Associate Professor Rob Phillips

Educational Development

Room 4.42, Level 4, Library
Email: R.Phillips@murdoch.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 9360 6054

Rob Phillips works in the Educational Development Centre at Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia. He has worked with educational technology since 1992 and has a background in theoretical chemistry and computer science. He combines thorough pedagogical knowledge with strong information technology skills. Rob was responsible for the implementation of the WebCT Learning Management System at Murdoch, now used by 95% of the University's students, and he also plays a role in educational policy development. He spent some time managing Murdoch's External Studies and Open Universities Australia provision.

In 2007, Rob was a Senior Consultant to the Australian Learning and Teaching Council on the development of the ALTC Exchange, an online system for the identification, dissemination and embedding of good individual and institutional practice into the higher education sector.

He was President of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) from 1996 to 2000, and was an executive member of the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning (ACODE) from 2004-2006. He is also principal author of The Developer's Handbook to Interactive Multimedia - A Practical Guide for Educational Applications, Kogan Page 1997.

He has research interests in university policy issues; evaluation of learning using ICT; learning objects and content management; making creative and innovative use of technology; and project management in ICT developments.

He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.

Academic history