Dr Sasikala Rathnappulige
Lecturer: Academic Development
Teaching and Learning Innovation
Academic
Sasi is a Lecturer in Academic Development within the Teaching and Learning Innovation unit at Adelaide University, with 17 years of collective experience working as an educator, learning designer and researcher. She has extensive experience in designing innovative curriculum and learning solutions for both undergraduate and postgraduate level programs and courses for hybrid and online delivery. Constructive alignment sits at the centre of her curriculum design practice. A central part of her work involves meeting academics where they are, providing pedagogical advice calibrated to their context, and co-developing design decisions collaboratively. Her PhD in Knowledge Management is from University of Adelaide. As an educational researcher, Sasi specialises in innovative curriculum design, constructive alignment and assessment design.
Areas of research interest: innovative curriculum design, constructive alignment and assessment design
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Sinhala; Sinhalese | Can read, write, speak and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 - 2014 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy in Business |
| 2009 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Commerce Honours (First Class) |
| 2006 - 2008 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Commerce |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Daniel, L., Huang, F., Rathnappulige, S., & Neale, L. (2013). Initiating Open Innovation clusters: Cultivating Knowledge for Competitive Advantage. In K. Brown, J. Burgess, M. Festing, & S. Royer (Eds.), Resources and Competitive Advantage in Clusters (1 ed., pp. 146-169). Germany: Rainer Hampp Verlag. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | McInnes, R., Nguyen, R. -N., Rathnappulige, S., Marek, S., Searson, D. J., Waterland, A., & Honson, A. (2026). A research-based student workload calculator. |