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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Changing the way the game is played: transforming postgraduate curriculum praxis and workplace capabilities

Martin Reynolds Ray Ison

Research question: what are the opportunities and challenges for re-visioning the role of postgraduate distance learning provision and curriculum design in shifting from a conventional emphasis on developing ‘competencies’ based on learning outcomes (playing ‘the game’ better) to

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Developing students and tutors perceptions of good mathematical communication on level one service mathematics module MU123: an investigation

Sally Crighton

The project addresses the issue of good mathematical communication for level one mathematics students.

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Badged Open Course

Shailey Minocha Diane Butler

This free Badged Open Course (BOC) titled Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM provides a toolkit for conducting Scholarship of Teachin

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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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Exploring life competences and green skills for 21st century designers

Emma Dewberry Vera Hale

This project aligns with current developments in the Open University to explore the relationship between Sustainability goals, curriculum design and opportunities for progressing employability outcomes.

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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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Reimagining Higher Education Delivery Models within the Open University for Employer-Facing Engineering Education in the Digital Era (Phase 1 only)

Sarel Marais Gareth Neighbour Russ Lewis

How do rapid changes in the workplace challenge traditional pedagogy models in Higher Education (HE)? Does the current structure of higher education delivery remain relevant and responsive in the context of ongoing changes in the world of work?

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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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