contact details
email: l.scott@rgu.ac.uk
tel: 00 44 (0)1224 263692

papers (pdf's) :

Designing a website for dyslexic
students in art and design

Developing Online Resources for Dyslexic Students in Art and DesignADC LTSN Learning and
Teaching Project Fund

LESLEY SCOTT

Biographical Statement
Lesley Scott completed an M.A. in History of Art at Edinburgh University followed by a post-graduate qualification in Personnel Management. She spent 11 years in industry gaining a range of professional employee relations skills relating to recruitment, training, salary administration, supervisory and management policy and employment law. After a short career break she completed a teaching qualification and arrived late in Higher Education in 1998. She since been contributing to the delivery of Contextual and Critical Studies as a full-time lecturer, with additional responsibilities as School Learning Enhancement Co-ordinator and Disability Contact.

iSpace - an example of a prototype multi-access web site for
dyslexic students in art and design

Personal Statement
Until recently, my research focussed on pedagogical issues, specifically the design of web-based resources for dyslexic students to accommodate individual learning styles.  Various prototype websites have been designed in collaboration with key staff, and evaluated in discussion with Gray's students.  A set of clear design principles emerged from this research which have since been disseminated via conference contribution, the web and publication.

My research interests are currently undergoing re-orientation towards critical questions arising from interaction between the arts and the sciences, particularly focussing on the role of the arts in a medical/health related context.  This interest is the result of a teaching programme I have developed which foregrounds the art/science crossover, where artists are working within a scientific field or drawing on a scientific body of knowledge.  A key question underpinning the programme has been whether nature and humanity are best understood through fact, reason and scientific system or whether value remains in the perspective of the creative arts?  The issue of value is emerging as a potential area for further research as the contribution of artists within a medical context increases and the definition of 'aesthetics' undergoes re-evaluation.  In short, what aesthetics prevail between the work and its audience and what critical framework captures the value of this developing area of practice?

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