The 18th Annual

Conference 2005

Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Editors: Samuel Mann and Tony Clear

Prologue

Reviewers , Quality assurance status

Full Papers

Paper	Speakers	Page No.	Pdf
Best Practices for IT Education: Vocational and Continuous Learning	Dave Bremer,Dr Samuel Mann	11
APL for Computing Staff in 2005:A Role for NACCQ?	Dr Noel Bridgeman,Elizabeth Bridgeman	19
Refining the SoDIS® Process in the field: A COTS Project as a context for Risk Analysis	Choon-Tuck Kwan, Leo Hitchcock , Tony Clear, Prof Donald Gotterbarn, Stuart Simpson	25
Spam in Email Inboxes	Ursula Dantin,John Paynter	33
Data Gathering Dilemmas: Postgraduate Experiences	Kay Fielden	39
Motivating Adults to Study : How Effective is Web-Based Training?	Lyn Hart	47
Visions, hype and confusion: selling computing futures in institutional marketing	Dr Samuel Mann	55
Exhibiting reality: collaboration in practice	Dr Samuel Mann, Lesley Smith	65
Developing And Running A Photographic Website	Trevor Nesbit, Rob Oliver, Martin Hancock, Gary Nesbit	75
A SWOT Analysis of Introducing Practical Assessments in Introductory Programming	Christine Prasad	83
Status of Wireless Networks in Educational Institutes in Auckland	Steinar Rudsar , Dr Donald Joyce, Sam Kolahi	91
Security Issues that Arise in IEEE 802.11x and 3G Wireless Networks	Avinash Shridhar, Dr Donald Joyce, Sam Kolahi	97
Enhancing International Student Learning	Ranjana Shukla, Hira Sathu	103
Best Practice Assessment methods for evaluating an individual’s performance in group work.	Michael Verhaart , Kim Hagen, Owen Giles	113

Concise Papers

Paper	Speakers	Page No.	Pdf
Exploring E-Commerce Development:Lessons learnt from a Case Study	Frina Albertyn	123
Multimedia and ICT – the challenges of creating creativity	Bridie Atkins	127
Graduate Expectations of Employment Training	Dave Bremer	131
A Comparison of Two Learning management Systems: Moodle vs Blackboard	Bremer, Dave, Bryant, Reuben	135
IT Graduates’ Transition to Productive Employees and Entrepreneurs: An Economic Perspective	Trish Brimblecombe, Dr. Vasanthi M Peter	141
FITNZ - Graduate profiles for ICT education at senior secondary level	Tony Clear, Graham Bidois	145
What Makes Polytechnic Students Employable?	Stephen Corich, Robyn Williams	151
Is it time to Moodle?	Stephen Corich	155
Simulations in teaching systems analysis case studies: a method described	Colin. Dyer,k Michael Mullany	159
The Observer Pattern Revisited	Andrew Eales	163
Visual Basic: New Content	Dr Dmitry Gakhovich	167
First Year Scholarships: A Case Study	Owen Giles, Allister McLay	171
The IT Industry Leads the Field in Knowledge Management: Yeah Right!	Phillipa Grant	175
Practical Solutions to Set and Maintain Multifunction Workshop Labs	Henry Ren He	179
ICE: Integrated Computing Education - An individual integrated computing teaching experience	Min Jie Hu	183
Time to Enjoy: Go with the flow	Dr Tim D. Hunt	189
The Advertising War: Are the students paying any attention?	Ian Hunter, Corinne Ross	193
Issues surrounding course content migration: Blackboard to Moodle	John Jamieson, Michael Verhaart	197
Games Programming AI	James Jordaan	201
Research Cultures under the Microscope: Three Case Studies	Dr Donald Joyce, Dr Noel Bridgeman, Trevor Nesbit	207
Supervising students affected by language and/or distance: staff /student perspectives	Dr Donald Joyce ,Claudius Benedikt Hildebrand	213
Mindless entertainment: A literature review on the use of computer games in education	Paul R Kearney	217
Graduate Profiling: Aligning course content with industry	Paul R Kearney, Linda Fraser	223
Working with cerebral palsy students: A personal perspective	Paul R Kearney	227
Maths with Attitude: an encouragement based approach	Dave Kennedy	231
Raising Awareness of Stakeholders with Disability in Multimedia Design	Dr Donald Koh	235
Do we know or know or just think we know	Dobrila Lopez, Mike Lopez, John Peppiatt	379
A document-centric design pattern for Service Oriented Architectures	Mike Lopez, John Peppiatt	239
A+, Guaranteed1: Insisting on best of practice within capstone projects	Dr Samuel Mann, Lesley Smith	243
Technical complexity of projects in software engineering	Dr Samuel Mann , Lesley Smith	249
WHERE DID THE B....... GO AND IS IT STILL IMPORTANT?	Trevor Nesbit	269
NESB STUDENTS – COPing WITH BICT: ONE YEAR ON	Trevor Nesbit, Fiona McPherson	275
Putting .NET Web Forms in the Frame	John Peppiatt, Mike Lopez	279
Ostrich or Eager Beaver: to Embrace or Reject New Tecchnologies	Karen Phillips	283
Supernet: Introducing Computers to the Elderly	Dileep Rajendran, Matt Melchert, Kaveh Farbeh-Tabrizi	287
Using a Live E-Commerce Retail Site Improves Teaching E-Business	David Skelton	291
Artefact enhanced learning in introductory computing	Rene Smit, Peter Brook, Cindy Davies	297
Probing the World of the Project Student	Lesley Smith, Dr Samuel Mann	301
Remote Projects: bringing their diaspora home	Lesley Smith, Dr Samuel Mann	307
IT Phone home – an Alumni Community	Catherine Snell-Siddle, Bridie Atkins, Danette Whitehouse, Tama Randell	311
IT and Women: No Interest or Direction	Snell Siddle, Catherine Snell-Siddle	375
Nattering over the net to meet Learning Outcomes	Irene Toki	315
Using OpenOffice as a tool in teaching database administration	Albert van Aardt	319
A Taste of Honey – UCE (Spam) Reduction Through Deception	Nick Wallingford	323
Evaluation of Weblog Services	Markus Westner , Dr Donald Joyce	329
The IT Skills Deficit – an Opportunity for Industry and Educators	Murray Wills, Robert Sutcliffe	333

Poster Papers

Paper	Speakers	Page No.	Pdf
DIY marketing – using IT to attract IT students	Bridie Atkins	339
The challenge of teaching the Japanese electrical engineering curriculum in English	Stuart Allan, Samuel Mann	340
Race car racing characteristics	Ashley Benson, Sachin Rao , Rachel McLean , Jason Reid, Samuel Mann	341
Teaching Multi-Media Programming with prescription PR61n	John Calder, Kiwi Henare	342
XMContentManager - an open source website framework	John Calder, John Peppiatt, Mike Lopez	343
Building a user group: the benefits for acdemic staff and students	Sue Chard, Brenda Lloyd	344
Three years of BIT projects: aligning with professional practice	Sue Chard, Brenda Lloyd, Warrick Procter	345
DILEMMA! A game of ethics and chance	Pippa Coard, Laurel Hayton	346
You Just Gotta Have This! A view of Dissemination of Innovation Theory	Steve Cosgrove	347
Energy system wireless monitoring	Robert Cameron, Rodney Thompson, Duncan Hills, Dr Malcolm McQueen, Dr Samuel Mann	348
HyperPascal with a persistent memory manager: why and further developments	Todd Cochrane, Paul Lyons	349
WACI polled by Render Farms can it be SOAP?	Todd Cochrane, Paul Bryant, Geoff McIver	350
Does Course Delivery Disadvantage Some Students? - a Learning Styles Consideration.............	Neil Comins	351
SciCards	Keryn Goodsir , Andrew Douglas, Sheila Holo , Amos Mann, Andrew Sewell, Lesley Smith, Samuel Mann	352
OtagoNet ICT Ambassadors	Joy Gasson	353
CLIENT MANAGEMENT PROJECT	Gareth Griffiths, Bridie Atkins, Markku Kesla	354
Two degrees + one framework = more flexibility and choice for students	Chris Johnstone, Trish Brimblecombe	355
The Forgotten Language	James Jordaan, John Jamieson	356
Maintaining Academic Integrity: Staff and Student Perspectives	Dr Donald Joyce, Beni Hildebrand	357
Software system practices in New Zealand industry	Des Kenny	359
Effective Teaching Coding Standards in Programming Courses	Xiaosong Li, Christine Prasad, Paul Kearney	360
Salsa: The Systematic Analysis of Learner Self Appraisal	Mike Lopez	361
A Leap of Faith: Improving assessment validity in introductory programming	Mike Lopez	362
INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATABASE PROJECT	Gordon McIvor, Bridie Atkins, Sam Ralston	363
Rest-Home Management System	Jason McBratney, John Hunt, Christopher Morton, Andrew Sewell, Samuel Mann	364
Using Drag and Drop Puzzles to Teach Introductory Programming	Dale Parsons, Joy Gasson	366
E-GOVERNMENT : LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES	John Paynter, Maria Fung	367
Min and Max the O.R. Heroes (minandmax.org.nz)	Nicola Petty, Shane Dye, Andy Philpott, John Paynter	368
Water Measurement Data Collection System	Thomi Richards, Krissi Wood, Wayne Fahey, Kevin Barclay, Dr Cameron Hay, Dr Samuel Mann	369
Weblan-designer demonstration	Nurul Sarkar, Krassie Petrova	371
PIC-Based Projects Demonstration	Nurul Sarkar, Trevor M. Craig	372
Competency to Achievement – a Mindshift	Catherine Snell-Siddle, Bridie Atkins	373
C# and its use in Programming Education	Gerard van de Ven	374