Dr Rebecca Marrone
Lecturer
School of Education
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Rebecca Marrone is a Lecturer: Learning Sciences and Development for the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L) at UniSA Education Futures. She has a background in Educational Psychology, and her research is primarily in the fields of creativity, wellbeing, and human and artificial cognition. More specifically, Rebecca researches the impact of technology on wellbeing with a particular emphasis on how AI impacts teacher and student wellbeing.
Dr Rebecca Marrone is a Senior Lecturer: Learning Sciences and Development for the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L) at Adelaide University. She has a background in Educational Psychology, and her research is primarily in the fields of creativity, wellbeing, and human and artificial cognition. More specifically, Rebecca researches the impact of technology on wellbeing with a particular emphasis on how AI impacts teacher and student wellbeing.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Senior Lecturer Learning Sciences and Development | University of South Australia |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fellowship | Best Speaker Award Marconi Institute for Creativity | Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi (Italy) | Italy | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2020 | University of South Australia | Australia | Doctorate of Philosophy |
| 2013 - 2016 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Cropley, D., Marrone, R., & Vieira, M. (2025). Future Directions in Classroom Creativity Assessment: Gen AI and Fitness-for-Purpose. DOI |
| 2024 | Medieros, K., Cropley, D., Marrone, R., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2024). Human-AI Co-Creativity: Does ChatGPT make us more creative?. DOI |
| 2024 | Vieira, M., Cropley, D., Marrone, R., & Singh, C. (2024). Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM: The Impact of Self-Beliefs on Domain-Specific Creativity among Secondary Students. DOI |
| 2023 | Cropley, D., Theurer, C., Mathijssen, S., & Marrone, R. (2023). Fit-for-Purpose Creativity Assessment: Automatic scoring of the Test of Creative Thinking - Drawing Production (TCT-DP). DOI |
- Self Regulated Learning RCT, Department for Education, 19/06/2023 - 31/12/2029
- Extending workplace learning through a Univeristy-school partnership., Pulteney Grammar School, 22/02/2024 - 21/02/2027
- Rapid Response Evidence Review – Civics and Citizenship, Department for Education, 14/04/2025 - 14/07/2025
- Rapid Response Evidence Review + extension , Department for Education, 01/07/2024 - 30/06/2025
- Self Regulation Measurement, Department for Education, 07/06/2023 - 06/06/2024
- Improving Student Outcomes: Exploring the Diagnostic Value of WEC Items in Education, Department for Education, 13/11/2023 - 29/02/2024
Courses I teach
- EDUC 5239 Online Learning Communities: Formal and Informal (2025)
- EDUC 5243 Introduction to Digital Learning (2025)
- EDUC 5239 Online Learning Communities: Formal and Informal (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Beyond Algorithm-Driven Design: Enhancing Creativity and Critical Thinking in Interior Architecture Education | - | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Ebony Proud |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring the use of interactive virtual reality to improve year 5/6 student's creativity and engagement in STEM | - | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Nicholas Peter Pattison |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Transparency, Privacy, and Autonomy: The Impact of Explainable Al and Synthetic Data on Learner Agenc | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Omar Alajlan |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Assessing the Impact of Game-Based Learning on Mathematics Anxiety: Addressing Gender Disparities | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Qianhong Zeng |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | ePortfolios and self-regulated learning in higher education | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr David Randall |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Trust Dynamics and Role Emergence in Complex Problem-Solving: A Study of Human-AI Collaborative Learning Environments in Secondary Education | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Zhengzheng Wang |
