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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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    Pair marking: Working together to improve our teaching

  1. Nigel GibsonKate Sim

    2. This project aims to investigate using dynamically shared marking documents to support new tutors. In the process it will also provide this group some additional mentoring, and it allow experienced tutors to reflect on their own work and to share and develop good practice.

    October 2021 to June 2023

    Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minority students’ study experience and awarding gap (A case study of Level 1 C&C Open University Modules)

  2. Dhouha KbaierSoraya Kouadri MostéfaouiAnnemarie Kane

    3. This report explores the broader impact of COVID-19 on the learning experiences and academic performance of ethnic minority students, using Open University (OU) Level 1 Computing modules as a case study.

    October 2021 to September 2023

    Investigating how to enhance the idea generation process by students for their T452 project

  3. Martin Braun

    4. At the Open University in the UK, final year engineering undergraduates are required to suggest a topic for their project.

    August 2021 to July 2022

    Investigating students perception of some of the key learning activities in T272

  4. Foroogh HosseinzadehAnne-Marie GallenHelen LockettRafael HidalgoMaxim Lamirande

    5. The purpose of this research is to engage with Stage 2 engineering students, studying T272 Core Engineering B module, about different modes of online activities and how effective these are in engaging, informing, and reinforcing their learning.

    May 2021 to March 2023

    Blending labcasts and remote/virtual experimentation: students’ perception in practical skills development

  5. Eleanor CrabbRob JanesKate Bradshaw

    6. Online practical work is now established across the OU STEM curriculum, in many modules and programmes.

    June 2018 to February 2022

    An evaluation of the impact of changes to assessment practice in a second-year object-oriented Java programming module

  6. Anton DilSharon Dawes

    7. The level two module Object-oriented programming with Java (M250) was rewritten for 2021, informed by student feedback and changes to our Level 1 offerings.

    April 2022 to February 2024

    Understanding the postgraduate research student experience in a culture of collaborative leadership

  7. Ann Grand

    8. How leaders choose to lead inevitably has impacts on those who follow them. From the beginning of AstrobiologyOU, its directors have aspired to lead the group collaboratively.

    April 2022 to April 2023

    Barriers and Enablers for Future Designers within the awarding gap at the intersection of Race and Deprived Areas

  8. Vera HaleClive HiltonAlessandra Campoli

    9. Issue:

    April 2022 to August 2024

    Changing times, changing pedagogies

  9. Rachel Hilliam

    10. The aim of the project was to investigate any lasting impact on how mathematical sciences courses are now taught following the rapid shift in teaching practices during the pandemic.

    April 2022 to September 2024

    Curriculum Development in Computing and Communications: Enabling the Student Voice, Facilitating Employability and Exploring Students’ Personal and Professional Aspirations

  10. Alexis LansburyArabella Nock

    11. This project will investigate whether our current C&C curriculum meets the personal and professional aspirations and employability needs of our students and identify curriculum-gaps from our students’ perspectives.

    April 2022 to October 2024

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