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DrSara Dingle

Lecturer, Learning Futures

Deakin Learning Futures/Faculty Learning Innovation Health

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  • Lecturer, Learning Futures
    Deakin Learning Futures/Faculty Learning Innovation Health
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

BIO

Dr Sara Dingle is a lecturer within the Learning Innovation (Health) team in Deakin Learning Futures. With a background in nutrition, she has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate nutrition units, and her doctoral research explored links between lifestyle patterns, cognitive health, and dementia risk. She now works with academic staff across the Faculty of Health to enhance teaching quality and advance educational innovation. Her current research interests include artificial intelligence in health practice and education. 

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer, Learning Futures
    Deakin University, Faculty Learning Innovation Health

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University, AustraliaMar 2018 - Dec 2023
  • Master of Human Nutrition
    Deakin University, AustraliaOct 2015 - Nov 2017
  • Bachelor of Science
    University of Melbourne, AustraliaFeb 2012 - Dec 2014
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (Learning and Teaching)
    Deakin University, AustraliaJul 2025 - present

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA), Deakin AdvanceHE Fellowship program
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia2021 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • ACSPRI Masterclass: Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) in Stata
    ACSPRI, Australia2021 - 2021
  • ACSPRI Masterclass: NVivo Essentials
    ACSPRI, Australia2020 - 2020
  • ACSPRI Masterclass: Collecting, Managing and Analysing Qualitative Interview Data
    ACSPRI, Australia2019 - 2019
  • Biostatistics 1 (HSH764)
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia2018 - 2018
  • Stata II Data Management Analysis course
    Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia2018 - 2018

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Swedish
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Nutrition and dietetics
  • Public health nutrition
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Education
  • Higher education
  • Educational technology and computing

AREA/FACULTY

  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Deakin Learning Futures

AREAS OF EXPERTISE