Please join us in the CREATE seminar space on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 for a special summer presentation by Dr. Reyne Pullen, from the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney. We would love to have you with us in person! If joining via Zoom, registration is required: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/2b9FqT54SRuHsjgh3iSToQ#/registration
Dr. Pullen's talk is titled Investigating the shift to online delivery of final exams and how this impacted student experience.
Abstract:
This seminar will detail two projects that examined the impact of the online delivery of science final exams across several Australian universities. The first explores the experiences of academics and students at The University of Sydney through this transition using semi-structured interviews. Students were asked about their experiences and strategies used to complete exam questions across both models. The second project extended the scope to analyse exam questions for exams written in 2019 (paper-based exams), 2020 and 2021 (online exams) specifically exploring how the following factors changed: complexity of questions asked, question types, response formats, and security with regard to open-book conditions.
Biographical Info:
Dr Reyne Pullen is an Education-focused senior lecturer in the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney. Reyne has experience in delivering online and blended learning experiences, and designing course-level blended learning models, both at the tertiary level. Reyne has also worked within the secondary education sector, teaching both science and maths. Highly active in the chemistry education research community, he has previously been awarded the 2021 RACI Chemistry Educator of the Year, a 2021 RACI Chemistry Education Division Citation, and several institutional Outstanding Teacher and Researcher awards.
