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The OpenSTEM Labs

The main OpenSTEM Labs logo which is a round circle with a teal background with a selection of different coloured dots. There is a mixture of single dots and two dots of the same colour joined together with a thin line of the same colour. The text The OpenSTEM Labs is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link that takes you to the website that contains all the OpenSTEM labs experiments and resources.

The Open University has a long history of using innovative methods to deliver authentic practical experiences in STEM subjects. The OpenSTEM Labs is our latest development. Comprising a number of labs, each with a distinct identity, meeting modern student and national skills-based needs.

The OpenSTEM Labs challenge the traditional STEM pedagogical model of students and teachers being co-located in a lab during ‘office hours’. We connect students to instrumentation, data and equipment for practical enquiries over the internet, where time and distance is no longer a barrier – any time, any place access.

We have an expanding offering of which we are proud and invite you to further explore our facilities...

The OpenScience Laboratory logo is a round circle with a teal background which contains smaller circles of different colours and sizes, some of which overlap each other. The text The OpenScience Laboratory is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link to The OpenScience Laboratory subpage.

The OpenScience Laboratory, launched in 2013 with funding from the Wolfson Foundation, provides an authentic sense of place with access to real data through authentic interfaces.

The OpenScience Observatories logo is a round circle with a teal background which contains a representation of Mount Teide in Tenerife with small white dots above it resembling stars. In front of Mount Teide is a drawing, in white, of an open telescope dome showing the telescope inside pointing to the sky. The text The OpenScience Observatories is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link to The OpenScience Observatories subpage.

Consisting of two remotely operated optical telescopes located in Tenerife.

The OpenEngineering Laboratory logo is a round circle with a teal background which contains 4 cogs of different sizes and colours. There are also three yellow dots two with red lines coming from them and one with a blue line, representing electrical connections. The text The OpenEngineering Laboratory is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link to The OpenEngineering Laboratory subpage.

Launched in 2017 this provides practical lab-based teaching at a distance encompassing engineering, electronics, control, materials, and robotics.

The OpenHealth Laboratory logo is a round circle with a teal background which contains a drawing, in red, representing the human heart. There is also a yellow line, which goes from the left to right in the foreground, about a third of the way up the circle which represents the measurement of a human pulse which has a narrow peak at the middle of the drawing of the heart and then drops back down to the previous level. The text The OpenHealth Laboratory is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link to The OpenHealth Laboratory subpage.

The OpenHealth Lab encapsulates experiments and activities that are used in our Health Science and related qualifications.

The OpenComputing Laboratory logo is a round circle with a teal background which contains several rows of ones and zeros in different colours, representing binary code. The text The OpenComputing Laboratory is to the right of the main circle. This image is also a link to The OpenComputing Laboratory subpage.

The OpenComputing Lab currently comprises several activities that give users an authentic experience of networking and distributed computing.

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Our vision, guiding principles and the assets we currently deploy.

 

A laboratory is a space for learning by doing and reflection, a place for experiential learning. We've got a laboratory for you that's accessible no matter how far away you are. We'll give you a connection to an internet of laboratory things where authentic interfaces will link you to real data. It's a place for collaborative working and it's open all hours.

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