Rachael Adlington
Educational Developer (staff only), Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
Bachelor of Education at Southern Cross University
Contact
| Email: | rachael.adlington@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Milton Building (E6) 47 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 4224 (or +61 2 6773 4224 overseas) |
Rachael Adlington is the Educational Developer within the School of Education.
Employment history
Targeted Graduate position in a small school near Albury. After teaching there from 1999 - 2001, Rachael moved to a large primary school on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, where she taught from 2002 - 2004.
Rachael was an academic at UNE from 2005 - 2009. She lectured in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Education and English and Literacies Education, specialising in online texts, such as blogs and wikis, and new literacies.
Professional Experience
Aside from regular classroom teaching, Rachael's school-based experiences include teaching Reading Recovery, music, learning difficulties classes and Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Affiliations
Rachael is the web officer for the Australian Literacy Educators' Association Northern NSW Local Council.
Research interests
Rachael's research interests include the nexus between literacy and technology, new and online literacies, multiliteracies and technology for student engagement.
Publications
Adlington, R., Stewart, C., 2010, Changing direction with teacher educators in distance education provision, W. Halloway & J, Maurer (eds) International Research in Teacher Education: Current Perspectives, Kardoorair Press,
Stewart, C., Adlington, R., 2010, Dance of change: Print-based distance education to creative networked learning, W. Kinuthia & W. Taylor (eds) Cases'n'Places: Global Cases in Educational Technology, Information Age Publishing,
Tynan, B., Adlington, R., Stewart, C., Sims, R., Shanahan, P., Vale, D., 2010, Managing for real change? Three cases of contextualised project management and embedded instructor professional engagement and development, Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 187-206,
Stewart, C., Adlington, R., 2009, Shall we dance? Managing change from print-based to interactive networked learning, International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 93-104, http://ijm.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.28/prod.1100
Adlington, R., 2009, Reading beyond the lines? The role of digital texts and technology in reading groups, Conference proceedings, AATE/ALEA National Conference, Hobart 2009, http://www.englishliteracyconference.com.au/index.php?id=60&year=09
Stewart, C. , Adlington, R., 2009, Changing direction with teacher educators in distance education provision, Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 62-71,
Adlington, R., Hansford, D., 2009, Digital spaces and young people’s online authoring: Challenges for teachers, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2, pp. 55-68,