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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Online practical work for science and engineering students

Mark Endean

This short scoping project aimed to assess the feasibility of and, ideally, shape a longer‐term programme of collaborative working between the Faculties of Science and MCT, and East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in Shanghai, China.

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Developing practice in online synchronous tuition by peer observation, feedback and reflection

Mark Jones

An issue in adoption of online synchronous tutorials (such as OU Live) is that training and development tends to focus on technical usage rather than reflection on teaching practice.

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SDK125 Student Intentions and Retention Study

Basiro Davey

SDK125 (Introducing health sciences) registrations have increased from <400 students in 2007 to a combined total of >2,000 in dual presentations in 2012/13, but in the last two years, retention has inexplicably fallen from previous sustained levels around the Science average rate.

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Gathering student perception about online/distance practical science at level 1

Victoria Nicholas

This eSTEeM project has investigated student perception about online practical science for two modules at level 1. Students were interviewed and completed online questionnaires before and after studying these modules. The interviews confirmed the anecdotal evidence that students felt mo

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An investigation into the use of Artificial Neural Networks to predict student failure, and the efficacy of sustainable additional support for those students

John Woodthorpe

The project analysed Virtual Learning Enviornment (VLE) data with Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), in order to identify patterns of behaviour that correlate with the likelihood of a student failing the End of Module Assessment (EMA).

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Students’ study of online modules

Elaine Moore

The aim of this study was to obtain data on how students studied online modules and to use this to put in place amendments to the current presentation where this could be easily done or to subsequent presentations to enhance the students’ experience.

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A quantitative and qualitative investigation into communications sent to students for selected level 1 MST and science modules

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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Perceptions, Expectations and Experience of Group Tuition: towards a shared understanding amongst stakeholders

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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Breaking the coding barrier: transition from Level 1 to Level 2 programming

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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Gathering student perception about online/distance practical science at level 2

Victoria Nicholas

We describe findings from a study based upon a collaborative project carried out online as the end of module assessment activity of a multidisciplinary science module at the UK Open University.

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