An investigation into the way Jupyter Notebooks enhance learning and teaching on TM351 | eSTEeM Skip to content Sign in| Sign out| My Account | StudentHome | TutorHome | IntranetHome | Contact the OUContact the OUContact the OU| AccessibilityAccessibility Search the OU Courses Postgraduate Research About News & media Business & apprenticeships eSTEeM About eSTEeM Working with us Projects Resources News Events FAQs Contact us eSTEeM Projects Themes Technologies Stem Learning An investigation into the way Jupyter Notebooks enhance learning and teaching on TM351 An investigation into the way Jupyter Notebooks enhance learning and teaching on TM351 Project leader(s): Sharon Dawes and Chris Thomson Theme: Technologies for STEM learning Faculty: STEM Status: Current TM351 (Data Management and Analysis) has used Jupyter (2019) notebooks for practical work from its inception in 2016. This web based tool enables students to embed program code and associated discussion in a notebook in the style of a lab book (Appendix B) so that they can explain what they were doing and why. Teaching materials include notebooks in the same style, to explain a concept and then show its practical application such that the example can be run. In this way students can return to a project at a later stage and if their notes were sufficient, they or another researcher can repeat the work and study how valid their assumptions were as well as whether their conclusions in a report were justified. The project will investigate how students divide their time between theoretical reading on the TM351 module website and practical work using notebooks, both as a part of their learning, and then practice for their final report. It will explore to what extent their use of the notebooks reinforces their learning or extends their knowledge. It will look at whether there is any relationship between where they are currently studying and what computing devices they have available when the student works at home, at work or on the go that might affect their ability to undertake practical work using notebooks as opposed to theoretical reading using other provided materials. The research questions the project will answer are: Does the use of notebooks effectively support students in their studies of the module learning outcomes? Do notebooks allow the students to integrate theory and practice? Do students have technological problems in using notebooks? Does the use of notebooks dictate when and where students are able to study? Is the use of notebooks restricted by accessibility constraints? Dawes, S. and Thomson, C. 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