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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Supporting student academic skills development - an evaluation of an English for Academic Purposes pilot

Jo Fayram John Woodthorpe

Highly Commended at the 5th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2022.

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All change, but does tuition in cluster groups work?

Helen Jefferis

In recent years tutors have been asked to commit to a timetable of tutorials some time before the start of a module so that a full list of available tutorials can be provided to students as soon as they start their studies.

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An investigation into the breadth of learning objectives and skills developed in OpenSTEM Labs experiments

Helen Lockett

Highly Commended at the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2023.

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The value to students of drop-in tutorials to support assessment

Maria Townsend

Open University standard online tutorials are generally tutor-led with the tutor setting the agenda and content to be covered. Although they include both presentation and activities, some students are reluctant to actively participate.

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How one module can serve multiple qualifications through tailored implementation of presentation

Carol Calvert Rachel Hilliam

Students taking qualifications mainly in science, economics and data sciences are now the majority of the students on a second-year undergraduate statistics course.

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Using Bitesize Videos to Enhance Students’ Experiences in a Level 2 Programming Module

Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui Mark Hall Marina Carter

TT284 is a popular level 2 Web technologies module attracting over 1000 students in each presentation.

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How successfully are students engaging with the Python component of SM123?

Gemma Warriner

SM123: Physics and Space is a Level 1 module aimed at preparing students to study physics, astronomy or planetary science at OU level 2. Most students are not new to the Open University and will have already studied S111: Questions in Science.

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Day time tutorials for apprentices – what is best practice in computing?

Autumn Thomson Marina Carter

At the Open University (OU) we are still learning about the best way to support our apprentice learners in their academic study. Degree Apprentices are learners in full time employment with study funded through the apprenticeship levy and other government sources.

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A review of the use of Office 365 and Adobe Connect for active learning by ALs tutoring on T227 and TXY227

Katharine Jewitt

This scholarship work took place to identify what Open University (OU) approved technologies (Adobe Connect and Microsoft Office 365 applications) are being used by Associate Lecturers (ALs) and explore how and why they are being used for teaching and learning.

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Remote sighted helper support for visually impaired students: exploring good practice: Stage 1

Richard Walker

Highly Commended at the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2021 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.

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