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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Framing Professional Competencies for Systems Thinking in Practice

Martin Reynolds

The eSTEeM project was a 12-month inquiry beginning March 2017 building on an initial eSTEeM project (2014-2016) entitled ‘Enhancing Systems Thinking in Practice in the Workplace’ reported on in Reynolds et al (2

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Using peer observation within a Mathematics and Statistics community of practice in Scotland

Sally Crighton

This project stemmed from the first named author’s continuing interest in developing scholarship in a community of Open University (OU) Associate Lecturers (ALs) living in Scotland and teaching Mathematics & Statistics (M&S) modules.

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Skills progression in practical science within the Life Sciences

Janet Haresnape

Employability is an increasingly important concern in contemporary Higher Education (HE).

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Evaluation of a community partnership approach using open educational resources: Equate Scotland and the Returning to STEM BOC

Clem Herman

According to research, an estimated 1 in 9 mothers, or 54,000 women every year, report being forced out of jobs following maternity leave and those that are coming back after maternity breaks or after a break, required support and interventions to help them with on-ramping (EHRC 2016; Greer, 2013

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Factors affecting student success in the workplace

Hilary MacQueen

  • We undertook a survey of graduates of a distance-taught work-based learning qualification (the Foundation Degree in Paramedic Sciences) to identify aspects of support required by students to succeed in this context.
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Longitudinal impact of visiting scholarships on the professional practice of scholars from China

Mark Endean Daphne Chang

Staff in academic and academic-related posts at other higher education institutions worldwide have been welcome at the OU since its founding in 1969.

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Development and evaluation of a software tool for automated Java specification marking

Anton Dil

Highly Commended at the 2nd eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2019 under the category - Innovative/Original Approach to Teaching.

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Does the provision of an `own working space’ for tutors enhance the learning experience for students?

Hayley Ryder Tacey O'Neil

In response to the group tuition policy (GTP), on M303 (Further pure mathematics) we designed a comprehensive list of about 60 tutor-led cluster-level tutorials to replace the standard 7 tutorials per group in a cost neutral way.

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Research and Education in Product Development for 2040

Claudia Eckert

Based on a series of interviews carried out in 2018 with experienced European engineers and a workshop with Product development experts from over twenty leading Swedish company and academics researching and teaching product development, trends and their expected impact on engineering design can b

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Pilot trial of a smart phone App for ascertaining water quality

Suresh Nesaratnam Shahram Taherzadeh

An important aspect of studying a technological module such as T868 Environmental monitoring and protection, is the acquisition of practical skills. Normally such skills are taught through practical sessions in a laboratory. Sometimes they are taught in the field.

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