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

  1. Richard Walker

    2. 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

    Encouraging verbal communication in online small-group Maths problem-solving sessions; taking inspiration from individual sessions

  2. Abi Kirk

    3. In OU STEM online tutorials, speech by students is seen to be rare. Evidence of this is provided by a sequence of studies, starting from the early days of online tutorials. However, students do speak in online individual support sessions (ISS).

    August 2021 to October 2023

    Online Summer Schools

  3. Kate NixonEleanor Crabb

    4. The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in losses in opportunities for students to gain experience at summer placements in research and industrial laboratories.

    November 2020 to July 2024

    Using Learning Logs in SXPS288 – Effectiveness in helping students to reach Learning Outcomes, to enhance and document their employability skills, and raise awareness of opportunities in the space sector

  4. Alan Cayless

    5. Within the physical sciences curriculum, employability and skills development elements are being incorporated into modules in order to address the Open University Employability Policy and also to address the employability and careers development requirements of Institute of Physics (IoP) accredit

    November 2020 to December 2023

    Understanding the mental health attainment gap in Design modules

  5. Nicole LotzMuriel Sippel

    6. Winner of the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2024.

    Retention and attainment of students with a mental health disability on Design modules is poor compared to other qualifications in Engineering and Innovation, STEM.

    November 2020 to June 2023

    Exploring the extent of maths anxiety within the STEM Faculty at The Open University

  6. Sue Pawley

    7. Winner of the 6th Best Poster Competition at the 10th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 30 June -1 July 2021.

    November 2020 to December 2023

    Understanding the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic attainment gap at the OU by means of quantitative and qualitative data analytics

  7. Miriam FernandezMartin HlostaTracie Farrell

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

    November 2020 to August 2022

    Modern Container-based Learning Interface and Delivery Infrastructure (MCLIDI)

  8. Mark HallSoraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui

    9. The Modern Containerised Learning Interface and Delivery Infrastructure project developed and deployed a modern online learning environment and the required delivery infrastructure.

    January 2021 to April 2023

    Effective support for reflective writing: learning from improvers

  9. Cathy SmithCharlotte Lighter

    10. This report focusses on an in‐depth study of 12 students identified as ‘improvers’ in Mathematics Education modules.

    December 2020 to September 2023

    Barriers and enablers to higher education: the experiences of disabled students from minority cultural backgrounds

  10. Chris Corcoran

    11. The aim of this project was to look at processes and experiences that were either a barrier to students to joining the University or an enabler– another way of looking at this is what helped and what stopped students registering and joining their course.

    October 2021 to January 2025

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