Peter J. Scott

Peter J. Scott is the Director of the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University, (http://kmi.open.ac.uk). KMI is a 70-strong Research and Development Unit on the OU campus in Milton Keynes, which explores the future of learning and the boundaries between knowledge and the media we use to work with it. Peter’s own research group in the institute, the Centre for New Media, has 15 of these folk and prototypes the application of new technologies and media to learning at all levels. Peter’s current research interests range widely across knowledge and media research. Three key threads at the moment are: telepresence; streaming media systems; and ubiquity. In June 2008 he coordinated the launch of The Open University into the Apple iTunes U. portal, which is currently at 27 Million downloads (October 2010). He has a BA (1983) and PhD (1987) in Psychology. Before joining the Open University in 1995, Dr Scott lectured in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Sheffield. He has a textbook in each of these subjects, with a large range of associated teaching multimedia support applications. He is the coordinator and scientific director of STELLAR, the EU’s 7th Framework Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning.

Publications

Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud
Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud
Alexander Mikroyannidis, Alexandra Okada, Andre Correa, Peter Scott. © 2020. 21 pages.
Cloud Learning Environments (CLEs) have recently emerged as a novel approach to learning, putting learners in the spotlight and providing them with the cloud-based tools for...
Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud
Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud
Alexander Mikroyannidis, Alexandra Okada, Andre Correa, Peter Scott. © 2016. 20 pages.
Cloud Learning Environments (CLEs) have recently emerged as a novel approach to learning, putting learners in the spotlight and providing them with the cloud-based tools for...
Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources
Collaborative Learning 2.0: Open Educational Resources
Alexandra Okada, Teresa Connolly, Peter J. Scott. © 2012. 378 pages.
Current advances and convergence trends in Web 2.0 have changed the way we communicate and collaborate, and as a result, user-controlled communities and user-generated content...
Live Virtual Technologies to Support Extended Events in Online Communities of Practice
Live Virtual Technologies to Support Extended Events in Online Communities of Practice
Eleftheria Tomadaki, Peter J. Scott, Kevin A. Quick. © 2010. 18 pages.
Online communities of practice often require support for collaboration over extended periods of time, in what are effectively very long meetings. While there are a wide range of...
Knowledge Media Tools to Foster Social Learning
Knowledge Media Tools to Foster Social Learning
Alexandra Okada, Simon Buckingham Shum, Michelle Bachler, Eleftheria Tomadaki, Peter Scott, Alex Little, Marc Eisenstadt. © 2010. 21 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to overview the ways in which knowledge media technologies create opportunities for social learning. The Open Content movement has been growing...
Knowledge Media Tools to Foster Social Learning
Knowledge Media Tools to Foster Social Learning
Alexandra Okada, Simon Buckingham Shum, Michelle Bachler, Eleftheria Tomadaki, Peter Scott, Alex Little, Marc Eisenstadt. © 2009. 24 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to overview the ways in which knowledge media technologies create opportunities for social learning. The Open Content movement has been growing...