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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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    Typical Support Seeking Behaviour of STEM Students, their Outcomes and Successes

  1. Paul CollierFiona Aiken

    2. The importance of personal, non-academic support of students especially in a distance learning environment is well documented in the literature.

    April 2021 to December 2024

    Engineering residential school or home experiments? A comparison from the perspective of both the student and the tutor

  2. Alec GoodyearIestyn JowersJan KowalCarol MorrisDavid Sharp

    3. Residential schools are essential for accreditation of our engineering qualifications by Professional Engineering Institutions and they have had to be temporarily replaced by a set of practical engineering activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    April 2021 to December 2021

    An evaluation of use and impact of zero grades in assessment; are we being consistent, fair, and transparent?

  3. Karen NewFiona Moorman

    4. Assessment is at the core of teaching and learning at the Open University.  It is used to measure student learning against institutional and AQA standards and, most importantly, assessment has a pivotal role in consolidating student understanding and in supporting progression along their learning

    June 2021 to December 2023

    Embedding research into teaching: practices, motivations and impacts

  4. Sarah Davies

    5. Academics are often interested in using their own research in their teaching – this can be a valuable way of sharing their passion for their subject, connecting students with cutting edge research knowledge, and enabling students to experience authentic science practices.

    November 2021 to June 2024

    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)

  5. Dhouha KbaierSoraya Kouadri MostéfaouiAnnemarie Kane

    6. 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

  6. Martin Braun

    7. 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

  7. Foroogh HosseinzadehAnne-Marie GallenHelen LockettRafael HidalgoMaxim Lamirande

    8. 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

    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Badged Open Course

  8. Shailey MinochaDiane Butler

    9. This free Badged Open Course (BOC) titled Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM provides a toolkit for conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL

    January 2021 to September 2021

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

  9. Eleanor CrabbRob JanesKate Bradshaw

    10. 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

  10. Anton DilSharon Dawes

    11. 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

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