Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice

Judy Sheard; Michael Morgan; Matthew Butler; Katrina Falkner; null Simon; Amali Weerasinghe

Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice

Judy Sheard, Michael Morgan, Matthew Butler, Katrina Falkner, Simon, Amali Weerasinghe

Department of Human Centred Computing

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Abstract

This paper presents an investigation of assessment in firstyear Information and Communications Technology (ICT) courses with a focus on Australian universities. This study was part of a project that aimed to identify and disseminate good practices in first-year ICT teaching in Australian universities. Through a systematic review of the last five years of research literature and interviewing 30 academics who were involved in the design and delivery of the first-year learning experience in Australian universities, we have formed a comprehensive view of current assessment practices, and outlined the unique challenges faced by teachers when designing assessment for their first-year ICT students. Key findings of the literature survey and the insights gained from the academic participants have been collated to provide examples of good practice in the field and to recommend areas for further investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015)
Editors	Daryl D'Souza, Katrina Falkner
Place of Publication	Sydney NSW Australia
Publisher	Australian Computer Society Inc
Pages	91-99
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781921770425
ISBN (Print)	9781921770425
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Australasian Computing Education Conference 2015 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 27 Jan 2015 → 30 Jan 2015 Conference number: 17th https://dblp.org/db/conf/ace/ace2015.html (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series
Volume	160
ISSN (Print)	1445-1336

Conference

Conference	Australasian Computing Education Conference 2015
Abbreviated title	ACE 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	27/01/15 → 30/01/15
Other	ACE is held in conjunction with Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW).
Internet address	https://dblp.org/db/conf/ace/ace2015.html (Proceedings)

Keywords

Academic integrity
Assessment
First year
Student experience

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Sheard, J., Morgan, M., Butler, M., Falkner, K., Simon, & Weerasinghe, A. (2015). Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice. In D. D'Souza, & K. Falkner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015) (pp. 91-99). (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 160). Australian Computer Society Inc.

Sheard, Judy ; Morgan, Michael ; Butler, Matthew et al. / Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia : research and practice. Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). editor / Daryl D'Souza ; Katrina Falkner. Sydney NSW Australia : Australian Computer Society Inc, 2015. pp. 91-99 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice. / Sheard, Judy; Morgan, Michael; Butler, Matthew et al.
Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). ed. / Daryl D'Souza; Katrina Falkner. Sydney NSW Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc, 2015. p. 91-99 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 160).

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Sheard J, Morgan M, Butler M, Falkner K, Simon, Weerasinghe A. Assessment in first-year ICT education in Australia: research and practice. In D'Souza D, Falkner K, editors, Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). Sydney NSW Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc. 2015. p. 91-99. (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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