Bio

Lyndon Sharp

Sydney, Australia

I enjoy interface and information design, web analytics, eGov, net statistics, history, travelling, reading, eating out and good wine. I also have a bad habit of collecting interesting historical objects and print ephemera.

I have a special interest in the way technology is used in learning and the delivery of Government  and educational information on the web. I present at conferences and seminars on these and related topics.

I currently manage information services at the Office of the Board of Studies NSW, which manages the Higher School Certificate and School Certificate public examinations for the state of New South Wales.

Among other things, this involves managing -

• a team that designs, develops and maintains around 20 educational websites
• several large-scale state-wide e-Assessment online testing and examination delivery operations
• web content management, print design and book editors
• print publishing and distribution around the state.

Prior to that, I did an Arts degree and Teaching Diploma at Macquarie University, teaching Modern History, English and Computing Studies at James Ruse Agricultural High, the most academically successful selective school in New South Wales.

Most recent conference presentations

Knowledge Management Australia, 5-6 August 2009, Crystal Palace, Luna Park, Sydney

KM Lessons learned in a medium-sized Government Agency

• Improving decision-making through dasboard metrics
• Knowledge-sharing through internal project-level blogs & wikis
• Strategies to reduce corporate knowledge loss while shedding staff

e-Government, 15-16 June 2009, Marque Hotel, Canberra

Conference Chair/Facilitator

Web-project case studies:  Assessment Resource Centre & NSW Students Online

• Establishing key requirements with web-naive project owners
• Stakeholder management: driving projects to completion in short timeframes
• Usability & metrics: project evaluation & improvement cycles

HSC & Education Forum, 17 March 2009, State Library of New South Wales

Sites & services for students and library professionals