Associate Professor Sheridan Gentili

Director: Teaching Innovation Unit Teaching Innovation Unit

City West Campus (DP1-03)
tel +61 8 830 22452

mob +61 422 253 636
email Sheridan.Gentili@unisa.edu.au

About me

Learning analytics
Educational technology
Biostatistics
Feedback

Sheridan’s current role at the UniSA is that of Director: Teaching Innovation Unit (TIU).

The TIU is a team of practiced academics and specialists in education design and technology. The team works in two main areas:

Research and development to lead best practice in higher education; and
Partner and support UniSA academics and external stakeholders to design and deliver an outstanding curriculum using relevant, effective teaching practices, technologies, and tools.

Teaching Innovation Unit

Innovating to address emerging challenges and expand possibilities; adapting conventional practice into smarter models.

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About me

Sheridan’s current role at the UniSA is that of Director: Teaching Innovation Unit (TIU).

The TIU is a team of practiced academics and specialists in education design and technology. The team works in two main areas:

Research and development to lead best practice in higher education; and
Partner and support UniSA academics and external stakeholders to design and deliver an outstanding curriculum using relevant, effective teaching practices, technologies, and tools.

The Unit's vision is for all UniSA students to receive a quality education where discipline expertise is informed by student-centered pedagogies and contemporary higher education research. Passionate academics will deliver outstanding curricula supported by leading edge teaching technologies. We build capacity by recognising excellence and empowering academic staff to translate their discipline expertise into transformative learning experiences for our students, drawing on the latest in curriculum design and delivery, and technology.

Our services include Academic Development, Audio Visual and Multimedia, and Technology Enhanced Learning support. From videos and multimedia, to curriculum design, the TIU team can help you develop a transformative your curriculum to support all students.

Sheridan plays a key role in supporting UniSA's academic integrity framework, championing the integration of academic integrity principles across all dimensions of our educational endeavours. Her commitment to fostering a culture of academic honesty underscores her dedication to supporting the academic integrity community. Acknowledging the pivotal role of assessment in facilitating student learning and the realisation of our educational objectives, Sheridan has spearheaded UniSA's Authentic Assessment Project as part of the UniSA Academic Enterprise Plan. This initiative refined UniSA's assessment methodologies, ensuring their alignment with the evolving needs of the contemporary workforce. UniSA is enhancing its assessment practices and fortifying its students' preparedness for the challenges of tomorrow's professional landscape.

She has a Ph.D. in Physiology and a Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics.

Research

Research focus

Medical and Health Sciences
Biological Sciences
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Highlights

Sheridan is intersted in exploring how learning and teaching tools and technology, through the use of learning analytics, can be used to improve the student experience and academic performance. The propensity of academic staff to use academic performance data as indicators of success is distal of earlier learning behaviours. Therefore, Sheridan is interested in exploring the impact that personalised feedback, using real-time data of online learning behaviour, has academic success. Specifically, her work focusses on exploring the learning and teaching experiences, and behaviours that encourage high achieving students and those of average achieving students, with an aim to better inform our teaching practices to encourage student learning... Read more

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Lim, L-A, Dawson, S, Gasevic, D, Joksimović, S, Pardo, A, Fudge, A & Gentili, S 2021, 'Students' perceptions of, and emotional responses to, personalised learning analytics-based feedback: an exploratory study of four courses', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 339-359. Open access 65 65 22
2021	Lim, LA, Gentili, S, Kovanović, V, Whitelock-Wainwright, A, Gašević, D & Dawson, S 2021, 'What changes, and for whom? A study of the impact of learning analytics-based process feedback in a large course', Learning and Instruction, vol. 72, SI, article no. 101202, pp. 1-11. Open access 101 79 18
2020	Lim, L-A, Dawson, S, Gasevic, D, Joksimovic, S, Fudge, A, Pardo, A & Gentili, S 2020, 'Students' sense-making of personalised feedback based on learning analytics', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 15-33. Open access 49 34 3
2019	Ahmad Uzir, N, Gasevic, D, Matcha, W, Jovanovic, J, Pardo, A, Lim, LA & Gentili, S 2019, 'Discovering time management strategies in learning processes using process mining techniques', European Conference on Technology Enhanced LearningEC-TEL 2019: Transforming Learning with Meaningful Technologies, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 555-569. 28 10

Chapters

Year	Output
2020	Muhlhausler, BS, Toop, C & Gentili, S 2020, 'Nutritional models of type 2 diabetes mellitus', in CJ Stocker (ed.), Type 2 diabetes, 2, Humana Press, US, ch. 3, pp. 43-69. 4 6
2019	Ahmad Uzir, N, Gasevic, D, Matcha, W, Jovanovic, J, Pardo, A, Lim, LA & Gentili, S 2019, 'Discovering time management strategies in learning processes using process mining techniques', European Conference on Technology Enhanced LearningEC-TEL 2019: Transforming Learning with Meaningful Technologies, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 555-569. 28 10

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Zhao, G, Chondon, S, Gray, C, Gentili, S, Stanley, M & Regnault, TR 2025, 'Fructose consumption in pregnancy and associations with maternal and offspring hepatic and whole-body adiposity in rodents: a scoping review', Current Developments in Nutrition, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1-22. Open access
2024	Nallaya, S, Gentili, S, Weeks, S & Baldock, K 2024, 'Validity, reliability, academic integrity and integration of oral assessments in higher education: a systematic review', Issues in Educational Research, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 629-646. Open access 2 1
2021	Lim, L-A, Dawson, S, Gasevic, D, Joksimović, S, Pardo, A, Fudge, A & Gentili, S 2021, 'Students' perceptions of, and emotional responses to, personalised learning analytics-based feedback: an exploratory study of four courses', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 339-359. Open access 65 65 22
2021	Lim, LA, Gentili, S, Kovanović, V, Whitelock-Wainwright, A, Gašević, D & Dawson, S 2021, 'What changes, and for whom? A study of the impact of learning analytics-based process feedback in a large course', Learning and Instruction, vol. 72, SI, article no. 101202, pp. 1-11. Open access 101 79 18
2020	Felton-Taylor, J, Prosser, KA, Hernandez-Medrano, JH, Gentili, S, Copping, KJ, Macrossan, PE & Perry, VE 2020, 'Effect of breed, age, season and region on sperm morphology in 11,387 bulls submitted to breeding soundness evaluation in Australia', Theriogenology, vol. 142, pp. 1-7. Open access 26 19 26
2020	Lim, L-A, Dawson, S, Gasevic, D, Joksimovic, S, Fudge, A, Pardo, A & Gentili, S 2020, 'Students' sense-making of personalised feedback based on learning analytics', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 15-33. Open access 49 34 3
2019	Day, JA, Bajic, N, Gentili, S, Patel, S & Limaye, V 2019, 'Radiographic patterns of muscle involvement in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies', Muscle and Nerve, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 549-557. Open access 30 28 6
2018	Duffield, JA, Thomas, ML, Moore, JW, Hunter, RA, Wood, C, Gentili, S & Lewis, M 2018, 'Intraperitoneal local anesthetic instillation and postoperative infusion improves functional recovery following colectomy: a randomized controlled trial', Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 1205-1216. 17 17 3
2018	Imani, S, Buscher, H, Day, R, Gentili, S, Jones, GR, Marriott, D, Norris, R & Sandaradura, I 2018, 'An evaluation of risk factors to predict target concentration non-attainment in critically ill patients prior to empiric β-lactam therapy', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: An International Journal on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Therapy, and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 2171-2175. Open access 26 27
2018	Kaur, H, Toop, C, Muhlhausler, B & Gentili, S 2018, 'The effect of maternal intake of sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)-55 during gestation and lactation on lipogenic gene expression in rat offspring at 3 and 12 weeks of age', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 481-486. 4 4
2017	Imani, S, Buscher, H, Marriott, D, Gentili, S & Sandaradura, I 2017, 'Too much of a good thing: A retrospective study of β-lactam concentration-toxicity relationships', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 2891-2897. Open access 216 205 13
2017	Toop, CR, Muhlhausler, BS, O'Dea, K & Gentili, S 2017, 'Impact of perinatal exposure to sucrose or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS-55) on adiposity and hepatic lipid composition in rat offspring', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 595, no. 13, pp. 4379-4398. Open access 36 32 137
2016	Gugusheff, J, Sim, P, Kheng, A, Gentili, S, Al-Nussairawi, M, Brand-Miller, J & Muhlhausler, B 2016, 'The effect of maternal and post-weaning low and high glycaemic index diets on glucose tolerance, fat deposition and hepatic function in rat offspring', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 320-329. Open access 9 6 1
2016	Toop, CR & Gentili, S 2016, 'Fructose beverage consumption induces a metabolic syndrome phenotype in the rat: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Nutrients, vol. 8, no. 9, article no. 577, pp. 1-15. Open access 89 78 2
2015	Toop, C, Muhlhausler, B, O'Dea, K & Gentili, S 2015, 'Consumption of sucrose, but not high fructose corn syrup, leads to increased adiposity and dyslipidaemia in the pregnant and lactating rat', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 38-46. 14 15 4
2013	Regnault, TR, Gentili, S, Sarr, O, Toop, CR & Sloboda, DM 2013, 'Fructose, pregnancy and later life impacts', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 824-837. 57 52
2011	Micke, G, Sullivan, T, McMillen, IC, Gentili, S & Perry, VEA 2011, 'Protein intake during gestation affects postnatal bovine skeletal muscle growth and relative expression of IGF1, IGF1R, IGF2 and IGF2R', Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, vol. 332, no. 1-2, pp. 234-241. 40 41
2011	Micke, GC, Sullivan, TM, McMillen, IC, Gentili, S & Perry, VE 2011, 'Heifer nutrient intake during early- and mid-gestation programs adult offspring adiposity and mRNA expression of growth-related genes in adipose depots', Reproduction, vol. 141, no. 5, pp. 697-706. Open access 33 30
2011	Posterino, GS, Dunn, SL, Botting, KJ, Wang, W, Gentili, S & Morrison, JL 2011, 'Changes in cardiac troponins with gestational age explain changes in cardiac muscle contractility in the sheep fetus', Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 111, no. 1, pp. 236-243. Open access 18 16
2010	Morrison, JL, Duffield, J, Muhlhausler, B, Gentili, S & McMillen, IC 2010, 'Fetal growth restriction, catch-up growth and the early origins of insulin resistance and visceral obesity', Pediatric Nephrology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 669-677. 158 149
2009	McMillen, IC, Morrison, JL & Gentili, S 2009, 'Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Differential Patterns of Hepatic Growth and Expression of IGF1, PCK2, and HSDL1 mRNA in the Sheep Fetus in Late Gestation', Biology of Reproduction, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 1121-1127. 66 65
2009	McMillen, IC, Rattanatray, L, Duffield, J, Morrison, JL, MacLaughlin, S, Gentili, S & Muhlhausler, B 2009, 'The early origins of later obesity: pathways and mechanisms', Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol. 646, pp. 71-81. 89
2008	McMillen, IC, MacLaughlin, S, Muhlhausler, B, Gentili, S, Duffield, J & Morrison, JL 2008, 'Developmental origins of adult health and disease: the role of periconceptional and foetal nutrition', Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, vol. 102, no. 2, pp. 82-89. Open access 214 191

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Gillies McIndoe Research Institute	NEW ZEALAND
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
McMaster University	CANADA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Sperm Morphology Laboratory and Ruminant Research Centre (QSML)	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
St Vincents Hospital	UNITED STATES
St Vincent's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
The University of Notre Dame Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Belgrade	SERBIA
University of Edinburgh	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Liverpool	UNITED KINGDOM
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Nottingham	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
Western University	CANADA

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

I have an interest in teaching Physiology and Biology, with an interest in maternal and fetal nutrition, and metabolism.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Novel methods of analysis of Eastern Russell's viper venom components in human plasma	Completed
The 'not-so-sweet' effects of maternal sweetened beverage consumption during pregnancy and lactation on metabolic outcomes in the adult rat and her offspring	Completed

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