KMi welcomes the visitors from the ZOU today with a short tour hosted by Dr. Peter Scott of the Centre for New Media. The Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) received its Charter from the Zimbabwean Government in March 1999. It took over an existing programme of distance teaching from the Centre for Distance Education (CDE) at…
OU staff are invited to take part in an event to put them and their families ‘on the map’ as part of a scheme to create a ‘portrait‘ of Milton Keynes. The OU/Living Archive Clutch club scheme is part of the Portrait of the Nation & the Face of Milton Keynes event being staged until…
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…
Professor Tom Vincent was honoured today in a KMi tribute ceremony which marked the opening of the Vincent Wing. The wing, Berrill Level 4 South, houses Professor Vincent’s Multimedia Enabling Technogies Group and the newly-funded Wolfson Centre for New Media. As co-founder and Deputy Director of KMi, Professor Vincent has enjoyed 6 years of substantial…
The KMi has provided a real-time link for the past week between a stand at the Earls Court Tomorrows World show and a wind tunnel experiment, set up as part of Peter Whalley’s WEBLAB project at the Open University. The developers of the revolutionary FanWing aeroplane first contacted the KMi for help from designer Jon…
Digital Recording of Educational Audio Media (DREAM) achieved its first target last week with the completion of master tapes for two set books. The team is lead by Mary Taylor from the Multimedia Enabling Technologies group (METg). Chris Valentine, also from METg, was responsible for turning the concept into the first working prototype, with contributions…
The Board of Governance of the United States Open University is in the UK for its eighth meeting, part of an in-depth visit to see and experience the OU first-hand. The visit, spread over several days, has included participation in an OU degree ceremony in Birmingham; a formal board meeting at the OU Conference Centre…
Sixteen head teachers came from Hammersmith LEA as part of a course on ICT developments in schools. Their course is organised by John Davitt, a journalist, who writes for the Guardian and other publications. The event in KMi was led by Professor Tom Vincent and Dr Peter Whalley. The head teachers were given an overview…
The annual conference of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities is underway, with large group visits to KMi being one of the features of the event. About two thirds of the 120 delegates will be visiting KMi during the conference to get a first-hand look into new technologies, and discuss the implications of KMi…
KMi Director, Professor Marc Eisenstadt, is currently in the US for a Board Meeting of the new US Open University. Not wanting to be out of touch for too long with colleagues back in the UK, Marc is taking advantage of new in-flight facilities. The following message, together with picture, has just arrived from him:…
