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NACCQ Awards 2004

1 Award for best full paper and Alison Young Cup

Judged by International Expert Panel on grounds of relevance and appropriateness for the conference, rigour of method/analysis, conduct and write up of the work, novelty and significance of the work.

1.1 Award

  • Role of the development methodology and prototyping within capstone projects, Samuel Mann and Lesley Smith, Otago Polytechnic

1.2 Highly Commended

  • Te Korowai Hou, Jenni Tupu, Julia Ngatuere Alison Young, Unitec, New Zealand
  • Professionally speaking: Reflecting on a professionalism-first approach, Deirdre Billings, Carolyn Nodder, Alison Young, Unitec New Zealand
  • Justice in the classroom, Peer Assessment of Contributions in Group Projects, Dale Parsons, Otago Polytechnic

2 Best concise paper

Excellence in relevance and appropriateness for the conference, rigour of method/analysis, conduct and write up of the work, novelty and significanceof the work.

2.1 Award

  • Knightsmove, Russell Jordan and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic
  • 2.2 Highly Commended

    • The use of pen based computing in health care, Luke Lau Donald Joyce Hira Sathu, Unitec New Zealand
    • What are we modelling when we model knowledge? Steve McKinlay, Wellington Institute of Technology
    • Mobile learning using SMS: a mobile business application, Krassie Petrova, Auckland University of Technology

    3 Best Presentation

    Voted by delegates, based on both 1) quality of content and 2) engagement of audience.

    3.1 Award

    • Professionally speaking: Reflecting on a professionalism-first approach, Deirdre Billings, Carolyn Nodder, Alison Young, Unitec New Zealand

    4 Best poster

    Voted by local committee at conference. Best poster should conform to formatting guidelines and excel in physical poster, proceedings page and research described with rigour, relevance and significance criteria.

    4.1 Award

    • Specialist labs with removable hard drives, David Bremer, Otago Polytechnic

    4.2 Highly Commended

    • Audio files for Te Reo Ataahua – Basic Te Reo Maori, Nick Wallingford and Pam Fleming, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
    • Computers facing the wrong way: new labs one year on, Alison Young and Samuel Mann, Unitec New Zealand and Otago Polytechnic
    • Audio resources for on-site courses: interesting idea – shame it didn’t work, David Bremer, Otago Polytechnic

    5 Best student poster

    Voted by local committee at conference. Best student poster should conform to formatting guidelines and excel in physical poster, proceedings page and research described. Rigour, relevance and significance again are useful guiding criteria, together with evidence of learning, degree of insight shown, or scale of project reported.

    5.1 Award

    • Event layout design system, David Wade and Lyndsay Roger with Andrew Sewell and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic

    5.2 Highly commended

    • Johnny’s Adventure, Chris Churcher and Dean Johnstone with Patricia Haden and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic
    • Fish ‘n Clicks, Ann-Marie Fox, Lilieta Takau, and Shaoqin Yuan with Patricia Haden and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic
    • School Connect, Ruurd Overhoff, Hendry Lees, Sagheer Ahmed with Lesley Smith and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic

    6 Citrus Award for Collaborative Research

    Judging is based upon the standard guiding criteria of rigour, relevance and significance, together with the contribution of the work to realizing the CITRUS vision of collaborative, high quality research, linking institutions within the NACCQ sector, with research or industry partners locally, nationally or internationally. Number of parties/institutions involved, amount of funding/sponsorship, degree of industry involvement, or bootstrapping of novice researchers within a research programme of larger scope, may all be relevant parameters in assessing this award.

    6.1 Award

    • Development of a custom software regression testing tool, Tim Hunt and Peter Ensor, The Waikato Institute of Technology and Realtime Information Limited

    6.2 Highly Commended

    • Managing software requirements risks with SoDIS, Don Gotterbarn (East Tennessee University and AUT), Tony Clear and Choon-Tuck Kwan (AUT)

    7 Award for Educational Innovation

    • Not awarded.

    8 Software Award

    Quality of the software, and rigour, relevance and significance of the work again are relevant criteria. Scale of use, potential value, novelty of ideas, functionality and scope of the application, scalability, portability and degree of technical achievement could all be taken into account in considering submissions for this award. Software that is commercially available, and fully packaged for sale or perhaps open source distribution, would normally score more highly than a prototype application.

    8.1 Award

    • Event layout design system, David Wade and Lyndsay Roger with Andrew Sewell and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic

    8.2 Highly Commended

    • Johnny’s Adventure, Chris Churcher and Dean Johnstone with Patricia Haden and Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic
    • Scryptik, Paul Roper, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
    • Trinty, Jim Cater, Manukau Institute of Technology
    • Orchestral Music Software, Kathiravelu Ganeshan, Unitec New Zealand

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