KMi Reporter

ZZ Tops £1M

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No, it’s not Texas rockers ZZ Top, but our own Dr. Zdenek Zdrahal who is now directing 100% European-funded projects worth a combined total of over £1M to KMi. ZZ’s latest chart-topper comes in the form of a European Framework V project entitled ‘Clockwork: Creating Learning Organizations by means of Contextualised Knowledge-Rich Work Artefacts’. Clockwork,…

KMi On Show For Open Day

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KMi will be open to the public on the 24th of June from 10am until 5pm, as part of the Open University’s Open Day 2000 Programme. Our theme for the day will be ‘The Future of Learning and Knowledge’, and KMi’s Harriet Ansell has provided a special child-friendly website for KMi visitors and their families…

Vincent Addresses Apple European Education Conference

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Prof Tom Vincent MBE, Deputy Director of KMi and Head of the Multimedia Enabling Technologies Group, is addressing the invitation-only Apple Europe Education Conference being held 17th-18th March in London. The conference, entitled “Creating our Online Future – Imperatives for Education” is part of a European-wide series launched recently by Apple Europe to help Education…

KMi On Show: Tomorrow’s World Exhibit

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KMi will join a collection of Open University high-tech exhibitions on display at the Tomorrow’s World Live exhibition taking place at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, 19-23 March 1997. KMi Stadium will be on display in a permanent video loop, and the Virtual Microscope will be featured as part of an Earth Sciences display running…

BT joins KMi Club

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BT has joined the growing list of household names sponsoring KMi research. In late February 1997 a contract was signed between the Open University and BT Research Labs to foster collaboration on the construction of a Virtual Science Laboratory. Professor Tom Vincent, head of the Multimedia Enabling Technologies group, conducted negotiations with Chris Fowler of…