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.

Ibrow

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

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

SUbTLE

Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration

Lyceum Voice Groupware

Voice conferencing internet groupware

Storymaking Project

Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment

Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants

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

Service Web 3.0

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

Citischool

Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers

AKT

Advanced Knowledge Technologies

University for Industry Observatory

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

Omnivoke

A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs

FirstFlight

Development of virtual science environments

PlanetOnto

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

Prolearn

Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning

AEC

Assisted Electronic Communications in Health

Actor-lab

Control Tech for Kids

SemSearch

A Search Engine for the Semantic Web

ScholOnto

Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims

Clutch

Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History

GratitudeTREE

Digital 'forest of thanks'

Evolva

Ontology Evolution

CRU

Co-operatives Research Unit

KMi Planet

Online Newspaper

Magpie

The semantic filter

KnowledgeWeb

Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

Education and Technology Interest Group

Advancing Education Through Research and Technology

The Bookshelf Project

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

Safety Centre

Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

TRIVALENT

Against Violence & for Better Communication

ReFLEx

Resources For Learning by Exploration

Topic Accessed Video

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

Station X

The CNM input to Bletchley Park

Hexagon

The power of 'presence' brought to your browser

mEducator

Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education

Ecosensus

Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System

webCEF

Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework

WeSPOT

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

X-Media

Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media

ELC

Empowering Learning Communities

ReelLives

Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data

SUPER

Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises

Hank

Cognitive Modelling Environment

SmartProducts

Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts

OpenMark Examples

Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system

PATMAN

Patient Workflow Management System

Xtreme Webcasting

Taking webcasting to the Xtreme

DOT.KOM

Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management

Making The News

Syndicating School News

NoTube

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

OntoWeaver

an ontology-based approach to web site design and development

XO

The automatic presentation creator

MSG

The World's Simplest Messenger

MIAKT

Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies

BuddySpace

Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming

VDC

The Virtual Degree Ceremony

FLOR

FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment

Espotter

Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing

BuddyFinder

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

CORDER

COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition

Simlink

Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging

WebOnto

Browse and edit knowledge models over the web

PhiloSURFical

Semantically browse a philosophical text

Environmental Management (EM)

Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future

XO Backlot

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

LUISA

Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture

D3e-HyperNews

Digital Document Discourse Environment

CABER

CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource

Enrich

Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning