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Isobel Stark, Web Officer     i.a.stark@ukoln.ac.uk     (UKOLN ( web site)

Ariadne 1997
(ReLIS:doi:doiari:y:1997:i:12:p:20)

Abstract:

An electrical engineer specialising in communications, Professor VandeLinde was cautious about the general impact of Dearing: "It's early days to talk about the real impact....It encourages HE to take advantage of new technologies, in particular in the delivery of tuition to students...also it is talking about the dissemination of information more broadly. My perception is that this is beginning to take off independently of Dearing, after the work done and funded by the HEFCs in computer assisted teaching through TLTP....We are near the point with the Web, Internet and Intranet where they are going to make a difference in the next decade."

Note: Professor David VandeLinde has been the Vice Chancellor of Bath University since 1992. Before this he was Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in his native United States. Isobel Stark interviewed him about the Dearing Report. This article appears in both the print and Web versions of Ariadne.
Month: November 1997
Year: 1997

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