Rate My Professor Anna Lloyd

Ms Anna Lloyd is a Lecturer in the School of Education at Adelaide University, part of the College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences. She earned a Bachelor of Psychology and a Postgraduate Bachelor of Education from the University of South Australia (UniSA). She then pursued further studies in London, completing a Master of Science in Psychology of Education at the UCL Institute of Education. Her master's thesis investigated the interplay between secondary students' smartphone addiction, sleep patterns, and academic performance. Prior to her current role, Lloyd worked in London schools as the Initial Teacher Education coordinator, where she managed school-based training programs for graduate teachers. She also served as Head of Social Sciences, leading a team responsible for delivering GCSE and A-Level courses in Psychology and Sociology, as well as BTEC equivalent courses in Health and Social Care.

In her position at Adelaide University, Lloyd coordinates courses on the Psychology and Sociology of Education and delivers instruction in Inclusive Education and Professional Experience. Her teaching portfolio includes EDUC 1077 Theories of Learning (2024, 2025), EDUC 1113 Introduction to Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (2024, 2025), EDUC 2062 Professional Experience 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy (2024, 2025), and EDUC 3055 Inclusive Education (2024, 2025). Her research interests center on enhancing course delivery in higher education and analyzing contemporary shifts in educational policy. Lloyd contributed to the 2026 publication 'Mind Wandering in Video-Based Learning: Self-Regulated Learning and Student Responses in a Naturalistic Setting' in Metacognition and Learning (Ebbert, D., Mirriahi, N., Wilson, N., Korolkiewicz, M., Fewster-Young, N., Lloyd, A., et al., DOI: 10.1007/s11409-026-09458-0), exploring mind wandering during video-based learning and its relation to self-regulated learning strategies.