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

  1. Maria Townsend

    2. 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

    How one module can serve multiple qualifications through tailored implementation of presentation

  2. Carol CalvertRachel Hilliam

    3. Students taking qualifications mainly in science, economics and data sciences are now the majority of the students on a second-year undergraduate statistics course.

    March 2020 to November 2021

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

  3. Soraya Kouadri MostéfaouiMark HallMarina Carter

    4. 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

  4. Sarah DaniellLorraine Waters

    5. 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?

  5. Gemma Warriner

    6. 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

  6. Alexis LansburyAutumn ThomsonAndy Hollyhead

    7. 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?

  7. Autumn ThomsonMarina Carter

    8. 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

  8. Colin Blundell

    9. 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

    A review of the use of Office 365 and Adobe Connect for active learning by ALs tutoring on T227 and TXY227

  9. Katharine Jewitt

    10. This scholarship work took place to identify what Open University (OU) approved technologies (Adobe Connect and Microsoft Office 365 applications) are being used by Associate Lecturers (ALs) and explore how and why they are being used for teaching and learning.

    August 2020 to August 2022

    Remote sighted helper support for visually impaired students: exploring good practice: Stage 1

  10. Richard Walker

    11. Highly Commended at the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2021 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.

    July 2020 to December 2020

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