Ms Sheona Thomson
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Academic Integrity Unit
Biography
Sheona is Strategic Lead, Assessment and Academic Integrity in the QUT Academy for Learning and Teaching (QALT) and Academic Lead, Learning and Teaching in the School of Architecture and Built Environment. Sheona holds qualifications in architecture from the University of Queensland and in education from Queensland University of Technology. She is an occasional contributor to the Australian design media publications Houses, Artichoke, and Architecture Australia.Personal details
Positions
- Strategic Lead (Assessment and Academic Integrity)
Academic Division,
Education Portfolio,
Academic Integrity Unit
Keywords
Architecture and design education, Academic integrity, Transformative design education, Assessment in higher education, Educational technology
Research field
Architecture, Curriculum and pedagogy, Other Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Master of Education (Info & Communication Technologies) (Queensland University of Technology)
- BArch (University of Queensland)
- BDesSt (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Teaching
ABB101 Design 1: Space and Scale (from 2024)
DYB101 Impact Lab 1: Place (2019 - 2023)
Publications
- Thomson, S., (2015). Connections not boundaries: Future learning and physical spaces. Architecture Australia, 104, 51–55. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90854
- Murphy, G., Savage, S. & Thomson, S. (2014). 'Back to the future' - a retrospective analysis of university business models. Presented at: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, 83. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80112
- Thomson, S., (2009). Towards a literacy of attention. Proceedings of the 32nd HERDSA Annual Conference, 424–433. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26296
- Thomson, S., (2007). It's Moments Like These You Need 'Mint': A Mapping of Spatialised Sexuality in Brisbane. Queensland Review, 14(2), 93–104. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/11154
- Thomson, S., (2007). Sharing Understanding of Assessment Criteria in Design Project Tutorials: Some Observations of, and Implications for, Practice. IDEA Journal, 2007, 38–50. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/14202
- Thomson, S., (2006). What Should a Foundation Unit in Design History Look Like in the 21st Century? d, 47–49. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26268
- Scott, A., Jerome, K. & Thomson, S. (2001). Orienting Design Education: Implementing an Orientation Field Trip as an Introduction to Design Education. Proceedings of the ICSID Educational Seminar 2001 Seongnam, 62–68. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/3866
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Sheona, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/s.thomson
Awards
- Type
- Award or Prize
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Four innovative, authentic and transdisciplinary ‘Impact Labs’ (ILs) were introduced as a compulsory spine across the reimagined Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Bachelor of Design curriculum in 2019. In response to stakeholder feedback on shifting employer and global needs, the four units,
‘Place’, ‘People’, ‘Planet’ and ‘Purpose’, aim to future-proof students’ design careers. The ILs employ a range of learning approaches to incrementally develop students’ theoretical understandings of self, society and global issues while laying foundations for collaborative design. Student learning is cumulative
and applied within experiential, inquiry-led, team design challenges developed in collaboration with over 45 community and industry partners. With IL experiences systematically repeated across their years of study, students progressively build essential core design knowledge, skills and twenty-first century capabilities: transdisciplinary collaboration, productive reflection, ...