Dr Nguyen Bui is a Lecturer in Educational Development in the Education Innovation Exchange team at Swinburne University of Technology. She is also a Fellow of Advance HE and a Visiting Lecturer at Tan Tao University in Vietnam.

Nguyen holds a PhD from the Australian National University and two Master’s degrees from Curtin University in Australia and Eastern Michigan University in the United States. Her doctoral research explored how a Small Connectivist Open Online Course (SCOOC) facilitated networked professional learning among teachers across cultural and geographical boundaries. Drawing on a mixed-methods case study of tertiary English language teachers in thirteen countries, the study identified design considerations for effective online teacher professional development and intercultural learning.

Nguyen has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience at universities in Vietnam, the United States, and Australia. In 2017, she received a formal commendation from the Australian Minister for Education and Training at Parliament House and was interviewed by U.S. News & World Report. Her work has also been recognised with prestigious awards and scholarships, including the SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award 2016/2017, the TESOL Professional Development Scholarship, the Fulbright Scholarship, the Australian Government Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship, and the EMU Leader Award.