eSTEeM

Centre for Scholarship and Innovation

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Projects

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.

Search results

40 results found

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

Lisa Bowers

Highly Commended - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching, eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2018.

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Exploring the impact of virtual reality on engagement and accessibility of tutorials for students studying S296

Sarah Daniell Lorraine Waters Katja Rietdorf

One of the key challenges within the Open University (OU) is the lack of student engagement, which impacts students’ continuation and completion of their studies.

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Transforming learning and assessment through didactic games in virtual calculus classroom

Ivan Sudakow Andrey Umerski

This eSTEeM project explored the effectiveness and reception of didactic games as a teaching and learning tool in an online calculus classroom.

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OELAssist - Enhancing the Open Engineering Lab (OEL) Student Experience

Dhouha Kbaier Andrew Mason

This eSTEeM project investigated how Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can enhance remote STEM learning by providing students with intelligent, real-time support during online laboratory activities.

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The AI Design Ed project

AnnMarie McKenna Catherine Scott

Can GenAI Tools Be Passive Facilitators in Student Design Work?

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Facilitating and evaluating the use of virtual reality tutorials within the school of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences

Lucy Anderson Janette Wallace Sarah Daniell Trevor Collins

Winner – Most Engaging and Immersive Session, Day One – 14th eSTEeM Annual Conference 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) - does student knowledge and perceptions of its use as a learning support tool align with academic staff approaches to embedding AI activities and tools in the curriculum?

Servel Miller Jenny Duckworth

As highlighted by the recent Global Student AI Survey, over 84% of university students are using Large Language Model (LLM) Artificial Intelligence (AI) for their study on a regular basis (Digital Education Council, 2024).

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Identifying tailored delivery routes for ALs to guide the use of Generative AI as a study support tool

Emma Steele Carol Calvert Alison Bromley

Issue to address

There is enormous potential for students to use GenAI as a support tool in their learning. Responsible and appropriate use of GenAI can positively impact student engagement and employability. 

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AIDED: II (The AI Design Ed project #2)

Catherine Scott AnnMarie McKenna

This project looks to investigate the practicalities and implications of using GenAI as a participant in a creative problem-solving session, specifically as a member of a brainstorming team responding to a defined problem statement.

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Evaluating Generative AI as an Academic and Emotional Aid

Hayley Ryder

Project modules are demanding, and M840, the mathematics MSc dissertation, is no exception, having a low completion rate: submitting students usually pass, but about a third never submit. 

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