Technologies for STEM learning

Pair Programming as a tool to enhance teaching and learning of programming at a distance

Pair programming promotes immediate, informal collaboration over coding activities. The driving developer writes the code and controls the keyboard and mouse; the navigating developer checks the code as it is written by the driver, and the developers swap their roles frequently.

Associate Lecturers’ Involvement in Improved Practice in a SXPS288 Labcast Delivery

Tutors who work in distance education often have less opportunities to participate in important, practical science experiences with colleagues.

Teaching distributed computing using Raspberry Pi clusters at a distance

A Parallel and distributed computing (PDC) is now considered a threshold concept for computing, and is embedded in computing curricula across the globe.

Blended tutorials in Mathematics: simultaneous F2F and online learning events

Using technology-enabled learning networks to drive module improvements in STEM

This project provides one way to answer the need to close the feedback loop between OU tutors and campus-based teams, to develop a joint understanding of teaching and learning design challenges, and to put tutors as close as possible to the development of solutions.

Use of augmented reality in a second level human biology module: benefits and challenges

• This project explored the use of a vision-based augmented reality (AR) application (Heart App), which has been developed by the Open University, specifically for a second level Human Biology module (SK299). 

Developing programming problem-solving skills using individualised screencasts

Winner of the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2021 under the category - Innovative Approach to Teaching.

Visual Interactive Learning of Engineering Concepts

The project developed a visual interactive learning method to help engineering student to understand basic concepts. Many engineering concepts explain the relationships between various parameters.

Pilot trial of a smart phone App for ascertaining water quality

An important aspect of studying a technological module such as T868 Environmental monitoring and protection, is the acquisition of practical skills. Normally such skills are taught through practical sessions in a laboratory. Sometimes they are taught in the field.

Does the provision of an `own working space’ for tutors enhance the learning experience for students?

In response to the group tuition policy (GTP), on M303 (Further pure mathematics) we designed a comprehensive list of about 60 tutor-led cluster-level tutorials to replace the standard 7 tutorials per group in a cost neutral way.