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.

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Sally Jordan Sarah Allman Claire Rostron

This project was funded by the OU's Study Experience Programme New Models of Assessment and Tuition Project.

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Linda Robson

The Open University as a distance teaching organisation uses email communication as the main method of communication with students.

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Ann Walshe Anne-Marie Gallen

Highly Commended at the 1st eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2018 under the category – Enhancing the Student Experience.

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Claire Kotecki Prithvi Shrestha

This project aimed to understand assessment and how it is communicated to students in Level 1 Science with application across STEM subjects.

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Frances Chetwynd

In this research we have investigated the use of a visual-based programming language at HE Stage 1 for beginner programmers.

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Andrew Norton

This project used analytics information to investigate student engagement with, and attitudes towards, the online interactive quizzes that form part of S217 Physics: from Classical to Quantum.  

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Carol Calvert

Focusing on what makes for study success is not a new research pursuit – retrospective examination of factors contributing to study success generally reveal that students who do well have a predictable social, cultural, educational and cognitive profile which places them well to succeed.

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Diane Butler Lynda Cook Vikki Haley-Mirnar

Winner of the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2019 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.

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Hayley Ryder

Highly Commended at the 3rd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2020 under the category - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

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Sally Crighton

As part of their commitment to building a Hydro Nation (Scottish Government, 2015), Scottish Water approached the Open University in Scotland (OUiS) with a request to establish a bridging qualification from an Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Water Operations from Glasgow Clyde College, a qua

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