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QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Education, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
• Postgraduate Certificate in Technology Management, University of Queensland, Australia
• Master of Arts in Design (Credit), Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Higher Diploma in Graphic Communication, Hong Kong Polytechnic
• Full Member, Hong Kong Designers Association

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administration of the Blackboard online learning and teaching platform;
• Organizing LTTC workshops on using Blackboard online modules for staff members and students;
• Teaching Blackboard workshops;
• Providing consultation and one-to-one tutorials in developing online modules;
• Designing multimedia materials for Blackboard online modules
• Managing and designing multimedia educational projects

AREAS INTERESTS:

• Philosophical enquiries into meanings of tertiary education
• Social construction of (design) education – alternative vision and curriculum
• Pedagogical development of blended/online learning in tertiary education
• Impacts of ICTs on learning and teaching
• Professional development through action research in a context of theory and practice

PUBLISHED PAPERS:

• Chan, A., Szeto, E., &05.11.2009S. for the new millennium: the great transformation. Xpress Journal, 8, p.20.
• Szeto, E. (2003). System approach: how to develop effective learning resources. In K. F. Sin, F. C. Ho & L. H. Hui (Eds.), Information Technology in Special Education: Action Research, p.274. HK: HKIEd.
• Szeto, E. (2000). Innovation capacity: working towards a mechanism for improving innovation within an inter-organisational network. The TQM Magazine, 12(2), p.149.

DESIGN MANUAL
• Editorial Board (2005). Design Manuals: Bravo Hong Kong Design. HK: SME Development Fund and HKDA.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

Referred Conference Papers
• Szeto, E. (2007). Educational changes: the impact of networked learning on non face-to-face pedagogy and virtual students. EdMedia 2007, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Vancouver.
• Ip, A., Chan, A., Chong, S., & Szeto, E. (2002). A new perspective on design education: shaping tacit feel for design-entrepreneur. Eleventh International Design Management Research and Education Conference, Design Management Institute and Northwestern University, Boston.
• Szeto, E. (2002). Towards a framework of innovation audit on organizational learning: a case study of Li & Fung Limited. International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation in the 21st Century, Zhejiang University and Ministry of Education, Hangzhou.
• Szeto, E. (2001). Investigation of group dynamics and interactions in synchronous networked learning. International Conference on Learning and Teaching On-line, UNESCO and South China Normal University, Guangzhou.
  

Non-referred Conference Papers
• Fung, R., Szeto, E., & Ip, R. (2003). Experimental studies on the interactions, group dynamics and effectiveness in simultaneous web-based Learning. Paper presented at the International Conferences on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Education, Science, Medicine, and Mobile Technologies on the Internet, Italy.
• Szeto, E. (2001). Shaping learning and teaching on computer-based network. Seventh Annual UNESCO-ACEID International Conference on Computer in Education, UNESCO in partnership with Office of the National Education Commission of Thailand, UNESCO Institution for IT in Education, Moscow and UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre, Bonn.
• Yip, R., Fung, R., & Szeto, E. (2001). Implementing intranet-based live television technology in the context of situated learning. International Conference of Rejuvenating Schools through Partnership, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Quality Education Fund, Hong Kong.
• Szeto, E., & Chong, S. (1999). A vision of hybrid-representation in wired reality. Fourth Design Thinking Conference, MIT, Boston.

PROJECTS:

• “To develop localized innovative product design methodologies and cases to strengthen Hong Kong SMEs’ competitiveness and capabilities of capturing business opportunity”, Research Member, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Fund and Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), 2003-2005.
• “Chinese folk songs”, Project Member, President Fund of Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2003.
• “Development of Interactive Knowledge-based System”, Co-investigator, Teaching Development Grant, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2001.
• “Investigating and Enhancing Effectiveness in Simultaneous Web-based Learning in High Education”, Co-investigator, Quality Enhancement Fund of City University of Hong Kong and the support of Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2000-2002

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

• Editorial Member (2005). Design Manuals: Bravo Hong Kong Design. SME Development Fund and HKDA.
• Organising Committee Member (2004). Fifth Innovative Industrial Design Symposium. Productivity Council and HKDA
• Organising Committee Member (2004). Bravo Hong Kong Design Exhibition. SME Development Fund and HKDA.