IET leads research in the design, innovation and evaluation of educational technologies. We have an international reputation for research in mobile learning, open learning, science innovation, and learning design. Our current projects are supported by a wide range of agencies including the European Commission, UK Research Councils, foundations and companies.
Current projects
- Beyond Prototypes - report on extent of transformation of learning via technology
- CATALYST - embedding public engagement with research
- Capturing informal learning with a range of surveys
- Creating & Using location based media
- DISCOVER - transforming care via digital technologies
- FutureLearn - consultancy supporting free open online courses
- Inquiry for Learning Design
- iSpot - your place to share nature
- iSpot Garfield Weston - programming improvements to the iSpot site
- iSpot BES - supporting British Ecological Society activities using iSpot
- JIME - Editorial leadership of Journal of Interactive Media in Education
- JUXTALEARN - exploiting performance to enhance science and technology learning
- MASELTOV - Mobile Assistance for Social Inclusion
- METIS - integrated learning environments improving national in-service teacher training
- OER institutional research for Open Media Unit
- OER Research hub - exploring impact of OER on learning and teaching practices
- Open Education Innovation & Incubation
- Open Learning journal - Editorial leadership of Open Learning journal
- OMtetra - OpenMentor Technology Transfer
- OpenScience Laboratory
- RCUK School-University Partnership
- SAFeSEA - Supportive Automated Feedback for Short Essay Answers
- Wolfson International ISE - working with student teachers using Interactive Screen Experiments
- Wolfson nQuire - Young Citizen Inquiry
- Wolfson Situ8 - creating a location based media app
Completed projects
- Accessible Learning Platform for Europe (ALPE)
- Bridge to Success
- CASTL
- Digital Scholarship
- eBooks & Mobiles (Building Mobile Capacity project)
- Enabling Remote Activity (ERA)
- English in Action
- Enhancing Learning and Teaching through the use of Technology: Evidence-based practice
- EU4ALL
- FLOSSCOM
- iSpot local
- Literacy in the Digital University (LIDU)
- Mobile Technologies in Lifelong Learning (MOTILL)
- Open Content (OpenLearn)
- openEd - Designing for participatory learning in open educational environments
- Open Educational Quality Initiative (OPAL)
- Open Learning Network (OLnet)
- Open Learning Design Studio MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
- OpenSE
- OU Learning Design Initiative (OULDI)
- Out There In Here (OTIH)
- Personal Inquiry
- Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE)
- SCORE microsites (SCOREMS)
- Staff Innovation in Distributed Education (EDULINK-SIDECAP)
- Technology Enhanced Activities for Learning Science for Children in Hospital (TEACH)
- The Learning Design Grid
- The Net Generation encountering e-learning at University
- TRACK OER
- xDelia
- What is learned at University: The Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning (SOMUL)