The 10th eSTEeM Annual Conference: STEM Scholarship for a changing world – Disruption, Innovation and Impact

Dates: 

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 15:00 to Thursday, July 1, 2021 - 14:00

Location

Via Microsoft Teams

Contact

eSTEeM

The event will take place on the 30 June-1 July 2021 and is titled STEM Scholarship for a changing world – Disruption, Innovation and Impact. We would like to invite contributions from eSTEeM project teams for the following session types:

• Interactive poster presentations
• Short oral presentations
• Workshops/demonstrations

Further details about the themes and abstract submission process can be found in the call for abstracts guidelines. Submissions should be made via the online abstract submission form. Due to the reduced programme this year, we can only accept one session type per project leader/team. The deadline for submissions is 17.00 on Friday 9 April 2021.

We will again be presenting the annual eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year awards which will celebrate excellence in eSTEeM projects over the last year. Conference delegates will also be invited to vote for the best interactive poster presentation.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the conference team at esteem@open.ac.uk.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

#eSTEeMConf21 #eSTEeMFringe21

PowerPoint Presentations

Parallel Session A

Anne-Marie Gallen, Mark Jones and Anne Campbell - “…it’s just added to the happiness of the whole experience, just to be able to link up with other people …”: Do student perceptions and expectations of tuition in groups overlap with those of their tutors?

Chris Thomson, Andy Hollyhead and Alexis Lansbury - Perceptions and Plans of the Practice Tutor role in computing apprenticeships

Abi Kirk - Encouraging verbal communication in online small-group Maths problem-solving sessions; taking inspiration from individual sessions

Parallel Session B

Cath Brown and Catherine Halliwell - Extensions – how are students using them, and what is their impact?

Victoria Murphy, Jo Buxton and Natalie Tegama - Student support during lockdown

Katja Rietdorf, Jane Loughlin, Diane Butler, Kate Fox and Lorraine Waters - Two Years of the Early Start Opportunity in S294 – what have they achieved?

Parallel Session C

David Conway, Janet Hughes and Christine Gardner - Are live virtual visits an effective way of engaging distance learners?

Parallel Session D

Lorraine Waters and Sarah Daniell - Students’ perceptions of online tutorials and forums in S294 and/or SK299

Laura Dean - Learning and Development Needs of Autistic Adults Studying STEM Subjects via Distance Learning

Muriel Sippel and Nicole Lotz - Understanding the mental health attainment gap in Design modules

Parallel Session E

Hayley Ryder and TC O'Neil - Through a glass darkly: challenges of making tutorials accessible

Helen Jefferis, Frances Chetwynd and Chris Gardner - Cluster tutorials - what do the students think?

Andrew Potter, Delyth Tomos and Chris Hughes - Welsh-medium tuition in Level 1 Mathematics/Addysgu Mathemateg Lefel 1 trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg

Parallel Session F

Janet Hughes, Ann Walshe, Brendan Murphy and Bobby Law - Remote pair programming

Parallel Session G

Richard Walker, Sarah Mattingly and Chris Gardner - Remote sighted helper support for visually impaired students: exploring good practice

Chris Thomson, Marina Carter and Dave McIntyre - Supporting Apprentice Learners by Evaluating their Study Needs

Helen Lockett, Kay Bromley, Kevin Gowans, Claire Richardson and James Smith - A classification scheme for OpenSTEM Labs experiments

Parallel Session H

Vaclav Bayer, Martin Hlosta, Miriam Fernandez - Learning Analytics and Fairness: Do Existing Algorithms Serve Everyone Equally?

Lesley Boyd - Update on the search for collaborative improvements: using learning networks and learning analytics to drive module improvements in STEM at The Open University

Ade Adeliyi, Michel Wermelinger, Karen Kear and Jon Rosewell - Improving the Learning of Programming at a Distance Through Collaborative Coding

Parallel Session I

Georgy Holden and Rachel Hilliam - Supporting students through their study journey: the use of qualification wide subject websites

Rachel Hiiliam

Georgy Holden

Closing Workshop

Trevor Collins and Shailey Minocha - Celebrating the Impact of Scholarship

Related resources: 

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eSTEeM-Fringe-programme-FINAL.docx	122.89 KB

The 10th eSTEeM Annual Conference programme.

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eSTEeM-conf-21-booklet-FINAL.pdf	1.74 MB

Book of abstracts and conference details.

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eSTEeM Conference 2021 Call for abstracts guidelines FINAL.pdf	225.76 KB

Call for abstracts guidelines.