Welcome
Welcome to The Open University’s STEM Research Archive, your gateway to a comprehensive repository of completed projects that showcase the innovative and impactful work done by our faculty, researchers, and developers. Here, you will find summaries and insights into a wide array of projects spanning the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Each project summary is crafted to provide an overview of objectives, methodologies, outcomes, and contributions to the field, offering a valuable resource for current students, educators, researchers, and anyone with a passion for STEM.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration for your own research, looking to explore the breadth of our scholarly activities, or simply curious about the advancements in STEM, our archive is designed to inform and inspire. Dive in to discover the rich tapestry of knowledge and innovation that defines The Open University’s commitment to excellence in STEM education and research.
Hexagon
The power of 'presence' brought to your browser
CABER
CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource
SUbTLE
Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration
PlanetOnto
Web based news server, which facilitates lab-related items of interest in KMi to a wider community
University for Industry Observatory
Using KMi technologies for integrating web documents with formal representations of knowledge
Storymaking Project
Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment
webCEF
Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework
FLOR
FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment
Topic Accessed Video
Judge the educational effectiveness of linear and non-linear video elements
Espotter
Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing
ELC
Empowering Learning Communities
OpenMark Examples
Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system
XO
The automatic presentation creator
Exploring the Total Customer Experience in E‑Commerce Environments
Redefining E-Commerce: CRM-Driven Design and Unmatched Customer Value
VDC
The Virtual Degree Ceremony
Evidence Hub
A collective intelligence platform for mapping a community and what it knows
Lyceum Voice Groupware
Voice conferencing internet groupware
FirstFlight
Development of virtual science environments
ScholOnto
Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims
Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre
Enrich
Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning
Compendium
Managing the connections between information, ideas, interpretations and arguments
Omnivoke
A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs
VagueQuery Responder
Bookshop owners can out perform Amazon and Google when the queries are vague - so can our software
SemSearch
A Search Engine for the Semantic Web
CRU
Co-operatives Research Unit
Cohere
>>> make the Connection
Prolearn
Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning
Magpie
The semantic filter
TRIVALENT
Against Violence & for Better Communication
GratitudeTREE
Digital 'forest of thanks'
X-Media
Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media
Simlink
Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging
CORDER
COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition
Citischool
Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers
Ecosensus
Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System
XO Backlot
The Stadium Backlot system facilitates the management and maintenance of both live web casts and replays
NoTube
Networks and Ontologies for the Transformation and Unification of Broadcasting and the internet
DOT.KOM
Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management
Environmental Management (EM)
Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future
SmartProducts
Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts
Clutch
Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History
PATMAN
Patient Workflow Management System
mEducator
Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education
The Living Human Digital Library
Technical infrastructure for the Living Human Project
KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry
Education and Technology Interest Group
Advancing Education Through Research and Technology
D3e-HyperNews
Digital Document Discourse Environment
Station X
The CNM input to Bletchley Park
Evolva
Ontology Evolution
WebOnto
Browse and edit knowledge models over the web
SUPER
Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises
BuddySpace
Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming
Xtreme Webcasting
Taking webcasting to the Xtreme
LUISA
Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture
Actor-lab
Control Tech for Kids
Service Web 3.0
Coordinating the research, standardisation, and dissemination activities creating the internet of billions of web services
ReelLives
Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data
PhiloSURFical
Semantically browse a philosophical text
MSG
The World's Simplest Messenger
MIAKT
Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies
Hank
Cognitive Modelling Environment
AEC
Assisted Electronic Communications in Health
Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants
Scientific eco-hydrology for sustainable fynbos management in the Cape Floristic Region
WeSPOT
Working Environment with Social, Personal and Open Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning
Ibrow
An Intelligent Brokering Service for Knowledge-Component Reuse on the World-Wide Web
BuddyFinder
Find the right people with the right knowledge in the right place at the right time
Open2Innova8ion Tool
User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport
KMi Planet
Online Newspaper
Making The News
Syndicating School News
ReFLEx
Resources For Learning by Exploration
OntoWeaver
an ontology-based approach to web site design and development
AKT
Advanced Knowledge Technologies
The Bookshelf Project
Find out who has which books using ISBN and web service lookup
