Design and development of online graduate certificate in physics for science teachers

Australia currently has an acknowledged shortage of physics trained high school teachers, leading to many teachers teaching out of area. In 2018 I introduced a graduate certificate in Physics for Science Teachers to help science teachers learn physics and become qualified to teach it.

The degree consists of four courses taken sequentially, PHYS9110: Everyday Physics for Teachers,

Online, invigilated quizzes for Physics 1A and 1B

In 2018 I introduced online quiz banks to Physics 1A and Physics 1B. The introduction of these banks corresponded with a 12% improvement in final exam marks for students enrolled in Physics 1A, PHYS1121. Getting these quizzes introduced was a long process.

While introducing prelab tests in Moodle for the laboratory component of the Physics 1A and 1B courses it became clear that there