who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Heather Symonds
University of the Arts London,
Student Services, 272 High Holborn,
London, WC1V 7EY, United
Kingdom
Keywords oral assessment, student
voices, sustainable design
Elson Szeto
The Hong Kong Institute of
Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po,
New Territories, HKSAR, China
Keywords design knowledge,
coherent design curriculum,
fragmented meanings of design,
design discourse, design education
production and strategic interventions; not to deliberately confuse but
to tacitly suggest or invoke a realm in which doubt, reticence and
inconclusiveness is privileged over other forms of knowledge.
› Writing Encounters: ‘Institute of Beasts’ (2008), Journal of Writing in
Creative Practice, 2.1, 117-125.
Currently, Heather is Dyslexia Co-coordinator/Adviser at LCC,
University of the Arts London. She has been working with students
within the field of Creative Arts for fourteen years. Her work includes
staff development and awareness training. Her Teaching and Learning
Fellowship in 2005 led to staff and student handbooks and e-guidance
for oral assessment. In promoting a sustainable viva voce as
accommodated assessment she has delivered staff development both
nationally and internationally, notably, HEA 2007, SEDA 2007,
CLTAD 2008 ,INSEA Japan 2008 and ‘Doing It Better’ RMIT/La
Trobe in Australia 2007.
› Introducing oral assessment within creative practice: ‘I can write but it's like
walking against the wind’, Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 1.3, 227-
236.
Dr. Elson Szeto is a member of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and
Technology, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, China. He is
involved in the institute’s e-learning development and related
educational projects for enhancement of learning and teaching with
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), including
blended learning and related professional development in the context of
teacher education. Szeto has published articles on the development of
design innovation in firms in TQM Magazine and on transformation of
design education in China in Xpress Journal. His research interests are
innovative pedagogy, design education, and impacts of ICT on
learning, teaching and assessment.
› Framing an integrated framework of design curriculum in higher education:
understandings, meanings and interpretations, Art, Design & Communication
in Higher Education, 9.1, 75-93.