Rate My Professor Rebecca Marrone

Dr. Rebecca Marrone serves as Senior Lecturer in Learning Sciences and Development for the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L) at Adelaide University, and as a Lecturer in the School of Education within the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences. She possesses a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of South Australia (2017-2020) and a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from the same university (2013-2016), establishing her strong foundation in educational psychology. Marrone's research centers on creativity, wellbeing, human and artificial cognition, with particular emphasis on the impact of technology on wellbeing, especially how artificial intelligence affects teacher and student wellbeing. She has held the position of Senior Lecturer in Learning Sciences and Development at the University of South Australia since 2023 and is eligible to supervise Master's and PhD students.

In recognition of her contributions, Marrone received a Fellowship and Best Speaker Award from the Marconi Institute for Creativity in Italy in 2019. Her prolific publication record underscores her influence in the field. Notable works include Medeiros, K., Cropley, D. H., Marrone, R. L., & Reiter-Palmon, R. (2025). Human-AI Co-Creativity: Does ChatGPT Make Us More Creative? Journal of Creative Behavior; Marrone, R., Zamecnik, A., Joksimovic, S., Johnson, J., & De Laat, M. (2025). Understanding Student Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence as a Teammate. Technology Knowledge and Learning; Gabriel, F., Kennedy, J. P., Marrone, R., & Leonard, S. (2025). Pragmatic AI in education and its role in mathematics learning and teaching. Npj Science of Learning; and Cropley, D. H., Theurer, C., Mathijssen, A. C. S., & Marrone, R. L. (2025). Fit-For-Purpose Creativity Assessment: Automatic Scoring of the Test of Creative Thinking–Drawing Production (TCT-DP). Creativity Research Journal. Earlier high-impact publications encompass Marrone, R., Taddeo, V., & Hill, G. (2022). Creativity and artificial intelligence-a student perspective. Journal of Intelligence (124 Scopus citations); Joksimovic, S., Ifenthaler, D., Marrone, R., De Laat, M., & Siemens, G. (2023). Opportunities of artificial intelligence for supporting complex problem-solving: Findings from a scoping review. Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (127 Scopus citations); and Marrone, R., Cropley, D., & Medeiros, K. (2024). How Does Narrow AI Impact Human Creativity? Creativity Research Journal (24 Scopus citations). Marrone's scholarship advances pedagogical innovations, AI integration in education, and insights into creativity and wellbeing dynamics.