2009 Proceedings
The 22nd Annual
Conference 2009
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Proceedings
"Proceedings of the Twenty Second Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications"
Prologue and table of contents
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Information from the prologue and table of contents is duplicated on this page.
About NACCQ
The National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ) was formed in 1988, and provides help and support to member institutions in the development, teaching and quality assurance of courses and programmes, from certificate through degree to postgraduate levels, in the field of Computing and Information Technology. The NACCQ also supports academic staff in several different ways, such as national workshops, research seminars, APL, moderation, the publishing of a journal, a research bulletin and also by organising this annual conference. NACCQ activities and a digital version of these proceedings are available from the NACCQ website.
The philosophy of the conference is the encouragement and support of new, emerging and established researchers in a safe environment while encouraging excellence and academic discourse.
National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications
PO Box 11 050 Hillcrest, Hamiliton, New Zealand
Telephone 07-856 1916 Facsimile 07-856 1912
Email
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The conference and these proceedings are an output of the NACCQ Research and Support Working Group. NACCQ asserts copyright for these proceedings as a collection, individual works remain copyright of the authors and their institutions.
Reviewers
| Frina Alertyn | Eastern Institute of Technology. |
| David Bremer | Otago Polytechnic. |
| Noel Bridgeman | Unitec New Zealand. |
| Tony Clear | Auckland University of Technology. |
| Steve Corich | Eastern Institute of Technology. |
| Bob Gibbons | Manukau Institue of Technology. |
| Xiaosong Li | Unitec New Zealand. |
| Mike Lopez | Manukau Institue of Technology. |
| Dobrila Lopez | Manukau Institue of Technology. |
| Trevor Nesbit | University of Canterbury. |
| Gerry McCullough | Open Polytechnic. |
| Krassie Petrova | Auckland University of Technology. |
| Karen Phillips | Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. |
| Garry Roberton | Waikato Institute of Technology. |
| Lesley Smith | Otago Polytechnic. |
| Jacqueline Whalley | Auckland University of Technology. |
| Malcolm Weick | Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology. |
| Alison Young | Unitec New Zealand. |
Editors
| Dr Samuel Mann Otago Polytechnic Dunedin, New Zealand. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Dr Michael Verhaart Eastern Institute of Technology Taradale, New Zealand. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Theme
The theme of our conference is "Education, Innovation and Transformation – Educators in IT".
This theme looks at the how we as computing educators in the tertiary sector can further enhance the experience of the students we educate as they move from secondary school through tertiary education and throughout a career in the IT industry. The theme also recognises the need for innovation as a key to transformation that will helps us prepare our students for employment in the 21st century.
The conference contains papers in the following areas:
- Computing education.
- Computing practice.
- Computing research.
Full papers (quality assured):
Full papers are double blind peer refereed on submission by a review panel and accepted/ modified/rejected. The editorial panel reviews final versions. They may be rejected or returned for modification at that point. 42% of submitted papers were accepted for publication.
Poster papers:
A 915 × 600mm poster is displayed at the conference along with one page in the proceedings. Research primarily carried out by students is identified with an NACCQ CapstoneResearch logo.