eSTEeM Scholarship Roadshow: Enhancing Scholarship with SPS

When:  Thursday, 10^th January 2019

Where:  Robert Hooke Seminar Room

Speaker: Diane Butler, Mark Jones, Laura Alexander 

Hosted by:  Jimena Gorfinkiel

Abstract:

eSTEeM is the STEM Faculty’s centre for STEM pedagogy.  Established in 2010, it aims to bring together academics to promote innovation, scholarship and enterprise in STEM open and distance learning.  Their portfolio of projects includes work on assessment, technologies for STEM learning and improved methods of student support.  Many of our scholarship projects focus on how we can enhance the student experience with an increasing number investigating and evaluating innovative approaches to teaching and learning in STEM. With the adoption of a university-wide Scholarship Plan, the creation of Scholarship and Innovation Centres in each faculty and an increased focus on evidencing excellence in teaching and learning, scholarship is high on the agenda within the higher education landscape both nationally and internationally.

In this session Diane Butler, eSTEeM's Deputy Director, will outline the work of eSTEeM, their activities and strategic priorities and explore ways of engaging SPS colleagues more with scholarship.  Mark Jones and Laura Alexander will report on two current SPS eSTEeM projects: 

Online Team Investigations in Science – a study of student online group work on S382 (Astrophysics) and S818 (Space Science).

How do STEM students use digital and non-digital learning resources? A study focusing on S217, MST224 and M269 students.