2015–2023
Teaching and tutoring
STEM tutoring, international-curriculum teaching, and digital-learning coordination.
Educational Technology Engineer
Piumal Mahawasala
I design digital learning experiences and the systems that make them work.
I combine educational practice, learning design, software systems, and research to create practical learning technology.
Secondary role lane
E-Learning Developer
Growth direction
AI Learning Systems Builder
Based in Germany and open to Germany-based or remote roles.
English: Professional working proficiency · Sinhala: Native · German: B1 course completed; preparing for the B1 certification exam.
Learning · systems · research
Selected work
Three ways I connect learning needs with practical technology.
Selected work across e-learning, educational systems, and AI-supported learning research.
MSc thesis / research projectResearch Prototype / MSc ThesisEducational Technology
AI-Supported Question Generation for Scientific Reading
My MSc thesis explored AI-assisted question generation for scientific reading comprehension.
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MSc Group Project / PrototypeE-LearningStoryline
Volition in Self-Regulated Learning
An interactive e-learning module built with Articulate Storyline to help learners understand volition as the part of self-regulated learning that keeps intention connected to action.
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University PrototypeInteractive SystemsIoT Prototype
iTea - Intelligent Tea Brewing Assistant
Interactive Systems group project at Saarland University: a working physical prototype that used NFC tea cards, a scale, OLED feedback, timers, temperature estimation, Telegram notifications, and a web dashboard to guide tea brewing.
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How I work
From a learning need to evidence and iteration.
My strongest work connects educational context with an appropriate intervention, a usable system, and honest evaluation.
- 1Learning need
- 2Design decision
- 3System or experience
- 4Evaluation and limits
Parallel development
One profile shaped across classrooms, systems, leadership, and research.
Several roles and projects developed in parallel. The story is grouped by relevance rather than presented as multiple simultaneous full-time jobs.
See the experience story2017–2018
Software foundation
Associate Software Engineer experience following an earlier technical traineeship.
2021–2022
Educational leadership
School leadership alongside postgraduate study in educational leadership and management.
2022–Present
Educational technology and research
MSc study, Saarland University roles, DFKI technical systems work, and learning initiatives.
Responsible AI in education
AI should support learning relationships, not replace them.
My AI-related work is framed by the learning purpose, the learner's agency, the educator's role, and the limits of the available evidence.
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Let's discuss practical learning technology.
Based in Germany and open to Germany-based or remote Educational Technology Engineer and E-Learning Developer roles.