KMi joins three-month feasibility study on how to empower citizens with their own data. Five organisations have come together to run a three-month feasibility study to explore how to empower citizens with their own data. The miData Studio initiative is a collaboration between the Open University ( KMi and MCT) and: Milton Keynes Council Ctrl-Shift …
This year marks the 300th anniversary of the events of 11th of September 1714 in the history of Catalonia, which represents the people’s struggle for freedom. The FIET 2014 is one of these initiatives for celebrating the Tercentenary. Its aim is “to showcase the best Catalan practices in the fields of Education, Culture and Technology and discuss…
KMi work received high visibility at the 9th International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2014) in Helsinki, Finland especially due to the KMi’s CORE project being mentioned on numerous occasions in the talks of non-OU conference participants. OR 2014 is the main conference in the field of open science and open access repositories and attracted this…
The European project ENGAGE “Equipping the Next Generation for Active Engagement in Science” engaged 1200 teachers who signed up and started to download the learning materials. This project is part of the EU Science in society agenda to promote more Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI). ENGAGE is designed to provide sustained professional development, through an online…
The EUCLID project finished last week with its final review and was given an ‘Excellent’ ranking (the highest) by our reviewers and our EU Project Officer. EUCLID was a two year Coordination and Support Action tasked with producing learning materials for professionals who wish to learn about Linked Data. Over the lifetime of the…
The teaser video of the FORGE iBook gives you a taste of the learning materials and interactive elements included in the iBook developed by the FORGE project. The FORGE iBook features a number of networking courses produced by FORGE that use FIRE facilities for introducing basic networking concepts to the reader/learner. The iBook is available…
Dante Alighieri is one of the best schools in Sao Paulo Brazil, built more than a hundred years ago by Italian immigrants. Currently it has more than 4,200 students, 115 classrooms and 5 buildings. Its aims are to connect Brazilian and Italian culture, as well as to promote ethical and educational values through innovative pedagogical…
The 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PSCT 2014), held in Salvador – Brazil, is one of the most important events in Science Communication. Ale Okada, Sonia Pinto and Silvar Ribeiro presented a case study about weSPOT for promoting scientific literacy through collaborative inquiry. The PCST 2014 conference aims to raise…
The NSTA conference is one of the most important events in Science Education in the EUA, which offers the latest in science content, teaching strategy, and research to enhance and expand the professional growth of science educators. This event attracts over 30,000 attendees annually. Ale Okada and Tony Sherborne from Sheffield Hallam University run a workshop together…
MK:Smart partners BT, Milton Keynes Council and the OU are working in collaboration with Neul, the Connected Digital Economy Catapult and the Future Cities Catapult to build a city-wide, open access demonstration network for Machine to Machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT), based on the Weightless™ communications standard. The MK Data Hub…
