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.

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