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

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A case study analysis of STEM decolonising activity within UK Higher Education Institutions

Zoe Tompkins

The issue investigated and why

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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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Exploring timeliness, positivity and collection rates of TMA feedback

Colette Christiansen

The correspondence tuition that tutors provide, via the Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs), is a key part of our teaching and support to students and represents a major investment of time and effort by tutors.

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An investigation into the progression of OU STEM students from taught courses to postgraduate research

Alice Fraser-McDonald

In some Higher Education (HE) institutions, well-established pathways enable students to progress from taught programmes to postgraduate research (PGR) within the same university.

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Making space for female engineering students: an evaluation of the effectiveness of a face-to-face Student Conference

Fiona Gleed

The Engineering profession offers intellectually and financially rewarding careers, with skills in high demand globally. However, women are significantly under-represented, with female students making up 18% of first year Engineering undergraduates in UK HE1.

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The STEM Good Tutor Guide

Chris Douce

It has been 20 years since the university published Supporting Open Learners: Reader, and the accompanying publication, Supporting Open Learners: Theoretical Reader for its tutors. These booklets offer practical guidance about many aspects of the role as a tutor.

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Developing robust assessment in the light of Generative AI developments

Liz Hardie Jonquil Lowe Mychelle Pryde Kevin Waugh Mirjam Hauck Francine Ryan Daniel Gooch Volker Patent Kieran McCartney Claire Maguire Mike Richards Heather Richardson

This was a cross-faculty NCFE (Northern Council for Further Education) funded project.

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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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Evaluating an LGBTQ+ awarding gap and supporting our queer student community: An intersectional perspective (Phase 1)

Willow Neal Emmanuel Zuza

LGBTQ+ people constitute a marginalised group that experiences ongoing discrimination.  This is despite progress towards legal and social acceptance in some countries.

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Deep dive into role STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme has played in professional journey of participating ALs, and exploration of future directions for the programme

Rupesh Shah

The STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme was set up in 2015, initially just for Science ALs to help build community cohesion and offer a way for science ALs to share good practice. The programme has been running successfully for 9 years, and has adapted to changing circumstances.

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