eSTEeM

Centre for Scholarship and Innovation

Karen New

Projects

Academic discussions: evaluating student experience and outcomes and tutor perceptions of this novel form of assessment

Fiona Moorman Katja Rietdorf Karen New Kate Fox

In response to academic integrity concerns and with a view to piloting a more authentic form of assessment within the biology curriculum, S317 (Biological Science: from genes to species) and S296 (Cell biology) plan to introduce a structured spoken assessment ‘Academic Discussion’ (AD) into their

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Exploring student perception of laboratory workbooks: authentic learning or missed opportunity?

Karen New Lorraine Waters Sarah Daniell

Accurate record keeping is an important employability skill that students need to develop in any scientific discipline.

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An evaluation of use and impact of zero grades in assessment; are we being consistent, fair, and transparent?

Karen New Fiona Moorman

Project context

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Summer Series of Journal Clubs: an opportunity to develop employability skills and a sense of community amongst students in secure environments

Karen New Fiona Moorman Hannah Gauci

In keeping with the ethos ‘open to all’, The Open University (OU) has provided higher education opportunities to students in secure environments (SiSE) for over 40 years, currently reaching over 150 secure environments (Open University, 2020).

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Online journal clubs in distance higher education: an opportunity to develop skills and community?

Fiona Moorman Karen New

Winner - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching, eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2020.

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