Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning
Deakin University
PhD (Education), BCompSci (Hons)
Contact
Email: p.dawson@deakin.edu.au
Web page: philldawson.com
Twitter: @phillipdawson
Research interests:
I research assessment in higher education. My current foci are:
- Feedback and feedback literacy
- Academic integrity and cheating
with a special interest in how these play out in digital contexts.
Key projects:
Supervision:
Please get in touch about projects in my areas of interest.
Publications:
Five publications relevant to DER:
Can training improve marker accuracy at detecting contract cheating? A multi-disciplinary pre-post study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019. Dawson, P. & Sutherland-Smith, W.
How technology shapes assessment design: Findings from a study of university teachers. British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017. Bennett, S., Dawson, P., Bearman, M., Molloy, E. & Boud, D.
Five ways to hack and cheat with bring-your-own-device electronic examinations. British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016. Dawson, P.
Motivation and cognitive load in the flipped classroom: definition, rationale and a call for research. Higher Education Research & Development, 2015. Abeysekera, L. &Dawson, P.
Our anonymous online research participants are not always anonymous: Is this a problem? British Journal of Educational Technology 2014. Dawson, P
