Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Charlotte’s work focuses on designing and delivering world-leading, research-grounded and industry-informed educational materials, developing impactful teaching methods, and using technology to improve the quality of education. She influences and supports others to do the same through research publications and open-access materials.
Charlotte is an enthusiastic advocate for student-centered learning and teaching approaches, and in in 2024 she was awarded membership to the Australasian Association of Engineering Educator’s Early Career Academy (AECEE), for “potential to champion the pursuit of educational excellence”.
Supervision interests
Able to supervise PhD, masters, and honours students as primary or co-supervisor.
Research interests
Everything learning and education. Let's talk!
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology
Award Date: 1 Aug 2019
Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), Swinburne University of Technology
Award Date: 15 Dec 2014
Bachelor of Science (Professional Software Development), Swinburne University of Technology
Award Date: 15 Dec 2013
Research area keywords
- Education
- Computer science education
- Educational technology
- Serious games
- Computing education research
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Game studio simulator: Integrating industry practice and formative individual assessment in collaborative game development capstone projects
Pierce, C., Woodward, C. J., Trevillian, A. & Pham, T., 22 Oct 2025, In: ACM Transactions on Computing Education. 25, 4, 27 p., 56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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There's a Bug in your Ice-cream: Teaching Software Testing with Role-plays
Pierce, C. & Yench, E., 2025, Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Paterson, J. & Quille, K. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 361-367 7 p. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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The Programmer's Field Guide
Cain, A. & Pierce, C., 2024, Field Guide.Research output: Book/Report › Textbook
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Let’s Play something awful: a historical analysis of 14 years of threads
McKitrick, B., Gibbs, M., Rogerson, M. J., Nansen, B. & Pierce, C., 2023, In: Internet Histories. 7, 2, p. 122-140 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Evolving musical sight reading exercises using expert models
Pierce, C., Hendtlass, T., Bartel, A. & Woodward, C. J., 27 Jan 2021, In: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 3, 20 p., 497530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)