Sophia Karanicolas

Research Interests

Addiction Curriculum and Pedagogy Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development Dentistry Education Education Assessment and Evaluation Education systems Educational Technology and Computing Health and Community Services Higher Education Periodontics Oral Health

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Assciate Professor Sophie Karanicolas is the current Assistant Dean for Learning and Teaching in the School of Dentistry and Academic Lead for Innovation and Staff Development. Sophie is an Education Specialist in the Adelaide Education Academy and facilitates the largest Community of Practice in the university on Flipped Classrooms. She is a Flipped Global Ambassador as a part of the Flipped Learning Global Initiative and has jointly lead a national Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) flipped classroom project, "Translating Concept to Practice".Sophie is also a member of the development team for the first MOOC (external link)(Massive Open Online Course), developed by the University of Adelaide: An Introduction to Essential Human Biology. She is actively invloved in the mentoring of colleagues and has been a part of a team which has developed, implemented and evaluated a colleague development program referred to as Becoming an Effective Supervisor and Teacher (BEST).Sophie is also the Chair of the College of Oral Health Academics (COHA), a national body exploring oral health education and a part of the Australian Dental Council Site Evaluation Teams.

Adjunct Associate Professor Sophie Karanicolas has an affiliate role in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Her research focussed on exploring student centred pedagogies which included flipped classrooms, student as co-creators and was an early adopter and researcher in the area of technology enhanced learning.

Date Position Institution name
2000 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2017 Teaching Award Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Australian Awards for University Teaching, Dept of Education and Training, Australian Government. Australia $10 000
2013 Teaching Award Award for Teaching Excellence Office of Learning and Teaching Australia $8 000.00
2010 Teaching Award Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Teaching Excellence University of Adelaide Australia $8 000.00

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Greek, Modern (1453-) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Southern Queensland Australia Masters

Date Title Institution name Country
— Online Learning Grad Cert -

Year Citation
2024 Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., Karanicolas, S., & Harvey, A. R. (2024). Examining tools for assessing the impact of chronic pain on emotional functioning in children and young people with cerebral palsy: stakeholder preference and recommendations for modification. Quality of Life Research, 33(8), 2247-2259.
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2020 Kefalaki, M., & Karanicolas, S. (2020). COmmunication’s ROugh NAvigations: ‘Fake’ news in a time of a global crisis. Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 3(1), 29-41.
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2019 Snelling, C. A., Loveys, B. R., Karanicolas, S., Schofield, N., Carlson-Jones, W., Weissgerber, J., . . . Ngu, J. (2019). Partnership through co-creation: lessons learnt at the University of Adelaide. International Journal of Students as Partners, 3(2), 62-77.
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2015 O'Flaherty, J., Phillips, C., Karanicolas, S., Snelling, C., & Winning, T. (2015). The use of flipped classrooms in higher education: A scoping review. The Internet and Higher Education, 25, 85-95.
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2015 O'Flaherty, J., Phillips, C., Karanicolas, S., Snelling, C., & Winning, T. (2015). Corrigendum to "The use of flipped classrooms in higher education: a scoping review" [The Internet and Higher Education 25 (2015) 85-95]. The Internet and Higher Education, 27, 90.
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2014 Snelling, C., & Karanicolas, S. (2014). Oral health education in the national learning and teaching spotlight. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy, 2(2), 20-23.

Year Citation
2021 Loveys, B., Snelling, C., Karanicolas, S., & Missingham, D. (2021). Voices from down under: Analysing the learning experience of adults in an Australian Academy. In N. Simmons, & J. Podrebarac (Eds.), Adults in the Academy: Voices of Lifelong Learners (Vol. 20, pp. 110-123). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV.
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2019 Davidson, R., Snelling, C., Crotti, T., Karanicolas, S., & Phillips, B. (2019). Authentic Assessment as a Tool to Bridge the Transition Between Learning and Work. In A. Diver (Ed.), Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship (pp. 255-274). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature.
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Year Citation
2017 McGrice, H., Loveys, B., & Karanicolas, S. (2017). Flipping Three Ways. Engaging undergraduates and academics through the creative use of technology in flipped classrooms.. In Educause Quarterly (pp. 1481-1487). Barcelona: IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT.
2016 Snelling, C., Karanicolas, S., & Winning, T. (2016). From concept to practice: Helping teachers to create effective flipped classrooms. In J. Novotna, & A. Jancarik (Eds.), Proceedings of the European Conference on E Learning Ecel Vol. 2016-January (pp. 786-788). Charles Univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: ACAD CONFERENCES LTD.
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2016 Karanicolas, S., Loveys, B., Riggs, K., McGrice, H., Snelling, C., Winning, T., & Kemp, A. (2016). The Rise of the Flip: Successfully engaging students in pre-class activities through the use of technology and a flipped classroom design template. In S. Barker, S. Dawson, A. Pardo, & C. Colvin (Eds.), Show Me The Learning. Proceedings ASCILITE 2016 Adelaide (pp. 312-317). Adelaide, SA: ASCILITE.
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2012 Bandaranaike, S., Snelling, C., Karanicolas, S., & Willison, J. W. (2012). Opening Minds and Mouths Wider: Developing a model for student reflective practice within clinical placements. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cooperative & Work-Integrated Education. Istanbul.
2011 Karanicolas, S., Green, I., Willis, C., & Snelling, C. (2011). Changing spaces: using technologies to enhance student and teacher engagement through effective pre-lecture engagement (EPLE). In Proceedings of ascilite 2011 (pp. 665-670). Australia: University of Tasmania.
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2010 Pope, C., Karanicolas, S., Willis, C., Green, I., Snelling, C., Carrington, A., & Baron, J. (2010). Ready to Learn: Effectively Engaging Students with Pre-Lecture Activities. In Proceedings of 5th Education Research Group of Adelaide (ERGA) Conference (pp. 14-15). online: University of Adelaide.
2010 Karanicolas, S., & Snelling, C. (2010). Making the transition: achieving content connectivity and student engagement through flexible learning tools. In Proceedings of Deanz Conference 2010 (pp. 1-13). www: DEANZ.
2010 Karanicolas, S., Winning, T., & Snelling, C. (2010). Bringing down the silos to enhance student outcomes through interprofessional teaching. In Proceedings of Research and development in higher education: reshaping higher education volume 33 from the 33rd HERDSA Annual international conference (pp. 371-381). Australia: HERDSA.

Year Citation
2017 Plastow, K., Karanicolas, S., Snelling, C., & Cooper, R. (2017). STUDENT AS PARTNERS: SUPPORTING WORK READY GRADUATES THROUGH CO-CREATION. Poster session presented at the meeting of 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (EDULEARN17). Barcelona, SPAIN: IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT.
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Year Citation
2018 Karanicolas, S., Snelling, C. A., & Winning, T. A. (2018). Translating concept into practice : enabling first-year health sciences teachers to blueprint effective flipped learning approaches : final report..
2017 Karanicolas, S., Winning, T., & Snelling, C. (2017). Final Project Report: Translating Concept to Practice (Ref: ID14-3883).

Year Citation
2015 Authors: Ricci M, Karanicolas, Snelling C, Gibson R, Buisman-Pijlman. Title: Essential Human Biology: Cells and Tissues MOOC. Extent: 5 weeks.
2015 Authors: Ricci M, Karanicolas, Snelling, Buisman-Pijlman, gibson R. Title: Essential Human Biology: Cells and Tissues YouTube Channel. Extent: 50 videos.

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2016 - ongoing Chair College of Oral Health Academics - Australia

Date Office Name Institution Country
2015 - ongoing Education Specialist University of Adelaide Australia
2015 - ongoing Flipped Classroom Community of Practice Facilitator University of Adelaide Australia
2014 - ongoing Assistant Dean Learning and Teaching University of Adelaide Australia

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