Dr Lynette Pretorius
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Dr Lynette Pretorius
@drlpretorius.bsky.social
Lecturer @educationmonash.bsky.social

Doctoral Education, AI Literacy, Research Literacy, Academic Identity, Student Wellbeing, Huskies, Books, Sci Fi, Food

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www.lynettepretorius.com
https://www.youtube.com/@drlpretorius
Book reading success 😎📚🎉 #books #reading #BookSky #BookClub
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Nothing is more adorable than my two siberian huskies curled up sound asleep and gently snoring 😴🐾
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December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As an academic, receiving emails like this really makes my day: I write with great admiration for your work, particularly a paper you delivered with your students on decolonization, which I found deeply compelling. I hope you know how much your work means to rising scholars like myself! #AcademicSky
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December 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Christmas cookie baking 🎄🍪 #christmas #FamilyTime #FamilyTradition
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Officially on leave until 2026! 🤩🎉 Time to relax and spend time with family and friends. No academic thinking involved! #AcademicSky #holidays
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Beautiful gift from a student 🤩
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Another big celebration moment for 2025! 🎉🎉 Thanks to the students who nominated me for the MGA Supervisor of the Year! It is an honour to help guide you through your PhDs to becoming independent scholars!
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Today, 15 years ago, I submitted my PhD thesis. What a great day! 🤩
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just uploaded my presentation for the 2026 international society for autoethnography and narrative symposium. Check it out ⤵️
ISAN2026: I am because we write - autoethnography, Ubuntu, and GenAI in academia
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy
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December 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When you have to get your new driver's licence and the photo isn't terrible 😎🎉
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Looking forward to our session with @drlpretorius.bsky.social on the use of AI in research at @dundee.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Started watching Man in the Inside S2 for the entertainment, stayed for the relevance to academia.
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you missed my keynote at the AI4HE conference last week, you can now watch the recording 🎉

AI literacy masterclass for higher education ⤵️
AI Literacy Masterclass for Higher Education
YouTube video by Lynette Pretorius: University Study Made Easy
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December 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Today, I have the great joy of spending most of the day doing nothing of consequence. Just relaxing, watching some TV, and enjoying my time with my little wolves 😍 🐾
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Presenting two sessions at a conference today and giving the keynote tomorrow 🤩 Busy end to the research year for me! #AcademicSky
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Today’s episode of “Academic Gatekeeping”: my paper was sent back because the paragraphs had 6pt spacing between them. Apparently the biggest threat to quality scholarship is… paragraph gaps. #AcademicSky
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Such a powerful story 🤩 Highly recommended! #BookSky

Check out this book: The Lion Women of Tehran 👏🏻👏🏻
The Lion Women of Tehran
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November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Big celebration moment! 🎉✨ Today I was honoured with the Excellence in Research Supervision Award, plus Commendations for Research Innovation & Impact (for my AI literacy work) and Equity & Inclusion (for my academic language and literacy work). Thanks everyone - this means the world! 🌟
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Had a great time sharing my recent work incorporating GenAI into my research methods classrooms at today's AI in Practice workshop. Lots of really good discussions 🤩
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Put up some Christmas lights to decorate my new house. So pretty 😍
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
That's some really solid targeted advertising IKEA 👏🏻💡#iykyk #strangerthings
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
One of the many reasons I preprint my papers before peer review. You have a record and timeline of your work in case a reviewer ever does anything like this. 🫣
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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THIS! If you don't know your Ontology from your Methodology, and you just want to get on with writing your dissertation.
Awesome moment when I checked my published paper today and noticed it had been downloaded over 3.5k times in three months!! 🤩 #AcademicLife #AcademicSuccess #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #Research

Paper is here if you are interested: doi.org/10.46743/216...
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our article has been officially published! 🎉 What a great first day back from leave! #AcademicSky #ScienceSky

If you can't access the full paper, the free preprint is available in the thread below.
Exploring ChatGPT’s potential as a qualitative research partner: researcher and participant perspectives on AI-generated insights
The increasing presence of generative AI in research presents both opportunities and challenges for qualitative data analysis. While generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can assist with pattern reco...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Abstracts are due today! We've already received several really good ones, looking forward to receiving many more!
Call for abstracts for a forthcoming edited book "The Researcher’s Compass: Choosing Your Paradigm, Finding Your Voice". Explain your research paradigm and how it shaped your research design, practice, and academic identity. Abstracts due 10 November. More details below. #ScienceSky #AcademicSky
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM