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Technologies for STEM learning

Pilot trial of a smart phone App for ascertaining water quality

  • Suresh NesaratnamShahram Taherzadeh

    • 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.

    June 2018 to March 2019

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

  • Hayley RyderTacey O'Neil

    • 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.

    January 2018 to February 2024

    Development and evaluation of a software tool for automated Java specification marking

  • Anton Dil

    • Highly Commended at the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2019 under the category - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

    October 2017 to October 2018

    Assessing The ‘Open Field Lab’: Evaluating Interactive Fieldcasts for Enhancing Access to Fieldwork

  • Phil WheelerJulia CookeKadmiel MaseykTrevor Collins

    • Fieldwork is a fundamental part of the curriculum in undergraduate biological, environmental, Earth and geographical sciences, but not all students are able to participate in authentic field activities.

    October 2016 to December 2020

    Visualising the code: are students engaging with programming at level 1?

  • Elaine ThomasHelen JefferisSoraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui

    • This project Visualising the code: are students engaging with programming at Level 1? investigated the impact of using a visual programming environment on student engagement with programming.

    October 2015 to June 2019

    Haptic thinking; identifying haptic tooling interventions for an online design course

  • Lisa Bowers

    • Highly Commended at the 1st eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2018 under the category – Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

    June 2015 to January 2018

    Are we making progress? Progression through learners’ interaction in OpenStudio across a qualification

  • Nicole Lotz

    • The project set out to better understand how learners in the Design and Innovation Qualification at the Open University progress in OpenStudio as they move through their qualification.

    June 2015 to October 2017

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

  • Andy Lane

    • 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

    Using OpenStudio in STEM learning

  • Elaine ThomasLeonor BarrocaHelen DonelanKaren Kear

    • 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

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

  • Shailey MinochaTom ArglesSteve Tilling

    • 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

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