World-first partnership with Adobe drives tech-fluency at Swinburne

In a world-first for the university sector, all Swinburne staff and learners now have access to Adobe’s full range of apps and services in the Creative Cloud, including generative AI tools.

By adopting Adobe Creative Cloud, an all-in-one creative ecosystem, across the entire university, Swinburne is strengthening its position as a creative and future-focused institution and leader in digital innovation in education.

These new generative AI powered tools will support educators to create AI-enhanced learning experiences and support learners to freely explore, design and experiment using a professional-grade toolkit. These AI tools will be grounded in Swinburne’s AI policy, ensuring responsible adoption and ethical and effective use of technology across the university.

“The advanced tools of Adobe Creative Cloud prepare our learners for the tech-rich future they’re stepping into and ensure every learner has access to cutting-edge technologies to develop digital capabilities in meaningful and applied ways,” said Professor Llew Mann, Pro Vice-Chancellor Educational Innovation at Swinburne.

The expanded access included as part of this renewed agreement further reinforces Swinburne’s standing as an Adobe Creative Campus for six consecutive years and one of nine Adobe Creative Campus Innovators globally. 

The Adobe Creative Campus program directly supports Swinburne’s Ad Astra_2030 strategy which aims for all learners and staff across the university to be tech-fluent pioneers, entrepreneurial value creators, and local and global change agents.

“Tech fluency is a cornerstone capability for our graduates, and AI increasingly plays an important role,” said Professor Mann.

Swinburne’s renewed partnership with Adobe extends to supporting Swinburne’s new Education Innovation Lab, which will explore avenues for how AI can support new models of education. Adobe and Swinburne will collaborate on curriculum exploration  and pilot projects, and investigate opportunities to integrate generative AI tools into the learner experience.

With powerful AI capabilities as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, Swinburne learners can move beyond simply using technology and will have the ability to understand how to direct it, question it and harness it responsibly.

To make the most of the Adobe tools, Swinburne’s Adobe Digital Coaches offer mentoring, workshops, and drop-in sessions. Whether you’re new to Adobe platforms or an experienced user, the coaches will provide support in using the expanded tools for assessments, pursuing passion projects or to simply experiment and learn.