About KMi

Studentship Vacancies

The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) is home to internationally recognised researchers in semantic technologies, educational multimedia, collaboration technologies, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction. KMi offers students an intellectually challenging environment with exceptional research and computer facilities.

We are currently seeking applications for full-time, 3-year research studentships on the following PhD projects. We strongly recommend that you contact the lead researcher directly to discuss your interest prior to writing your proposal.

Human-Agent Collaboration for Distributed Sensemaking and Action
(1700 GMT Monday 18th August 2008)

Learning from structured collections of digital resources
(open until filled)

Information Retrieval Models and Multimedia Analysis
(open until filled)
 
The Open University Website | OneSpace 2008 | First International Workshop on Blending Physical and Digital Spaces on the Internet | 28 September 2008
 

Knowledge Management is...


Creating learning organisations hinges on managing knowledge at many levels. Knowledge can be provided by individuals or it can be created as a collective effort of a group working together towards a common goal, it can be situated as "war stories" or it can be generalised as guidelines, it can be described informally as comments in a natural language, pictures and technical drawings or it can be formalised as mathematical formulae and rules, it can be expressed explicitly or it can be tacit, embedded in the work product. The recipient of knowledge - the learner - can be an individual or a work group, professionals, university students, schoolchildren or informal communities of interest.
Our aim is to capture, analyse and organise knowledge, regardless of its origin and form and make it available to the learner when needed presented with the necessary context and in a form supporting the learning processes.