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Dr Lynette Pretorius

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Lecturer @educationmonash.bsky.social Doctoral Education, AI Literacy, Research Literacy, Academic Identity, Student Wellbeing, Huskies, Books, Sci Fi, Food She/Her | Views My Own www.lynettepretorius.com https://www.youtube.com/@drlpretorius

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The Lion Women of Tehran NATIONAL BESTSELLER An β€œevocative read and a powerful …

Such a powerful story 🀩 Highly recommended! #BookSky

Check out this book: The Lion Women of Tehran πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

20.11.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks πŸ™πŸ»πŸ˜Š

18.11.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a woman holding three awards

Photo of a woman holding three awards

Photo of three certificates and an award medal

Photo of three certificates and an award medal

Big celebration moment! πŸŽ‰βœ¨ Today I was honoured with the Excellence in Research Supervision Award, plus Commendations for Research Innovation & Impact (for my AI literacy work) and Equity & Inclusion (for my academic language and literacy work). Thanks everyone - this means the world! 🌟

18.11.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a great time sharing my recent work incorporating GenAI into my research methods classrooms at today's AI in Practice workshop. Lots of really good discussions 🀩

17.11.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of different coloured Christmas pathway lights

Photo of different coloured Christmas pathway lights

Photo of flashing multicoloured Christmas lights on a tree

Photo of flashing multicoloured Christmas lights on a tree

Put up some Christmas lights to decorate my new house. So pretty 😍

16.11.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a Netflix screen showing Stranger Things on the left and an ad for IKEA on the right. The ad advertises frozen waffles for $2.

Photo of a Netflix screen showing Stranger Things on the left and an ad for IKEA on the right. The ad advertises frozen waffles for $2.

That's some really solid targeted advertising IKEA πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ’‘#iykyk #strangerthings

16.11.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the many reasons I preprint my papers before peer review. You have a record and timeline of your work in case a reviewer ever does anything like this. 🫣

12.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dis 'n plesier πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ I'm glad you found it so useful! Good luck with your Masters 😊

12.11.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THIS! If you don't know your Ontology from your Methodology, and you just want to get on with writing your dissertation.

12.11.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 International Conference on AI for Higher Education (AI4HE)

We'll be presenting this article at the upcoming AI4HE conference a well 😊 Registration is free if you haven't signed up yet - surveys.unisq.edu.au/index.php/85...

10.11.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as a qualitative research partner: researcher and participant perspectives on AI-generated insights The increasing presence of generative AI in research presents both opportunities and challenges for qualitative data analysis. While generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can assist with pattern recogni...

Open access preprint link

10.11.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as a qualitative research partner: researcher and participant perspectives on AI-generated insights The increasing presence of generative AI in research presents both opportunities and challenges for qualitative data analysis. While generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can assist with pattern reco...

Our article has been officially published! πŸŽ‰ What a great first day back from leave! #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

If you can't access the full paper, the free preprint is available in the thread below.

10.11.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Abstracts are due today! We've already received several really good ones, looking forward to receiving many more!

09.11.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Officially moved into my new house πŸŽ‰ Still lots of boxes to unpack, but it already feels like home 🀩

01.11.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm moving into my new house this week. Very proud of my planning skills - managed to pack everything without a rush! πŸ’ͺπŸ»πŸŽ‰

28.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just got a peer review request for a paper. It isn't due until middle February πŸ€” #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

27.10.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a black and white husky on a couch

Photo of a black and white husky on a couch

Oh hi πŸ‘‹πŸ» #dogs

27.10.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a penguin is laying on a pink pillow with the words relax below it Alt: a penguin is laying on a pink pillow with the words relax above it

The great joy of turning on your out of office reply and going on leave πŸŽ‰

24.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for abstracts for our research paradigms handbook! – Dr Lynette Pretorius

Call for abstracts and link to submit your abstract can be found here ‡ #ScienceSky #AcademicSky

24.10.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call for abstracts for a forthcoming edited book "The Researcher’s Compass: Choosing Your Paradigm, Finding Your Voice". Explain your research paradigm and how it shaped your research design, practice, and academic identity. Abstracts due 10 November. More details below. #ScienceSky #AcademicSky

24.10.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
What is ethical research? Principles, practices and why it matters
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy What is ethical research? Principles, practices and why it matters

Check out my new video: What is ethical research? Principles, practices and why it matters
#AcademicSky #ScienceSky

22.10.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That awesome moment when someone emails you out of the blue just to tell you they really liked your research article 🀩 #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

21.10.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ghostbusters firehouse (which is a real, operational firehouse) with a 15-20’ tall inflatable Stay-Puff marshmallow man in the alley next door.

Ghostbusters firehouse (which is a real, operational firehouse) with a 15-20’ tall inflatable Stay-Puff marshmallow man in the alley next door.

Some days I get a treat on my walk in to teach…

21.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Learning with generative AI to spark students' creativity
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy Learning with generative AI to spark students' creativity

My teaching will be featured as a case study in Monash's AI in Practice professional learning hub πŸŽ‰ #TeacherSky #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

Check it out ‡️

21.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Creating visual evidence for research with generative AI
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy Creating visual evidence for research with generative AI

Check out my new video: Creating visual evidence with generative AI #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

16.10.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as a qualitative research partner: researcher and participant perspectives on AI-generated insights The increasing presence of generative AI in research presents both opportunities and challenges for qualitative data analysis. While generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can assist with pattern recogni...

Great news to end the week - paper accepted!🀩 This is the paper where we discuss how ChatGPT can be incorporated into qualitative data analysis. So happy to hear it will be published in a very fancy journal soon! Pre-print linked below. #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

10.10.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?

Check out my new video: Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?

youtu.be/u-xjXbscyjM

10.10.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, I had the great joy of spending almost the whole day immersed in powerful autoethnographic stories. Such vulnerable and deeply transformative stories of becomingπŸŒ±πŸ“š This is why I love what I do. This is the privilege of a research career! #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

09.10.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live: Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza peace proposal US President Donald Trump says Israel and the militant group Hamas have signed off on the first phase of a Gaza peace proposal.

Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza peace proposal πŸŽ‰πŸ•ŠοΈ

09.10.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for abstracts for our research paradigms handbook! – Dr Lynette Pretorius

A reminder that you have one month left to submit your abstract for our new handbook on research paradigms. Share your experience and help other researchers navigate the complexity of how philosophy shapes research practice. Read more below.

#AcademicSky #ScienceSky

06.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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