My position at Asian University presently requires that I undertake three major roles:

Associate Dean for the Faculty of Liberal Arts

I have been working in this position since 8/2005 during which time I have had the opportunity to create and develop a new bachelor of arts curriculum in Multimedia as well as a Master of Arts programme in Interaction Design.

As Associate Dean, I work closely in a supporting role with the Faculty Dean developing new initiatives as well as dealing with day to day administration and recruitment. Academically, I have been focusing on developing the teaching methodologies and materials involved in the instigation of a new programme in the art and design field, as well as presenting papers on design pedagogy (see recent paper).

In terms of recruitment, my role is two-fold; both as developer of marketing materials (recent examples are illustrated on this page including the current Interaction Design website) and as outreacher visiting schools, expositions and organizing open day events.

A series of ten roll-up 2-metre high posters designed for use at public expositions.

The faculty has two undergraduate programmes (English for Business Communication and Multimedia) one postgraduate programme (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as well as providing the university with departments in Humanities, Mathematics and Communication Skills. In addition, the faculty provides special courses in intensive English language learning, English Summer Camps and a Summer University. (please check out the university website)

Programme Leader for the Department of Multimedia

The Multimedia programme is a full 4 years. This means we have to provide a pretty intensive schedule of courses from foundation through to senior year. Along with this, comes the management and development of the department. We currently have four full time members of staff supported by a part-time secretary and 32 students spread over 4 years. In addition, other Faculty teachers are recruited in to the department as necessary to teach specific courses and support the slim team.

Since the course started (8/2005), we have progressed the department from a one-room studio to a complete floor together with its own resources boasting a media viewing lounge, two modest media labs, an image capture studio, sound recording and editing labs, a mixed-year creative studio and two resourced seminar rooms.

In 5/2009, the department will receive full validation and see its first graduating year of students. Much of the inspiration for developing the Multimedia programme was to focus on preparing students to continue their education at masters level in a reputable Western university.

The most recent poster / brochure used to promote the BA programme in Multimedia

Lecturer in Multimedia

My role as lecturer is very much full-time teaching approximately 16 contact hours per week. This is necessary both to support the running of a cost efficient department in its early stages of development, as well as there being a need to provide as much hands-on leadership as possible. This is without doubt the most satisfying part of my day; prosecuting research, building materials and nurturing students. The additional challenge of teaching content to second language learners makes the job especially interesting - it makes you become a better teacher (you need to be more communicative, well prepared, adaptive, organized etc).

Master of Arts in Interaction Design

This programme is at its initial stage of development, recruiting students and staff to launch in August 2010. For more details please review the website.

Example pages from the Interaction Design website

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