eSTEeM

Centre for Scholarship and Innovation

Gemma Warriner

Projects

Evaluating the effectiveness and student experience of using plug-in tablets as part of robust online assessment

Becca Whitehead Gemma Warriner

Our assessment is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the use of Generative AI to answer questions, rather than the students themselves. We aim to investigate the possibility of online assessment via a verbal one-to-one discussion.

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Evaluating the Programming for Physical Sciences website and forums on SM123 Physics and Space

Andy Diament Gemma Warriner

Students on SM123 Physics and space learn programming in Python across the module. Some find it straightforward, others very difficult.

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Can we reduce anxiety of students sitting remote exams? Sharing best practice between SPS and LHCS

Gemma Warriner Fiona Moorman Becca Whitehead

Winner - eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2025.

Our project was a cross school collaboration between the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) and the Life, Health and Chemical Sciences (LHCS).

Rationale for our approach

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How successfully are students engaging with the Python component of SM123?

Gemma Warriner

SM123: Physics and Space is a Level 1 module aimed at preparing students to study physics, astronomy or planetary science at OU level 2. Most students are not new to the Open University and will have already studied S111: Questions in Science.

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