The Educational Research Group conducts research and scholarship into teaching, learning and engagement across the Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences.
Distance education is a perennial focus, with many of our educational research and scholarship projects supported by eSTEeM, the Open University’s centre for STEM pedagogy. However, our work impacts on all modes of STEM education and extends into other disciplines as well. Several of our projects focus on enhancing, enabling and evaluating fieldwork, in both virtual and outdoor environments. We also explore aspects of engagement related to higher education and research.
We pursue research under the following themes:
On 22 November Professors Clare Warren, Mark Brandon and Richard Holliman, and Dr Barbara Kunz travelled to Manchester for an OU Graduation Ceremony.
An EEES researcher is leading a new Natural Environmental Research Council-funded project to improve our ability to predict climate change using cutting-edge analysis of fossilised algae molecules.
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book Deciphering Earth's History: the Practice of Stratigraphy.