Sophia Karanicolas

Health and Medical Sciences Faculty Office

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

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.

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Career
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Professional Activities
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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.

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2000 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide

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

Awards and Achievements

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 Competencies

Language Competency

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

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

Date Institution name Country Title

University of Southern Queensland Australia Masters
Certifications

Date Title Institution name Country

— Online Learning Grad Cert -
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

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	-

Journals

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. DOI Scopus1
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. DOI Scopus12
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. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus14 WoS17
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.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
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. DOI

Conference Papers

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. Scopus3 WoS2
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. Scopus5
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. Scopus1
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.

Conference Items

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.

Report for External Bodies

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).

Recorded/Rendered Creative Works

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

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country

2016 - ongoing Chair College of Oral Health Academics - Australia

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

Offices Held

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

Email: sophie.karanicolas@adelaide.edu.au

Sophia Karanicolas

Appointments

Awards and Achievements

Language Competencies

Education

Certifications

Research Interests