Book review: Beckingham, S., Lawrence, J., Powell, S. and Hartley, P. (eds) (2024) Using generative AI effectively in higher education: sustainable and ethical practices for learning, teaching and assessment. London: Routledge.

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https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1599

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GenAI, higher education, digital pedagogy, ethical integration of AI, curriculum and assessment design, AI literacies

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Pasan Athapaththu, University of Kelaniya

Pasan Athapaththu is a lecturer in the Department of English Language Teaching at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He holds a bachelor’s honours degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), and he is currently a postgraduate student reading for his master’s in Linguistics. Pasan teaches pedagogical grammar, principles of curriculum and course design, critical theories in language education, and technology-enhanced language learning to undergraduate students specialising in TESL. In addition to his teaching in the department, he is the co-ordinator for the Academic Literacy (ACLT) programme in the Faculty of Science of the University of Kelaniya.

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15-06-2025

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Athapaththu, P. (2025). Book review: Beckingham, S., Lawrence, J., Powell, S. and Hartley, P. (eds) (2024) Using generative AI effectively in higher education: sustainable and ethical practices for learning, teaching and assessment. London: Routledge. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (36). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1599

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