Today, the lab had a joint visit from Shell EP Learning and Development (SIEP) and the University of Twente in the Netherlands. On a previous visit, the new head of SIEP Adam Lomas had suggested that we all really needed to get together! Prof. Dr. Betty Collis is the Shell Professor of Networked Learning and knows…
Dr Paul Clark visited KMi today for a morning of demonstrations and discussions with the team. Dr Clark was appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at the Open University from October 2002. Dr Clark was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Canadian by birth, he obtained…
The IADIS congress (International Association for the Development of the information Society) in Portugal is well underway now. Kevin Quick and Peter Scott are presenting the results from the AEC project (Assisted Electronic Communication). AEC has been running for 2 years now in an acute NHS hospital. In many parallel sessions, there is much going…
On 26th September 2002 a team from Oulu University, Finland, visited KMi. The City of Oulu is the cultural, commercial and administrative centre for the whole of central and northern Finland region, which has a population of over 120,000 people. Oulu is a university, science and technology city. The sphere of influence of the university…
This was the third year in which KMi have taken a Virtual Degree Ceremony to an international body of Open University students. From being the first calendared university ceremony of the new millenium, the event has now matured into a mainstream part of our degrees and ceremonies system. Students posted audio and text notes to…
Today the Open University New Technology for Student Services group visited KMi for a full day technology updating session. They spent the day exploring the potential for new technologies in the support of Open University students in the Centre for New Media’s “masterclass” area. In the morning session they exlpored applications of video – looking…
Today we hosted a visit from the E-Learning Team from the Scottish Executive. This team have been tasked by the Scottish Minister for Higher Education to explore the scope of e-learning as a potential force in exporting Scotland’s academic expertise. The visitors were particularly interested in the OU’s relationship with the e-University; about our own…
Today we hosted a visit from the E-Learning Team from the Scottish Executive. This team have been tasked by the Scottish Minister for Higher Education to explore the scope of e-learning as a potential force in exporting Scotland’s academic expertise. The visitors were particularly interested in the OU’s relationship with the e-University; about our own…
Today the Danish Minister for Science, Helge Sander, visited the OU with a team of MP’s from the permanent Research Affairs Committee and an advisory team from the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The delegation were here to share the UKs experience of online and distance learning. Their visit to KMi was hosted…
The British Association of Open Learning held their annual general meeting at the Open University today and in concert with this arranged a day conference for their members here. Around 50 BAOL delegates attended OL sessions including those by: Mary Thorpe on the versioning of course materials; David Grugeon on the Open University’s present and…
