Dr John Pike
Lecturer
AU Pathways and Participation
Academic
John Pike is a lecturer at the UniSA College (Education Futures), currently teaching Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media, and Future Ideas: Information and the Internet.
His research interests include the use of digital technology and generative AI in teaching, learning, and assessment. He is a co-facilitator of the generative AI special interest group in the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA).
Previously taught courses include:
Introduction to Academic Life (UniSA College)
Games: Industry, Culture & Aesthetics (UniSA Creative)
Integrated Communication Planning (UniSA Creative)
Ideas, Innovation and Communication (UniSA Creative)
Critical Approaches To Online Learning (UniSA Online)
Communication Research Methods (UniSA Online)
His PhD, completed in 2020, involved an analysis of media discourses of digital games. The thesis is available here.
Pike, J., & Ulpen, T. (2025). Tensions between generative AI principles and practice in equity education. Práxis Educacional, 21(52), e17104. https://doi.org/10.22481/praxisedu.v21i52.17104
Pike, J 2020, 'The cultural value of digital games and play', PhD thesis, University of South Australia, SA.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of South Australia |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nomination | UniSA Unstoppable Early Career Teacher Award | University of South Australia | Australia | - |
| 2024 | Teaching Award | Education Futures Early Career Teacher Award | University of South Australia | Australia | - |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2020 | University of South Australia | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2006 - 2007 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) |
| 2002 - 2005 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Professional and Creative Communication) |
Courses I teach
- INFS 1030 Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media (2025)
- LIBR 1010 Future Ideas: Information Literacy and the Internet (2025)
- INFS 1030 Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media (2024)
- LIBR 1010 Future Ideas: Information Literacy and the Internet (2024)
- SOCU 1010 Introduction to Academic Life (2024)
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Member | National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia | - |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Breaking the GenAI efficiency paradigm through critical AI literacy | UniSA Teaching & Learning Symposium | University of South Australia | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | Artificial intelligence, academic integrity and inclusive design: Enabling insights for future-focused learning and teaching | UniSA Teaching & Learning Symposium | University of South Australia | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | Generative AI and the stultification of knowledge: navigating tensions between equity principles and practice | Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference 2025 | Flinders University | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | Student agency and genAI: strategies to develop fit-for-purpose application and critical AI literacy at university | Higher Education Research Group Adelaide Conference 2025 | Flinders University | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | Building critical AI literacy and fit for purpose application of Generative AI in Digital Literacy: Screen, Web and New Media | Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association (ASPERA) Online Symposium: AI in the Screen Production Classroom | Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | Co-constructing critical generative AI literacy: Enabling student agency through dialogic pedagogy | Student Success Conference | STARS | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Dialogic pedagogy meets Gen-AI: Fostering critical AI literacy in enabling education | National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference 2024 | Charles Darwin University | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Behind the scenes: Unveiling enabling educators’ attitudes towards GenAI | National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia Conference 2024 | Charles Darwin University | - |
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