australian Government Department of Education, supported the expansion of the Digital Technologies program and AI in Schools program as well as being the initiator and funder of the Maths in Schools Project. We'd also like to acknowledge the wonderful support of our many other partners and collaborators, including Digital Careers, CSIRO, AustCyber, Education Services Australia,Libraries SA, Refraction Media and ATSIMA.  

We provide a range of consultation services, including: professional learning delivery, research (program evaluations, literature reviews and classroom research). Our model of professional learning can be applied to other environments, including the general public and specific workplaces. If your organisation has an idea and would like to develop a learning model or solution, we would be pleased to meet with you. Please contact us directly at mailto:cser@adelaide.edu.au.

Meet the team

Leadership

• Professor Katrina Falkner (CSER Lead)
• Dr Rebecca Vivian (Project Lead & Senior Research Fellow - on parental leave until December 2025)
• Susie Barber (Acting Project Lead, Project Manager)

Research Academics 

• Associate Professor Nick Falkner
• Associate Professor Claudia Szabo
• Dr Thushari Atapattu 
• Professor Edward Palmer
• Professor Lewis Mitchell (Maths in Schools project)

Project Officers

• Celia Coffa (Project Officer - Digital Technologies & Maths in Schools)
• Toni Falusi (Project Officer - Digital Technologies & Maths in Schools)
• Dr Cathryn Morris (Project Officer - Maths in Schools)
• Dr John West (Project Officer - Maths in Schools)
• Suzanne Carter (Project Officer - Digital Technologies & Maths in Schools)
• Josephine Chen (Project Officer - Maths in Schools)
• Jesse King (Casual Project Officer, First Nations Education expert)

Administration Support Team

• Lyn Dyer (CSER Project Support Officer)
• Dev Thaker (Casual Administration Assistant - Lending Library)

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