1st Edition

Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World Preventing E-Cheating and Supporting Academic Integrity in Higher Education

By Phillip Dawson Copyright 2021
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Defending Assessment Security in a Digital World explores the phenomenon of e-cheating and identifies ways to bolster assessment to ensure that it is secured against threats posed by technology. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the book develops the concept of assessment security through research from cybersecurity, game studies, artificial intelligence and surveillance studies.... Read more

1. E-Cheating 2. Assessment Security 3. The E-Cheating Lifecycle and How to Disrupt It 4. Cybersecurity, E-Cheating and Assessment Security 5. Lessons from E-Cheating in Games and Gambling 6. E-Cheating, Assessment Security and Artificial Intelligence 7. Surveillance and the Weaponization of Academic Integrity 8. Metrics and Standards for Assessment Security Chapter 9. Structuring and Designing Assessment for Security 10. Conclusion: Securing Assessment Against E-Cheating

Biography

Phillip Dawson leads research into academic integrity at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE), at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He uses his background in assessment and cybersecurity to protect education from cheating. His work involves unorthodox methods like computer hacking and paying professional cheaters.