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Professor Jason M. Lodge is Professor of Educational Psychology in the School of Education at the University of Queensland, where he also serves as Director of the Learning, Instruction and Technology Lab and Principal Practitioner – Generative AI in the Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation. He earned a Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor (Honours) from James Cook University, along with a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching from the same institution. Additionally, he holds a Masters (Coursework) of Higher Education from Macquarie University, a Doctor of Philosophy from James Cook University, a Graduate Certificate in Business (Management) from Monash University, and a Masters (Coursework) from the University of Sydney. Lodge has extensive experience teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in face-to-face, blended, and online modes. Lodge is an internationally recognised authority on learning, educational technology, and artificial intelligence, with research interests in educational psychology, higher education, learning sciences, and the cognitive, metacognitive, and emotional aspects of learning, especially with digital technologies.

Lodge advises prominent international bodies such as UNESCO and the OECD on learning and AI, and in Australia, he contributes to the National Ministerial Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in Education and the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), leading the development of the Assessment Reform for the Age of Artificial Intelligence resource. His research has attracted over $5.3 million in competitive funding, and he has received numerous accolades, including being named in the top 2% of scientists worldwide, a UQ Award for Teaching Excellence, the Australian Psychological Society’s Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education, and the inaugural ASCILITE and CAULLT Award for Outstanding Leadership in Digital Learning in Higher Education. With over 100 journal articles, 24 book chapters, and a book titled Higher Education Learning Framework: An Evidence-Informed Model for University Learning (2018), his work has been cited more than 8,300 times. Lodge has held academic leadership roles at the University of Queensland and board memberships for higher education institutions, and he engages extensively in public speaking and media commentary on the future of education and learning.