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Biography
Professor Judithe (Judy) Sheard has an academic career spanning more than 35 years. She is a former Head of the Caulfield School of Information Technology.
A passionate educator, Judy researches in computing education particularly the areas of educational technology, student learning behaviour, and assessment. She has published extensively, receiving a number of awards, including recently a ‘Best in 25 Years’ award at the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education conference.
An active member of the international computing education research community, Judy has served as Vice Chair and Secretary of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is a former chair of the Australasian Chapter of ACM SIGCSE. Judy has chaired a number of conferences and is currently chair of the 2021 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
In 2017 Judy was named an ACM Distinguished Member for educational contributions to computing.
Judy established the Monash Museum of Computing History at Monash University in 2001 and has directed activities for the Museum since this time. The Museum presents a chronology of computing from the early 1950’s to the present.
Monash teaching commitment
Associate Professor Judy Sheard has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3063/FIT4063 Human-computer interaction
- FIT5151 Object-oriented business application development
- FIT5152 User interface design and usability
- FIT9017 Foundations of programming
- FIT9131/FIT5131 Programming foundations
Research area keywords
- Academic Integrity
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Technology
- History of Computing
- Teaching and Learning of Computer Programming
- Computing Education
- Computing Education Research
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Data analytics-based tools and methods to enhance self-regulated learning
Gasevic, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Dawson, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sheard, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mirriahi, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Martinez-Maldonado, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Khosravi, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chen, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Winne, P. H. (Partner Investigator (PI))
1/08/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Technical and Educational Guidelines for Personalising Assessments through Assessment-as-Learning in Cybersecurity
Sakzad, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Sheard, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Billing, W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Paul, D. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brankovic, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simon (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Skerritt, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/05/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Academic Integrity Policies, Procedures, and Good Practices for Online Assessment in Computing Education’ project
Jha, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Leemans, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Berretta, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bilgin, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Myers, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sheard, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Simon, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/02/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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WIL for ICT: Education for employability: WIL approaches to preparing ICT students for the workforce
Gonsalvez, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Morgan, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sheard, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Grundy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI))
10/10/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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ALTA SES: Addressing Student Engagement Issues for Female and International Female Students in Computing Studies Courses.
Sheard, J. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gonsalvez, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Butler, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Simon, .. (Chief Investigator (CI))
10/10/18 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
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Models of Mastery Learning for Computing Education
Szabo, C., Parker, M. C., Friend, M., Jeuring, J., Kohn, T., Malmi, L. & Sheard, J., 2025, Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Jiao, S. & O’Connor, T. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1092-1098 7 p. (SIGCSE TS 2025 - Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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ALAN: Assessment-as-Learning Authentic Tasks for Networking
Minagar, S., Sakzad, A., Tack, G., Rudolph, C. & Sheard, J., 2024, Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Battestilli, L., A. Rebelsky, S. & Shoop, L. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Vol. 1. p. 853-859 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Diverging assessments: What, why, and experiences
Sakzad, A., Paul, D., Sheard, J., Brankovic, L., Skerritt, M. P., Li, N., Minagar, S., Simon & Billingsley, W., 2024, Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Battestilli, L., A. Rebelsky, S. & Shoop, L. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Vol. 1. p. 1161-1167 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Instructor perceptions of AI code generation tools - a multi-institutional interview study
Sheard, J., Denny, P., Hellas, A., Leinonen, J., Malmi, L. & Simon, 2024, Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Battestilli, L., A. Rebelsky, S. & Shoop, L. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Vol. 1. p. 1223-1229 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile36 Citations (Scopus) -
Computing education research in Australasia
Simon, Sheard, J., Luxton-Reilly, A. & Szabo, C., 2023, Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research: A Global Perspective. Apiola, M., López-Pernas, S. & Saqr, M. (eds.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 373-394 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research
1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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ACM - Association for Computing Machinery (External organisation)
Sheard, J. (Member)
1 Nov 2017Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Australian Computer Society Incorporated (External organisation)
Sheard, J. (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Head of School Caulfield - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Sheard, J. (Chair/ Co-Chair)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Monash University (External organisation)
Sheard, J. (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Elected Vice-Chair of the Board - ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Sheard, J. (Chair/ Co-Chair)
1 Jul 2016 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › External research organisation, centre or institute