Dr Jennifer Howell joined ACU in 2010 as Senior Lecturer in Educational Studies. Previously Dr Howell was a lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and teacher education at Queensland University of Technology. Dr Howell has been teaching for over 16 years, having originally starting out as a Secondary English and History teacher. Her research focuses on online communities, teacher professional development, elearning, mlearning, Web 2.0 technologies and electronic research methodology.