eSTEeM's project portfolio goes from strength to strength

25th October 2019

Following the 15th call for projects in July 2019, we received a variety of scholarship proposals ranging from blended tutorials in mathematics to a review of IT use by prison based students. For more details please see the project titles below.   

Andrew Potter and Colin Blundell – Blended tutorials in Mathematics: simultaneous F2F and online learning events           

Nigel Gibson – Do they know what they are doing? A review of IT use by prison-based students  

Tom Olney – Measuring the Impact of Learning Design and Course Creation (LDCC) Workshops on Chinese OU Institutions and the Open University       

Sharon Dawes and Chris Thomson – An investigation into the way Jupyter Notebooks enhance learning and teaching on TM351

Hannah Gauci and Janette Wallace – Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme  

Janet Hughes and Ann Walshe – Investigating the perceived benefits to computing students of remote pair programming

Jo Fayram and John Woodthorpe – Supporting student academic skills development - an evaluation of an English for Academic Purposes pilot

Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui and Oli Howson – Are You Ready for Your Studies - Are we Assessing Students Readiness? An evaluation of the usefulness of the Level 2 ARFY quizzes

David Conway, Christine Gardner and Janet Hughes – Are virtual insight visits an effective way of engaging learners and supporting student retention in distance learning environments? 

Adeola Adeliyi – Pair Programming as a tool to enhance teaching and learning of programming at a distance          

Simon Collinson, Rachel McMullan and Catherine Halliwell – Can a new OU Study App enhance the learning experience of students on S350, an online only module?   

Trevor Collins and Sarah Davies – Disseminating inclusive field teaching – sharing resources and practices across disciplines and institutions

Daniel Gooch – Teaching distributed computing using Raspberry Pi clusters at a distance

Elizabeth Ellis and Alice Gallagher – Learning behaviours and successful outcomes in STEM students

Venetia Brown – Associate Lecturers’ Involvement in Improved Practice in a SXPS288 Labcast Delivery

Rachel Slater – Accessibility and inclusion in tuition (AccIT)

The 16th call for projects will be announced in the new year so watch this space for further details.