People | Member | Chris Valentine

Project Officer

Joining the OU in the Spring of 1992, my initial projects were related to the transcription of course media for print-disabled students. I am now a web applications developer using PHP and mySQL.

I am particularly interested in the application of mobile technology to teaching and learning in remote locations: netbooks (mini laptops) like the Asus Eee PC, PDAs and smart phones.

My most recent projects have included a photo and audio blog for L204, a second level Spanish language course which made custom use of Google Maps for location data http://cnm.open.ac.uk/projects/santiago. I was also part of the team for ERA - the use of wireless networking technology to make geology field trips accessible to disabled and/or remote students.

I built the website that hosts the Open University's immensely popular podcast service http://podcast.open.ac.uk and continue to maintain the OU's webcast hosting system STADIUM.

I have also created web applications for the OU's Research School including PhDSkills http://phdskills.open.ac.uk (to track the progress of all PhD students at the OU) and the Research Diary http://research-diary.open.ac.uk.

Other projects I have worked on include Making The News http://mtn.e2bn.net (a web-based news system being used in schools nation-wide), ROSTRA, CLUTCH, CABER, VDC, MK Schools OnLine and the citischool project (teaching for kids who have dropped out of mainstream education in the Milton Keynes area). I have been involved in four EU-funded projects related to language teaching and inter-cultural competence.

In 2008 I was a recipient of two OU Teaching Awards, for my role in T189 'Digital photography: creating and sharing better images' http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/t189.htm and as part of the ERA team.

Keys: PHP, mySQL, Flash, JavaScript, Ajax, photography, images, audio, recording, webcasting, geotagging, geocoding, Google maps, API, wireless, mobiles, smartphones, blogging, moblogging, audio blogging, photo blogging, transcoding, 3G, SMS, MMS, video, transcoding, remote working, social networks

Projects
iTunes U
IEREST
INTENT
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Technologies
Podcasting
ROSTRA
XO Backlot
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Dovrolis, N., Stefanut, T., Dietze, S., Yu, H.Q., Valentine, C. and Kaldoudi, E. (2011) Semantic Annotation and Linking of Medical Educational Resources, 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE MBEC), Budapest, Hungary

Kelley, P., Tindle, D., Anand, D., Whalley, P., Hogan, P., Valentine, C., Pillinger, P., Gibson, E. and Schwenzer, S. (2011) The Open University-NASA Apollo Virtual Microscope - a tool for Education and Outreach, Poster at 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Wild, F., Valentine, C. and Scott, P. (2010) Shifting Interests: Changes in the Lexical Semantics of ED-MEDIA, International Journal on E-Learning, Chesapeake, VA, 9, 4, pp. 549-562, AACE

Davies, S., Collins, T., Gaved, M., , J., Valentine, C. and McCann, L. (2010) Enabling remote activity: using mobile technology for remote participation in geoscience fieldwork, Proc. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010 (EGU 2010), Vienna, Austria

Comas-Quinn, A., Mardomingo, R. and Valentine, C. (2009) Mobile blogs in language learning: making the most of informal and situated learning opportunities, ReCALL, 21, 1, pp. 96-112, European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning

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ERA (Enabling Remote Activity): A KMi designed system to support remote participation by mobility disabled students in geology field trips
Techreport ID: kmi-06-15
Date: 2006
Author(s): Mark Gaved, Lewis McCann, Chris Valentine

 

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