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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.

Open2Innova8ion Tool

User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport

Storymaking Project

Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment

TRIVALENT

Against Violence & for Better Communication

University for Industry Observatory

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

Environmental Management (EM)

Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future

Station X

The CNM input to Bletchley Park

PlanetOnto

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

CABER

CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource

Hank

Cognitive Modelling Environment

Evidence Hub

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

Cohere

>>> make the Connection

Ecosensus

Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System

Magpie

The semantic filter

VagueQuery Responder

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

webCEF

Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework

Omnivoke

A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs

CORDER

COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition

KMi Planet

Online Newspaper

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

BuddySpace

Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming

FirstFlight

Development of virtual science environments

mEducator

Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education

OpenMark Examples

Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system

Ibrow

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

Safety Centre

Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

LUISA

Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture

SemSearch

A Search Engine for the Semantic Web

PhiloSURFical

Semantically browse a philosophical text

Evolva

Ontology Evolution

Topic Accessed Video

Judge the educational effectiveness of linear and non-linear video elements

Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants

Scientific eco-hydrology for sustainable fynbos management in the Cape Floristic Region

SUPER

Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises

Lyceum Voice Groupware

Voice conferencing internet groupware

DOT.KOM

Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management

X-Media

Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media

CRU

Co-operatives Research Unit

Clutch

Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History

ReelLives

Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data

GratitudeTREE

Digital 'forest of thanks'

Exploring the Total Customer Experience in E‑Commerce Environments

Redefining E-Commerce: CRM-Driven Design and Unmatched Customer Value

Enrich

Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning

BuddyFinder

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

Compendium

Managing the connections between information, ideas, interpretations and arguments

Simlink

Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging

SmartProducts

Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts

VDC

The Virtual Degree Ceremony

The Bookshelf Project

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

MIAKT

Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies

WebOnto

Browse and edit knowledge models over the web

XO

The automatic presentation creator

OntoWeaver

an ontology-based approach to web site design and development

WeSPOT

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

The Living Human Digital Library

Technical infrastructure for the Living Human Project

MSG

The World's Simplest Messenger

Making The News

Syndicating School News

XO Backlot

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

Xtreme Webcasting

Taking webcasting to the Xtreme

PATMAN

Patient Workflow Management System

KnowledgeWeb

Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

ScholOnto

Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims

Prolearn

Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning

NoTube

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

Citischool

Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers

AKT

Advanced Knowledge Technologies

AEC

Assisted Electronic Communications in Health

Hexagon

The power of 'presence' brought to your browser

SUbTLE

Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration

FLOR

FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment

Espotter

Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing

D3e-HyperNews

Digital Document Discourse Environment

Education and Technology Interest Group

Advancing Education Through Research and Technology

ELC

Empowering Learning Communities

ReFLEx

Resources For Learning by Exploration