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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Mark Jones
An issue in adoption of online synchronous tutorials (such as OU Live) is that training and development tends to focus on technical usage rather than reflection on teaching practice.
August 2011 to February 2016
Basiro Davey
SDK125 (Introducing health sciences ) registrations have increased from <400 students in 2007 to a combined total of >2,000 in dual presentations in 2012/13, but in the last two years, retention has inexplicably fallen from previous sustained levels around the Science average rate.
July 2013 to July 2014
John Woodthorpe
The project analysed Virtual Learning Enviornment (VLE) data with Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), in order to identify patterns of behaviour that correlate with the likelihood of a student failing the End of Module Assessment (EMA).
December 2013 to March 2016
Linda Robson
The Open University as a distance teaching organisation uses email communication as the main method of communication with students.
December 2014 to December 2015
Ann Walshe Anne-Marie Gallen
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
Frances Chetwynd
In this research we have investigated the use of a visual-based programming language at HE Stage 1 for beginner programmers.
June 2015 to July 2018
Carol Calvert
Focusing on what makes for study success is not a new research pursuit – retrospective examination of factors contributing to study success generally reveal that students who do well have a predictable social, cultural, educational and cognitive profile which places them well to succeed.
January 2016 to June 2017
Diane Butler Lynda Cook Vikki Haley-Mirnar
Winner of the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2019 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.
April 2016 to September 2018
Sally Crighton
As part of their commitment to building a Hydro Nation (Scottish Government, 2015), Scottish Water approached the Open University in Scotland (OUiS) with a request to establish a bridging qualification from an Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Water Operations from Glasgow Clyde College, a qua
October 2016 to October 2019
Carol Calvert
Winner of the 1st eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2018 under the category – Enhancing the Student Experience.
May 2017 to August 2018
