RAVENSBOURNE COLLEGE OF DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION- 2010-2012
Teaching
- Studio Practice (Y3)
- User Experience, Service Design, Play, Tangible media (Y2)– Y2 BA Interaction Design
- Practical applications of Design Thinking – Master of Design.
Course development
- Master of Dessing (MDes) Service Design, Design Management and Luxury Brand Management – academic and managerial co-leadership in development of all three courses (with Carrie Huang) from scratch to final validation.
- BA Design Products & BA Design Interactions - academic and managerial leadership in re-development of both courses for re-validation.
EALING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN - THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY - 2005-2010
Teaching
- Multimedia Scripting & Authoring (Y1) - introduction to ActionScript.
- Games Design: History and Context (BA Games Development Y1) – introduction to games culture.
- Experimental Gaming (BA Games Development Y3) – project based work in mods and hacking.
- Interactive Gameplay Design: (BA Digital Arts Y2) – experimental and casual games design.
- Time Based Imaging (BA Digital Arts Y3) - experimental video production, stop motion animation.
- Art Practice & Presentation (BA Digital Arts Y3) – entrepreneurial, IPR, production, financial issues of professional creative practice.
- Creative Coding (BA Digital Arts Y3)- Introduction to programming for designers and artists with Processing.
- Interactive video spaces MA Computer Arts – full body interaction with computer vision.
- Physical computing 1 (Maverick Machines) (BA Digital Arts Y2), Physical computing 2 (Experimental media) (BA Digital Arts Y3),
- Design for mobile devices (BA Design for Interactive Media Y2), Games for learning (BA Games Development Y3),
- Experimental media design (MA Computer Arts), Introduction to Multimedia (BA Music tech. Y1).
Course development 2005-2009:
- 2008 MA Physical Computing – working with Richard Colson on development of the course from scratch to final validation.
- 2008 BA Digital Arts – working with Richard Colson on development of the course from scratch to final validation.
Teaching 2003 - 2004:
- Chair of EMMDIS workshop - Institute National de l'Audiovisuel Bry-sur-Marne – TRAM - European Master in the Management of Digital Interactive Services.
- Writing for Multimedia – MBA ESLSCA Paris - Writing and communication in interactive environment.
- Coordination and management of web sites and virtual communities – MBA ESLSCA Paris - CMC and CSCW, Social processes, Virtual community management.
Teaching 1999 - 2001:
- Introduction to Multimedia: London Guildhall, BSc Multimedia - Creative, user and technical issues.
- Multimedia application design and development: London Guildhall, BSc Multimedia - User Centred design approach to the design of Multimedia and web applications.
- Design for Communication and Interactivity: London Guildhall, BSc Multimedia - Advanced Interaction Design.
Student's achievements:
- 2000/2001 a group of my students from London Guildhall reached the finals of Europrix.org "Special Competition for Students' Award".
- 2005/2006 Kenji Ko and Seth Beer exhibited at "Takeaway Festival - Do It Yourself Media" at the Science Museum's Dana Centre 2006.
- 2006 Kazembe Hamadi, 2nd year student was short listed for Nationwide Mercury Prize.
- 2006 Ed Firth won 1st award "Innovative businesses plan in art and media " Wesfocus and Slough Entrepreneurial hub.
- 2007 Lukas Birk exhibited at "Takeaway Festival - Do It Yourself Media" at the Science Museum's Dana Centre 2006.
- 2008 Kazi Kakai was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008 www.newcontemporaries.org.uk.
Member of international jury:
2004 - Member of a jury for MA "Children Interactive media" CAID Athens, EU MEDIA programme.
- 2010 James Leitch – winner Zebra pens competition.
- 2012 Yair Newman– Design Week covers several of his Ravensbourne projects.