Ian Dolphin

Head of e-Strategy

Ian Dolphin is Head of e-Strategy at the University of Hull, where he is responsible for advising on Information & Communications Technology strategic direction, and overseeing direction of the University portal. Current activities include a range of national and international collaborations exploring the relationship between portals, learning objects and environments with the perspective of providing a seamless experience for the learner or educator.

Ian has a background in teaching, having taught Special Educational Needs English and Information & Communication Technology in Secondary schools for fourteen years. Initially motivated by the power of emerging technologies to help educationally disadvantaged children, in 1993 Ian was seconded to a regional agency, where he helped establish a curriculum resource development unit. This unit worked collaboratively with teachers and business partners to produce curriculum-focused learning resources for secondary education.

Ian is a member of the Board of Directors and Vice-President of JASIG and a member of the Board of the Sakai Foundation. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Curriki. Ian is Deputy Chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Integrated Information Environment Committee (JIIE), and a member of the Virtual Research Environment Programme Advisory Board and eLearning Capital Programme Advisory Board. He chairs the JORUM Steering Group for the JISC.

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