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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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    SiSE only tutor groups and the effect on SiSE students and their tutors

  1. Laura AlexanderLinda MooreVictoria Nicholas

    2. Normally at the Open University Students in Secure Environments (SiSE) are allocated in small numbers to standard tutor groups to form mixed groups of 20 students, of whom 1 or 2 would typically be SiSE students.

    October 2019 to October 2020

    All change, but does tuition in cluster groups work?

  2. Helen Jefferis

    3. In recent years tutors have been asked to commit to a timetable of tutorials some time before the start of a module so that a full list of available tutorials can be provided to students as soon as they start their studies.

    October 2019 to September 2021

    An investigation into the breadth of learning objectives and skills developed in OpenSTEM Labs experiments

  3. Helen Lockett

    4. Highly Commended at the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2023.

    June 2020 to May 2022

    The value to students of drop-in tutorials to support assessment

  4. Maria Townsend

    5. Open University standard online tutorials are generally tutor-led with the tutor setting the agenda and content to be covered. Although they include both presentation and activities, some students are reluctant to actively participate.

    June 2020 to April 2022

    Using Bitesize Videos to Enhance Students’ Experiences in a Level 2 Programming Module

  5. Soraya Kouadri MostéfaouiMark HallMarina Carter

    6. TT284 is a popular level 2 Web technologies module attracting over 1000 students in each presentation.

    April 2020 to November 2023

    Evaluation of D-flag students accessibility to and use of online tutorials and forums in L2 modules

  6. Sarah DaniellLorraine Waters

    7. It remains the case that despite different initiatives to encourage tutorial attendance, few students attend live online tutorials in LHCS.

    May 2020 to May 2024

    How successfully are students engaging with the Python component of SM123?

  7. Gemma Warriner

    8. SM123: Physics and Space is a Level 1 module aimed at preparing students to study physics, astronomy or planetary science at OU level 2. Most students are not new to the Open University and will have already studied S111: Questions in Science.

    April 2020 to October 2021

    Degree-Apprenticeships: Embedding learning in the practice-tutor, apprentice, employer tripartite

  8. Alexis LansburyAutumn ThomsonAndy Hollyhead

    9. This project will focus on the undergraduate degree-apprenticeships offered by the School of Computing and Communications in England and Wales.

    May 2020 to December 2021

    Day time tutorials for apprentices – what is best practice in computing?

  9. Autumn ThomsonMarina Carter

    10. At the Open University (OU) we are still learning about the best way to support our apprentice learners in their academic study. Degree Apprentices are learners in full time employment with study funded through the apprenticeship levy and other government sources.

    April 2020 to December 2021

    Investigation into running course specific taster tutorials within prisons for non-OU students

  10. Colin Blundell

    11. Students in Secure Environments (SiSE) can typically have different issues to other students from pre-registration through to the end of their studies.

    July 2020 to July 2024

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