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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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    Evaluation of The OpenScience Lab’s 3D Virtual Skiddaw application

  1. Shailey MinochaTom ArglesSteve Tilling

    2. In this project1, we had the following research objectives towards investigating the pedagogical advantages of virtual field trips (VTFs) and the challenges for their adoption:

    October 2014 to October 2019

    Using OpenStudio in STEM learning

  2. Elaine ThomasLeonor BarrocaHelen DonelanKaren Kear

    3. Winner of the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2019 under the category - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

    October 2014 to December 2018

    Gender Differences in completion and credit obtained in Level 2 study in Physical Sciences

  3. Pam Budd

    4. ​Winner of the 2nd Best Poster Competition at the 6th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 25-26 April 2017.

    December 2014 to February 2018

    Enabling Mathematics and Statistics Associate Lecturers to achieve their potential

  4. Rachel Hilliam

    5. In the School of Mathematics and Statistics Associate Lectures (ALs) work across a wide range of modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. This study was undertaken before the faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology (MCT) merged with the faculty of Science.

    December 2014 to March 2017

    Investigating the careers of Staff Tutors in STEM for Athena SWAN

  5. Rachel Hilliam

    6. Staff Tutors within the STEM Faculty form a large part of the academic workforce and are described as the glue between central academics and students, however the role is varied and complex.

    December 2014 to June 2016

    Students’ study of online modules

  6. Elaine Moore

    7. The aim of this study was to obtain data on how students studied online modules and to use this to put in place amendments to the current presentation where this could be easily done or to subsequent presentations to enhance the students’ experience.

    December 2014 to August 2017

    A quantitative and qualitative investigation into communications sent to students for selected level 1 MST and science modules

  7. Linda Robson

    8. The Open University as a distance teaching organisation uses email communication as the main method of communication with students.

    December 2014 to December 2015

    Perceptions, Expectations and Experience of Group Tuition: towards a shared understanding amongst stakeholders

  8. Ann WalsheAnne-Marie Gallen

    9. Highly Commended at the 1st eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2018 under the category – Enhancing the Student Experience.

    March 2015 to July 2017

    Flight of the Fritillary Phase 2

  9. Emma Rothero

    10. The Floodplain Meadows Partnership (FMP), hosted by the Open University, has been collecting data on the rare plant species snake’s-head fritillary at a National Nature Reserve (North Meadow, Cricklade, Wilts) since 1999, using volunteers.

    January 2015 to June 2018

    The impact of technology on the teaching and assessment of ‘systems diagrams’

  10. Andy Lane

    11. Diagramming is a creative process where the context and tools used to create the diagram may hinder or help students in learning both how to create diagrams that represent a situation and how to learn about diagramming and the situation.

    June 2015 to January 2016

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