Learning and Teaching News

Each month the Learning and Teaching News features articles, notices and events of interest for staff delivering and supporting learning and teaching at the University of Adelaide.

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Featured stories

Professor Dale Stephens

This is how I teach

This month we spoke with Professor Dale Stephens from the Adelaide Law School, Faculty of Arts. Business, Law and Economics. Dale’s approach to motivating students to learn was recognised by a 2024 Commendation for the Enhancement of, and Innovation in Student Learning.

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student working on a laptop in a study space

With AI, students are heading upstream—we need to meet them there.

When generative AI arrived with ChatGPT in late 2022, its perceived threat to education was, in hindsight, quite simple: its ability to create authentic-looking text disrupted what we previously thought were robust assessment methods.

Read more about With AI, students are heading upstream—we need to meet them there.
Renee Turner

This is how I teach

This month we spoke with Associate Professor Renee Turner,  Deputy Head, School of Biomedicine, Discipline Lead, Anatomy and Pathology, Academic Integrity Officer, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and Director of Neurosurgical Research.

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