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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.

Skillmath
Success with Mathematics

Student Advisor
Offering advice and guidance when selecting appropriate Open University courses and qualifications

Maths Screencasts
Visual Learning, Real Understanding

Bayesian Knowledge Discovery
Bayesian Knowledge Discoverer Tool

Topic Accessed Video
Judge the educational effectiveness of linear and non-linear video elements

Virtual Participant project
Tool for monitoring, recording and recognising current topics of discussion

Peermiles project
Recognising your Scholarly rewards in a decentralised way!

mEducator
Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education

AKT
Advanced Knowledge Technologies

Cipher
Communities of Interest to Promote heritage of European Regions

e-Dance project
performing > recording > tagging > replaying > net.choreography

BYM600
Virtual Pub Quiz

PhiloSURFical
Semantically browse a philosophical text

VDC
The Virtual Degree Ceremony

Aqualog
AquaLog, a portable question-answering system for organisational ontologies

DIP
Data, Information and Process Integration with Semantic Web Services

The World's Seven Highest Summits
"A Peak Practice of a Lifetime"

uBase
Web-based Image and Video Navigation

Eureka Comments
Reliving the experience of critical moments of discovery in medical science that have changed the way we live

KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

Omnivoke
A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs

FLOR
FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment

CompulogNet
Europe's Network of Excellence in Computational Logic

MSG
The World's Simplest Messenger

Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

Storymaking Project
Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment

XO Backlot
The Stadium Backlot system facilitates the management and maintenance of both live web casts and replays

IET Radio
Broadcasting to H802

LUISA
Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture

ROSTRA
Technologies for Intelligent News Agency

KMi Planet
Online Newspaper

BuddyFinder
Find the right people with the right knowledge in the right place at the right time

ERA
Enabling Remote Activity

Evolva
Ontology Evolution

Clutch
Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History

NoTube
Networks and Ontologies for the Transformation and Unification of Broadcasting and the internet

The Living Human Digital Library
Technical infrastructure for the Living Human Project

VagueQuery Responder
Bookshop owners can out perform Amazon and Google when the queries are vague - so can our software

SmartProducts
Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts

Hexagon
The power of 'presence' brought to your browser

NeOn
Lifecycle Support for Networked Ontologies

Sweet
Semantic Web Service Editing Tool

ReFLEx
Resources For Learning by Exploration

WebOnto
Browse and edit knowledge models over the web

PowerAqua
A Natural Language Interface to the Semantic Web

SUPER
Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises

EERU
Energy and Environment Research Unit

CoffeeBot Competition
Brew Innovation: Build, Connect & Compete – The Ultimate Coffee Pot Sensor Challenge

Education and Technology Interest Group
Advancing Education Through Research and Technology

Espotter
Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing

Hypermedia Discourse
Conceptual foundations and practical tools at the nexus of Deliberation, Argumentation and Software

HC-REMA
Health-Care Resource Management

Real Time Advice and Guidance
Live Advice and Guidance Webcast Sessions

Citischool
Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers

ClockWork
Creating Learning Organisations with Contextualised Knowledge-Rich Work Artefacts

Podcasting
A short introduction to podcasting

Knowledge Modelling
Languages, tools, techniques and methodologies for developing abstract models of some target domain or problem solving behaviour

Cashew
Composition And Semantic enHancEment of Web-services

Prolearn
Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning

CORDER
COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition

Simlink
Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging

webCEF
Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework

PATMAN
Patient Workflow Management System

PlanetOnto
Web based news server, which facilitates lab-related items of interest in KMi to a wider community

Station X
The CNM input to Bletchley Park

TRIVALENT
Against Violence & for Better Communication

Lyceum Voice Groupware
Voice conferencing internet groupware

Comrades
Collective Platform for Community Resilience & Social Innovation During Crises

ScholOnto
Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims

FirstFlight
Development of virtual science environments

KANNEL
Detecting and Managing Semantic Relations Between Ontologies

Multimedia Digital Libraries
New Paradigms for Browsing & Search

iServe
Where linked data meets services

Bletchley Park Text
Unlocking the Past – A Personal Journey Through Codebreaking History.

VQR
vague query responder

Climate Prediction.net
Harnessing Global Computing Power for Smarter Climate Predictions

SmartLink
Linking Web APIs & Services to the Web of Data

LUPMIR
Integrating logical inference in language models for context-sensitive information retrieval

SUbTLE
Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration

Virtual Physiological Human
Sharing for Healthcare A Research Environment

Research Poster Competition 2020
Showcasing student research

iTunes U
iTunes University and Podcasting from KMi

ReelLives
Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data

OU Alive
2015/2016 Undergraduate Prospectus brought to life with Augmented Reality by KMi

Presence-Based Multi-user play
Directory of work on Massive MultiPlayer Presence

Evidence Hub
A collective intelligence platform for mapping a community and what it knows

AEC
Assisted Electronic Communications in Health

Magpie
The semantic filter

OCML
Operational Conceptual Modelling Language

Exploring the Total Customer Experience in E-Commerce Environments
Redefining E-Commerce: CRM-Driven Design and Unmatched Customer Value

Making The News
Syndicating School News

Xtreme Webcasting
Taking webcasting to the Xtreme

Vishnu
Document search engine

Open2Innova8ion Tool
User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport

Hank
Cognitive Modelling Environment

X-Media
Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media

Compendium
Managing the connections between information, ideas, interpretations and arguments

CABER
CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource

Software Visualization
Bringing Code to Life: Visualise, Debug, and Learn

NeOn Toolkit
NeOn's Ontology Engineering Environment

SOA4ALL
Creating a Web of Billions of Services

BuddySpace
Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming

Ecosensus
Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System

XO
The automatic presentation creator

Actor-lab
Control Tech for Kids

A KMi Stadium Webcast - 25th March 1999
BP Amoco - Inflatables - Wytch Farm

Internet Reasoning Service
KMi's Semantic Web Services framework

OpenMark Examples
Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system

Apollo
User-friendly knowledge modelling application

ANSES
Automatic News Summarisation & Extraction System

Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

The Bookshelf Project
Find out who has which books using ISBN and web service lookup

ROLE
Responsive Open Learning Enviornments

Service Web 3.0
Coordinating the research, standardisation, and dissemination activities creating the internet of billions of web services

DOT.KOM
Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management

The KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

GratitudeTREE
Digital 'forest of thanks'

SemSearch
A Search Engine for the Semantic Web

MET Group
Multimedia Enabling Technologies Group

TINY-IN
True Interactivity for Young Viewers of Virtual Broadcast Content via Intelligent Interfaces

Enrich
Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning

Our MK
Help make Milton Keynes a smarter, greener city

University for Industry Observatory
Using KMi technologies for integrating web documents with formal representations of knowledge

Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants
Scientific eco-hydrology for sustainable fynbos management in the Cape Floristic Region

MIAKT
Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies

Environmental Management (EM)
Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future

WeSPOT
Working Environment with Social, Personal and Open Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning

ELC
Empowering Learning Communities

Learning.org
Share practice and experience on the introduction of new technologies into Teaching and Learning

Interactive Books
Rethinking the book

The Flashmeeting Project
The lightest possible video-conferencing software application

D3e-HyperNews
Digital Document Discourse Environment

KMi Stadium
Webcasting large-scale live events and on-demand-replays

Ibrow
An Intelligent Brokering Service for Knowledge-Component Reuse on the World-Wide Web

CRU
Co-operatives Research Unit

OntoWeaver
an ontology-based approach to web site design and development

OntoWeb Network
Ontologies as the essential technology for the Semantic Web

KnoFuss
Information fusion system for semantic datasets

Expert Search
Open University Expert Search

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