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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Piloting OU Analyse and the Student Probabilities Model on 12 STEM Modules

Carlton Wood Steve Walker

The eSTEeM project Piloting OU Analyse and the Student Probabilities Model on 12 STEM Modules was established in November 2017 and aimed to explore whether, and how, these two learning analytics tools, could contribute to one of the four priorities - the use of data and analytics -

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Supporting Degree Apprenticeship students: Tutors’ and Students’ perspectives

Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui

Recently the UK government has initiated various initiatives and strategies to address the need for increased STEM skills in the workplace.

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An investigation into how STEM students use learning resources in different formats, and how this use develops over time

Laura Alexander Alexis Lansbury

Winner of the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2021 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.

An overall summary of our findings would be that:-

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Improving student engagement during online-only courses through the use of interactive question-embedded videos

Bryan Singer Rafael Hidalgo

Highly Commended at the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2021 under the category - Innovative Approach to Teaching.

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Perceptions, Expectations and Experience of Group Tuition: towards a shared understanding amongst stakeholders (part II: the student perspective)

Anne Campbell Mark Jones Anne-Marie Gallen

Winner of the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2023.

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Early start MU123

Carol Calvert Luay Salman

A flexible start programme was introduced in July- September 2018 for the MU123 18J presentation. There was a high take up from students with just under 200 students participating, which was 43% of those offered a place, and this meant that the programme was full to capacity.

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Online journal clubs in distance higher education: an opportunity to develop skills and community?

Fiona Moorman Karen New

Winner of the 3rd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2020 under the category - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

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Usage of Early Alerts Indicators on two level 1 modules

Carol Calvert Alison Bromley Chris Hughes

The Open University (UK) has developed two systems of predictive modelling to identify students at risk.

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Understanding and mitigating students difficulties in undertaking complex practical activities on their computers

Patrick Wong

Hands-on practical activities can improve students understanding of technological concepts and provide an opportunity to improve their technical skills.

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Supporting students in online tuition from Access through the student journey

Carlton Wood Lynda Cook

Within many STEM modules we have moved to an online platform for learning events, including tuition.  Whilst there are many benefits to online tuition by both tutors and students (such as remote access) anecdotal evidence suggests that STEM OU students do not actively participate in online t

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