Arthur Kingsland - Links to Areas of Interest

• Irish Dance (+ Australian Colonial + Scottish and English Country dance)

• Navigational Sport Organisation (Orienteering and Rogaining)

• Computing (Internet, Education, Architecture)

• Education (especially Integrated PBL)

Recently Arthur Kingsland has been working for a local Chemical Engineering company who is pioneering new carbon technologies, cleaning up the process, capturing and refining waste products as well as conducting research into allied advanced environmentally friendly energy sources. Arthur's role has been as a 3D modeller, and to a lesser extent, documenter of the designs for fabrication.

Specifically the work entailed:

• 3D Design modelling (Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD) – major site detailing and extensive plant layout, materials handling, pressure (& other) vessels, fluidised bed coal and biomass processing equipment, solar thermal collector modelling, pipe and duct routing, development of Inventor libraries;
• 2D documentation of mechanical and chemical engineering plant & equipment; and
• Development of the quality assurance program refining the policies, developing company best practice standards, documenting work instructions, and preparation of learning materials.

For many years Arthur was a member of, then finally the Head of, the Discipline for Architecture at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He runs a multi-disciplinary consulting business with expertise in architectural and professional education, computer aids to learning including internet and stand-alone applications. He also has expertise in Irish Set Dance Instruction and Australian Colonial Dance Instruction and in map and compass navigational sport organisation and setting (i.e. Orienteering and Rogaining).

Arthur Kingsland has expertise in a number of areas of tertiary education, particularly the development of integrated curricula in professional disciplines and Problem Based Learning. Other areas of expertise include web developments, computer aided learning facilities, professional programming and specialist map production and cartography. He developed the original web site for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Design at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He was, for a number of years, the WebEditor of Academic Exchange Extra, the online adjunct to the academic journal Academic Exchange Quarterly, and creates and maintains the pages for Newcastle Irish Set Dancers and the Hunter Folk Dancers.

Arthur Kingsland has produced maps for Newcastle Orienteering Club and is one of the dedicated band of organisers, setters and controllers for high quality major orienteering and rogaining events organised by the Newcastle Orienteering Club and the New South Wales Rogaining Association.

With his partner, Julia Smith, Arthur also teaches and calls Irish Set dances with Newcastle Irish Set Dancers and Australian Colonial, English Country, Scottish Country, American Contra and couples dances with the Hunter Folk Dancers.

Current expertise:

• 3D modelling + 2D documentation
  • Experienced user of Inventor, AutoCAD 3D, ArchiCAD, and MicroStation
• Education:
  • Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Integrated PBL
  • Assessment in integrated educational environemnts
  • Evaluation of educational programmes
• Computing:
  • Business applications and their effective use
    • Word processing/spreadsheets/databases
  • Computer aided learning, multimedia and hypermedia
    • HyperCard/Authorware/HTML
  • Programming
    • Traditional languages: Fortran/Basic/Pascal/ABC
    • Hypermedia: HTML/JavaScript/HyperCard/Authorware/...
• Compass and Map Sports - Orienteering and Rogaining:
  • Map interpretation cross country navigation
  • Course setting
  • Event organisation
  • Event controlling
  • Topographic map production
• Links:
  • Orienteering and Rogaining
  • Newcastle Irish Set Dancers
  • Hunter Folk Dancers
  • Academic Exchange Extra