KMi 6-a-Side football team The Virtual Winners played their first competitive game of the season today. The 2-0 loss was put down to the quality of their opposition, the Headers and Footers, who did well last season. Related Links: OU Football Photos website
In-house graphic designer Harriett Cornish leaves KMi today for maternity leave. Directors and staff wish her, husband James and her new family, well. Related Links: Harriett's webpage
The AKT project is an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration funded by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Its six-year, multi-million pound programme brings together internationally-recognised research groups from the Universities of Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Sheffield and the Open University under the directorship of Professor Nigel Shadbolt, to develop and extend a range of technologies…
Margaret Sharp, Baroness Sharp of Guildford, came to KMi this afternoon as part of her visit to the Open University. Her interest in coming to KMi was to discuss the effective use and development of new technologies in learning. Baroness Sharp is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Higher Education in the House of Lords. She…
Today, we were visited by The Honourable Rupert Carington. He was visiting the University in his role as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire to meet the Vice-Chancellor and senior staff as well as to get a flavour of the University's work in distance education. The High Sheriff is the Queen's official representative in the county, holding…
KMi's long experience of webcasting technology was put to the test on the morning of Thursday 19th December as invited press and guests were given a final view of the Beagle II Mars lander before it was closed and sent off to its launch site. Those unable to attend the event at Walton Hall campus…
In stark contrast to the refurbishment of North Wing, take a look, while you can, at the hut (officially called The East Temporary Building) which was the first real home for KMi. Fast disappearing in the path of progress, to be replaced by a new Science Faculty building, long-standing KMi members will speak fondly (?)…
The US headquarters of Macromedia today showcased KMis first Xtreme webcast on their main website. Keen to promote their new multi-user “communications server”, part of the most recent release of Flash, a telephone conference was held between Macromedia’s head office and Peter Scotts office to explain the features and technology behind the webcast. Related Links:…
KMis North Wing stands ready in preparation for redecoration, the installation of a partition around the podium presentation area, and the installation of new furniture in the central area. Work is expected to take around four weeks. The demonstration area has now found a new permanent home in the South Wing.
The Open University’s Mind Body Spirit Club has recently become the most unusual adopter of KMi news system ‘ROSTRA’. A planet has been set up for the club to announce visits, talks and social events. Club webmaster Doug Blane was introduced to ROSTA via the OU Business School who have recently had their previous generation…
