Lucia Otoyo

Mrs Lucia Otoyo

    20182022

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    Overview

    I am a Associate Professor and a Deputy Head of Computer Science and Informatics Division in the School of Engineering. I joined LSBU in 2013 while working in the industry as a co-director of a Software Development company QuizSlides Ltd. I teach Computer Science and Informatics subjects, with specialism in Project Management.
    My experience from working in the industry for the past ten years as company co-director, project manager and a software tester has strongly influenced and informed my teaching. It has enabled me to design teaching with the latest industry practices, tools and techniques in mind.

    Research Interests

    In 2010 I took on several full-time internships in the area of web development. I learned about open source technologies and gained valuable experience working as a team manager, software tester and technical copywriter.
    A year later I joined forces with my former LSBU project supervisor Dr Martin Bush and an ex-colleague with whom I had worked on two of my internships; together we developed the online multiple-choice platform QuizSlides.com, which went live in April 2012. I am now a director of the company QuizSlides Ltd. which in addition to having its own product, also offers software development services to clients.
    In terms of research interested, there are two areas:
    One in the area of Educational assessment, in specific in Multiple-choice testing. I am currently a reviewer for the Scimago Q1 journal “Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice”. I delivered presentation at the APT conference at UCL (2019) and delivered workshop at the Digital Exams forum 2019 at Bath University. I also co-authored a paper on the topic of Addressing the Shortcomings of Traditional Multiple-Choice Tests: Subset Selection Without Mark Deductions, that was published in a Scimago Q1 journal.
    My other research interest is in the area of Law & Technology. I set up a join module at L6 with our Law Division in 2018, and since then project managed and quality assured software development of two projects that came about as a result of this module. I also co-authored two book chapters sharing the practices and experience in the area of Law and Technology and our shared LawTech module.

    Additional Responsibility


    Deputy Head of Computer Science and Informatics Division
    Assessment officer
    SASC member
    School Content lead for HTQ

    Subjects Taught


    ICT Project Management in Practice L6 Software Engineering L5 Previously: module leader and/or tutor for various modules: Discrete Mathematics (L4), Data Structures and Algorithms (L4), Fundamentals of Software Development (L4), Professional and Contemporary Issues (L6); IT System Administration (L6); Managing Technological Innovation (L5); User Centred Design (L5); Professional practice (L4)

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

    Education/Academic qualification

    PGCHE

    20132014

    External Positions and Roles

    Project Manager and Software Tester, Cameron and Wilding

    20142021

    Director, QuizSlides Ltd

    2011 → …

    Project Manager & Drupal Administrator, Photoedge Ltd.

    20102011

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