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eSTEeM Projects

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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    Building a sense of community in a core 2nd level Physics module (S217) and investigating qualitatively its effect on retention

  1. Anne-Katrin Klehe

    2. The OU has a broad intake of students from a very wide breadth of educational backgrounds. Most students study part time, mostly up to 60 credits per year while at the same time working full time, looking after a family and/or caring for someone.

    November 2022 to August 2024

    Improving retention through small interventions: The U101 postcard project

  2. Theodora PhilcoxElouise Huxor

    3. This project aims to improve student retention on U101, Design thinking. U101 is a gateway Level 1 design module and part of Q61 in Engineering and Innovation (E&I).

    November 2022 to January 2024

    Ecoanxiety and environmental education: stories, conversations, actions

  3. Sarah Davies

    4. Ecoanxiety – the distress related to climate and ecological crises – is increasingly recognised in learners by educators (Hickman et al, 2021), in the media (e.g., BBC Ideas 2021, Rannard, 2022) as well as through programmes of advice and education (e.g., Wright, 2022).

    November 2022 to April 2024

    Team Based Learning tutorials in S248

  4. Kate NixonNick Chatterton

    5. This project seeks to improve student engagement in tutorials in S248 Chemistry in life: food, water and medicines.

    November 2022 to September 2024

    Assessment and Feedback on Introduction of Group Work on M140

  5. Ruth Neal Kellee Patterson

    6. The aim of this project is to assess the impact on M140 of introducing group work, gain feedback from students and tutors and learn from this experience before rolling this out to all students.

    May 2023 to September 2024

    Innovation in online student support

  6. Cath BrownSue Pawley

    7. Due to the increasing popularity of the Data Science degree, MST224, Mathematical methods, student numbers have increased significantly. This has resulted in the employment of significant numbers of Associate Lecturers (ALs), and we would like to use the resultant increase in tutorial ti

    May 2023 to November 2024

    A personal tutor scheme to enhance student retention and improve success

  7. Victoria BrownCath Brown

    8. Student retention and continuation are key drivers for this project.

    May 2023 to May 2025

    Exploring timeliness, positivity and collection rates of TMA feedback

  8. Colette Christiansen

    9. The correspondence tuition that tutors provide, via the Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs), is a key part of our teaching and support to students and represents a major investment of time and effort by tutors.

    July 2023 to May 2024

    Evaluating students’ experience of tuition in S217

  9. Adam FreemanAnne-Katrin Klehe

    10. Great effort and time is spent by Associate Lecturers (ALs) on delivering tutorials. Uptake of tutorials in all modules is low. This investigation will concentrate on the experience of students on S217, a second level physics module.

    May 2023 to September 2025

    Investigate how integrating vendor certifications within Computing modules affect student motivation, engagement and employability prospects

  10. Amaninder Singh

    11. Within many OU Computing modules and microcredentials, vendor certification content is partially integrated, or the modules are created solely based on the vendor qualifications (e.g., Cisco, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Education & Development Group (OpenEDG), EC-Council, Microsoft etc).

    October 2023 to September 2025

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