response: Andre Brown and Bob Martens

	Broad Principles
	
	One key principle is that teaching in Computer Aided Architectural Design should
	be seen as an integral part of the process of educating designers. Attempts to
	separate it off as some kind of technical training should be resisted. The
	integration of digital techniques into different stages and aspects of the
	design process has been a key element of research and development in the field,
	and this whole-process and wide ranging approach should be reflected in any
	forward looking policy.
	
	It would be short-sighted and counterproductive to identify particular pieces of
	software, or narrow didactic lines of application, in developing an educational
	strategy in CAAD. Richness, diversity and creativity should be fostered and
	enabled, around a core set of ideas and principles. Description, rather than
	prescription, should be the nature of such policy approaches.
	
	Sharing
	
	There are different strands within the subject of sharing. We can identify what
	we can share as:
	
		- Knowledge
		- Experience
		- Resources
		- Expertise
	
	There is probably no single means of assembling and disseminating information
	under such headings.
	
	Staffing
	
	It is important that staff with CAAD specialisms are seen as design educators
	and not as trainers in a specific peripheral technical activity. CAAD Staff
	should be seen to be promoting computing as a counterpart to the whole design
	process, and should be respected as such. Computers are so ubiquitous now that
	there is a danger of partially informed staff offering views that are
	ill-advised; this is a field where a little knowledge is certainly a dangerous
	thing. But expert educators in the field need to handle this phenomenon
	carefully and without pomposity. Professional bodies, Heads of School and other
	influential groups need to be well-informed and well-briefed at an early stage
	to help this process.
	
	Andy Brown, 
        The University of Liverpool, UK

	Bob Martens,
        Vienna Technical University, Austria