The 8th eSTEeM Annual Conference: STEM Scholarship - From Inquiry to Implementation

Dates: 

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 10:00 to Thursday, May 9, 2019 - 17:00

Location

The Hub Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes

Contact

eSTEeM

Titled STEM Scholarship – From Inquiry to Implementation, the conference programme is an exciting mix of short oral presentations, poster presentations, workshops and structured discussions showcasing scholarship work by STEM colleagues. We will be awarding a prize for the best poster and celebrating excellence in eSTEeM projects with the annual STEM Scholarship Project of the Year Awards.

Following the huge success of last year’s event, day two will again feature an interactive workshop. The theme for this year's session is Students as Partners.

We are delighted to announce the following speakers on day one:

• Opening Keynote Presentation: Jane Seale – My personal journey into the student voice arena: making the connections between policy, research and scholarship
• Closing Keynote Presentation: Mick Healey – A model for engaging students to work in partnership with staff in higher education

All OU staff welcome.

Travel to and around Milton Keynes

For further travel information of getting to and around Milton Keynes, please view the travel pages.

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PowerPoint Presentations

Day One

Opening Keynote Presentation

Jane Seale – My personal journey into the student voice arena: making the connections between policy, research and scholarship

Parallel Session A

Jeff Johnson – 90% Student Retention by Design

Paul Piwek – Confidence-building assessment for Level 1 Computing and IT students

Lesley Boyd, Rob Janes and Tom Olney – Using technology-enabled learning networks to drive module improvements in STEM

Parallel Session B

Sharon Dawes and Simon Savage – Learning from Associate Lecturer Experience in Tuition Strategy Design and Review

Hannah Gauci and Janette Wallace – Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers (AL) in the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) in preparing them for the AL role

Janet Haresnape, Nirvana Wynn and Fiona Aiken – Situated learning via the STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme - feedback from participating ALs over different phases of the programme

Parallel Session C

Danny Barthaud, Amel Bennaceur and Vikram Mehta – PiMaze: Teaching Programming through Tangible Interfaces

Parallel Session D

Lynda Cook, Diane Butler, David Appleton, Anthony Short, Oliver Burney, Dan Berwick and Marcus Badger – How do we support students who study full time? Findings from a Stage 1 interdisciplinary science module

Parallel Session E

Claudi Thomas, Katrine Rogers and Hilary Holmes – Achieving student participation and encouraging active learning in online tutorials

Mark Jones, Sarah Chyriwsky, Judith Croston, Ulrich Kolb, Susanne Schwenzer and Sheona Urquhart – Online Team Investigations in Science (OTIS) – Analysis of student interactions in team-working projects

Parallel Session F

John Baxter – Notetaking and on-screen learning: conclusions from a level II science course

Parallel Session H

Sue Forsythe, Cathy Smith and Charlotte Webb – An exploration of effective teaching through feedback on students’ assignments

Parallel Session I

Karen New and Fi Moorman – Online journal clubs (OJC) in distance higher education: an opportunity to develop skills and community?

Anne-Marie Gallen, Trevor Collins and Chetz Colwell – Creating a discipline-based accessibility working group

Carol Morris, Sally Organ and Moira Dunworth – Leaky pipeline or untapped potential? An investigation into the motivations and aspirations of female engineering students at the Open University

Stephen Burnley, Sinead O'Connor and Richard Campen – Supporting environmental management MSc students in Kenya

Parallel Session J

Andrew Smith and Amel Bennaceur – Using social media to guide teacher participation and development: Cisco MOOC experience

Christine Gardner, Allan Jones, David Chapman and Helen Jefferis – Analytics for tracking student engagement

Jakub Kocvara, Martin Hlosta and Zdenek Zdrahal – Explaining models for predicting at-risk students

Parallel Session K

Laura Alexander and Alexis Lansbury – When STEM students are offered a blend of digital and non-digital learning materials, what choices do they make, and why? An overview of a study into this, and a chance to discuss the impact of the results on how we design online modules

Parallel Session L

Mark Endean, Daphne Chang – Longitudinal impact of visiting scholarships on the professional practice of scholars from China

Closing Keynote Presentation

Mick Healey – A model for engaging students to work in partnership with staff in higher education

Day Two

Parallel ​Session M

Chris Hutton and Fiona Aiken – Student perceptions of employability skills in level 1 Science: are they on the radar?

Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui and Christine Gardner – How Can we Better Support OU Degree Apprenticeship Students?

Hilary MacQueen and Fiona Aiken – Cushions in the workplace? What vocational students need to succeed

Claudia Eckert – What will engineering design practice be like in 2040: insights from a workshop on trends in product development practice to 2040 and implications for engineering teaching

Parallel Session N

Elaine McPherson, Kate Lister, Anne-Marie Gallen, Victoria Pearson and Tim Coughlin – Inclusive approaches to student communication

Parallel Session O

Nicole Lotz and Georgina Holden – Time to think bigger? Can qualification f2f events succeed where module tutorials fail?

Related resources: 

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eSTEeM_2019_conf_booklet_FINAL.pdf	10.83 MB

Book of abstracts and conference details.

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2019-05-08-09-eSTEeM-conf-final-programme-web-version.pdf	528.21 KB

Conference programme.