Venue: The University of Queensland, St Lucia (Building 78 room 420) (map)
Date: Friday 1 June, 2007 starting at 9 am
Registration deadline: Wednesday 23 May, 2007
[Conventicle: n. a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship.] The Conventicle is a one-day conference targeted at SE Qld and Northern NSW academics focusing on IT Education research (i.e., research on the teaching of computing and information technology)
Program
|
Time |
Title |
Presenter |
|
9:00 |
Do students SQLify? Improving Learning Outcomes with Peer Review and Enhanced Computer Assisted Assessment of Querying Skills |
Stijn Dekeyser |
|
9:30 |
Maintaining High Process Capability in a Student Project Course |
Terry Rout |
|
10:00 |
An Objective Comparison of Languages for Teaching Introductory Programming |
Michael de Raadt |
|
10:30 |
Morning tea/coffee |
|
|
11:00 |
It’s All in the Game: Teaching Software Process Concepts |
David Carrington |
|
11:30 |
For the Sake of the Team: Building Teamwork in Australian Computing Degree Courses |
James Hogan |
|
12:00 |
The Carrick Vision and Computing Education: Four Case Studies in Multi-institutional Collaboration |
Michael de Raadt & Paul Roe |
|
12:30 |
Lunch |
|
|
1:30 |
Evaluation of a New Assessment Scheme for a Third-year Concurrency Course |
Paul Strooper |
|
2:00 |
ELP - a new version of a Environment for Learning to Program |
Paul Roe |
|
2:30 |
Afternoon tea/coffee |
|
|
3:00 |
Strategies for teaching Scheme as a first programming language |
Roger Duke & |
|
3:30 |
Close/Informal Discussion |
|
Attendance:
· The Conventicle is open to all who wish to attend, but of particular interest to researchers and instructors of Computing Science Education, Information Systems Education, and Software Engineering Education, and related areas.
· There are no registration costs, but we need to know if you are coming so we can cater for you.
· To register your attendance, send an email by Wednesday 23 May to pstroop@itee.uq.edu.au, with your name, contact details, and any dietary requirements.
The Conventicle brings together researchers with a common interest in computing education. Benefits include the following:
· Networking with researchers from Queensland and Australia
· Chance to share your research with others
· Food is provided for lunch and morning and afternoon teas
· Attendance is free
The Conventicle is good value for your research dollar.