KMi Deputy Director John Domingue demonstrated the new furniture and dividers that will be used in the refurbishment of the open area of the North Wing, starting in August, at today’s KMi-wide meeting. Photo shows John with an artist’s impression of one of the work spaces while Enrico examines a mobile storage unit.
Peter Lampl, Chairman and Founder of The Sutton Trust, visited KMi this morning as part of a wider Open University visit. The Sutton Trust provides educational opportunities for able young people from non-privileged backgrounds. Peter Lampl’s visit began with a meeting with KMi Chief Scientist Marc Eisenstadt and Business Manager Peter Sharpe. A discussion of…
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…
Professor Brenda Gourley, in post since January 2002 as the Open University’s fourth Vice-Chancellor, visited KMi today to meet staff as part of her ‘get acquainted’ series of visits to OU units. After a brief introductory chat with KMi Director Dr. Enrico Motta, Professor Gourley was then introduced to research teams around KMi. Research team…
KMi supports a range of community-based initiatives by seeing how Knowledge Media technologies can be applied locally. The latest of these launched its new site today. Milton Keynes hosts the UKs very first Safety Centre – a place, known as “Hazard Alley”, which is a purpose-built interactive education centre for children. The centre is the…
Mme Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Education and Culture Europe and Sovereignty, recently acknowledged our work by referring to the OU as “the leading e-University in Europe, a global leader in educational software and a pioneer in multimedia in raising educational standards.” Mme Reding’s praise came during her invited 2001 Jean Monnet Lecture last week,…
KMi researchers Dr Kevin Quick and Dr Peter Whalley have recently been collaborating with the American Aeronautical Society to help them make use of KMi’s web based simulation of the Wright Brothers’ famous Flyer. Like many other organisations across the US, the AAS are developing a web site ready for the celebration in 2003 of…
The Wall Street Journal has chosen KMi as the source of key ideas for a feature section on e-commerce and e-learning in its March 12th 2001 edition. WSJ writer David Hamilton interviewed KMi Chief Scientist Marc Eisenstadt, along with other e-learning and cognitive science experts including John Seely Brown of Xerox and Don Norman of…
The Loughton School website, part of KMi’s ongoing work with the local community, has recently reached the point where it can be run entirely by the school children and one member of staff. The site, inspired originally by the seminal work of Peter Whalley and Shamus Foster at Heronsgate Middle School, is still in an…
The Loughton School website, part of KMi’s ongoing work with the local community, has recently reached the point where it can be run entirely by the school children and one member of staff. The site, inspired originally by the seminal work of Peter Whalley and Shamus Foster at Heronsgate Middle School, is still in an…
