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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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    Are virtual visits an effective way of engaging learners?

  1. David ConwayChristine GardnerJanet Hughes

    2. ​Winner of the 5th Best Poster Competition at the 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 29-30 April 2020.

    December 2019 to November 2021

    Investigating the motivations of female students choosing an open versus named qualification

  2. Elaine McPhersonMary Keys

    3. UK universities (including the OU) have continued to struggle to recruit women to certain subjects within STEM despite best efforts to address this gender imbalance. In 2017, the OU introduced a ‘BSc (Hons) Combined STEM’ degree (R28) alongside its single and joint honours degrees in STEM.

    June 2020 to December 2022

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

  3. Carol CalvertRachel Hilliam

    4. 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

    Evaluation of Assessment and Tuition Changes for S284 Astronomy

  4. Mark JonesHelen Fraser

    5. Astronomy is a subject area with broad appeal, being a topic of interest both for students intending to specialise in astrophysics and for those who simply wish to know more about our place in the Universe.

    June 2020 to December 2021

    Evaluation of D-flag students accessibility to and use of online tutorials and forums in L2 modules

  5. Sarah DaniellLorraine Waters

    6. Attendance at online tutorials by LHCS students continues to be low.

    May 2020 to April 2023

    Support for Students. Teaching for Tutors. An Investigation into Ideas on Encouraging Students to Engage

  6. Cathryn Peoples

    7. According to the social constructivist model of learning, social opportunities are considered to be important in an educational experience for their positive influence. The principle is that the learning can be reinforced through the interaction with others.

    August 2020 to March 2022

    Online Summer Schools

  7. Kate NixonEleanor Crabb

    8. 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 March 2022

    Welsh-medium tuition in Level 1 Mathematics/Addysgu Mathemateg Lefel 1 trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg

  8. Andrew PotterDelyth TomosChris Hughes

    9. Welsh-medium education has attracted increased attention over the past 50 years. Much research has been conducted in secondary and higher education contexts, including the teaching and learning of mathematics in Welsh.

    November 2020 to December 2022

    Using knowledge from Associate Lecturers in a Bayesian model to predict the probability of students’ results

  9. Fadlalla Elfadaly

    10. Predicting the passing probabilities of an online module has always been an interest in higher education. It helps in planning, decision making, providing feedback to students and also in helping students work around any difficulties or milestones that are predicted to affect their results.

    November 2020 to December 2022

    Understanding factors influencing BAME students’ achievements within Engineering and Innovation

  10. Carol MorrisRachel Slater

    11. Students from BAME groups appear to perform less well than their white counterparts across all modules in E&I.

    October 2021 to December 2024

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