Yali Chen

Yali Chen

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Education

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Yali is an academic researcher and PhD candidate at the School of Education, University of Adelaide. Her academic work is mainly concerned with flexible and online learning, and effective use of technology to enhance learning engagement. She has extensive experience in areas including education and marketing in three different countries (Australia, UK and China).

Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, Yali commenced her career in marketing and later worked as a university lecturer. During the last few years of teaching, Yali has designed and delivered engaging undergraduate courses to thousands of students across education, humanities and business disciplines. This allowed her to gain skillset on multiple online learning platforms and learning management systems (LMSs). Most recently, Yali worked as a course builder for the University of Adelaide to enhance digital learning experiences using LMSs (Canvas, Moodle), H5P and media resources.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2025 - ongoing Course Builder University of Adelaide
    2024 - 2024 Online Course Developer University of Adelaide
    2020 - 2023 Lecturer (part-time) Guangzhou College of Technology and Business
    2019 - 2023 Lecturer Guangdong Peizheng College

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    Chinese (Cantonese) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    French -

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2023 University of Adelaide Australia PhD (Education)
    2016 - 2017 University College London United Kingdom Master of Arts (Education and International Development)
    2012 - 2016 Shenzhen University China Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Language and Literature)

  • Research Interests
    Educational Technology and Computing Learning analytics Learning, motivation and emotion

Yali's recent teaching has included

  • Critical Approaches to Online Learning, SP6 2025
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2022 S1, 2020 S1
  • Intercultural Communication, 2019-2023 S1
  • Educational Research Methods, 2022 S2, 2020 S2
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