When AI Meets Ubuntu: Rethinking Power in Academic Writing with Dr Lynette Pretorius

About this episode

Dr Lynette Pretorius discusses the intersection of AI and Ubuntu in rethinking power dynamics in academic writing.

Dr Lynette Pretorius is an award-winning educator and researcher who interlaces imagination and insight to reimagine what higher education can be. Drawing on her interdisciplinary expertise, she weaves together diverse ideas, lived experiences, and pedagogical innovations to create inclusive and transformative learning environments. Lynette has extensive experience teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate, and graduate research levels, including supervising PhD students. Her research advoc...

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Guest: Dr Lynette Pretorius

Topics covered

• AI in education
• academic writing
• inclusive learning
• pedagogical innovations
• higher education

Keywords

• AI
• Ubuntu
• academic writing
• education
• pedagogy
• transformative learning
• research

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