eSTEeM is providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outputs.
eSTEeM supports a rolling portfolio of approx. 80 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:
Access, Participation and Success
Innovative assessment
Online/onscreen STEM practice
Supporting students
Technologies for STEM learning
To learn more about our projects, please click on the project titles or use the search feature below by entering keywords. To search by the name of a project leader, please use the 'Filter by Project Leader' tab on the right-hand side of this page.
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Christine Gardner
Although there has been much research in the area of data analytics in recent years (e.g. Shum and Ferguson 2012), there are questions regarding which analytic methodologies can be most effective in informing higher education teaching and learning practices (Gibson and de Freitas, 2016).
October 2017 to February 2021
Katie Chicot
Highly Commended at the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2019 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.
November 2017 to August 2018
Nicole Lotz
The overall project set out to pilot and evaluate innovative programme level blended engagement events that aim to create a community of learners across a qualification.
November 2017 to June 2020
Linda Robson
One of the options for students facing difficulties with their studies is to assessment bank their TMAs and take an extended break, with the intention of returning at the same point in the next presentation of their module.
November 2017 to December 2023
Carlton Wood Steve Walker
The eSTEeM project Piloting OU Analyse and the Student Probabilities Model on 12 STEM Modules was established in November 2017 and aimed to explore whether, and how, these two learning analytics tools, could contribute to one of the four priorities - the use of data and analytics -
May 2017 to August 2019
Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui
Recently the UK government has initiated various initiatives and strategies to address the need for increased STEM skills in the workplace.
October 2017 to September 2021
Laura Alexander Alexis Lansbury
Winner of the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2021 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.
An overall summary of our findings would be that:-
November 2017 to February 2021
Anne Campbell Mark Jones Anne-Marie Gallen
Winner of the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2023.
May 2018 to January 2023
Carol Calvert Luay Salman
A flexible start programme was introduced in July- September 2018 for the MU123 18J presentation. There was a high take up from students with just under 200 students participating, which was 43% of those offered a place, and this meant that the programme was full to capacity.
July 2018 to May 2020
Carol Calvert Alison Bromley Chris Hughes
The Open University (UK) has developed two systems of predictive modelling to identify students at risk.
November 2018 to December 2019