About

WildKnowledge are passionate advocates of mobile learning, being amongst the first organisations to realise the potential of combining information and location.

WildKnowledge began in 2004 as a research project (WildKey) between Oxford Brookes University and software company Adit Limited. The project examined whether devices fitted with GPS and interactive keys would provide a  more engaging way of identifying and recording wildlife.  After trialling the software with over 1000 users, huge increases in ability and motivation were achieved with teacher and student alike (report downloadable here).

As a result of the positive outcomes of the research, WildKey ‘span out’ from Oxford Brookes in late 2006.  Development with Adit Limited, has since continued apace and three new applications (Map, Form, Image) have been launched.  All our applications seek to use the full functionality of today’s devices (GPS, text, camera, audio, video and internet), to deliver ‘on-location’ understanding and to capture data at the point of inspiration. 

In June 2008 WildKey evolved into WildKnowledge,  representing:
Wild: a lack of restraint or control;
Knowledge: expertise acquired through experience or education

Rather than knowledge being confined to experts, our mobile applications seek to break down information barriers and help the ‘non-expert’ harness and create knowledge about an object, activity or location.