Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia

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

Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia

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

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Abstract

This paper reports on an investigation of the teaching context of first-year Information and Communications Technology (ICT) courses at Australian universities and the influences of this on students' learning experiences. This is part of a larger project which aimed to identify and disseminate good practices in ICT teaching at Australian universities with a specific focus on the first-year experience. We conducted a systematic review of the research literature from the previous five years and an online search of information on existing courses and content, and interviewed 30 academics concerned with design and delivery of the first-year learning experience in 25 Australian universities. From our study of teaching context we gained a comprehensive view of the current curricula, teaching models and teaching spaces and were able to outline the unique challenges that our first-year ICT students face 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 J. D'Souza, Katrina Falkner
Place of Publication	Sydney NSW Australia
Publisher	Australian Computer Society Inc
Pages	101 - 109
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

Curriculum
First year
Learning spaces
Student experience

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Butler, M., Sheard, J., Morgan, M., Falkner, K., Simon, & Weerasinghe, A. (2015). Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia. In D. J. D'Souza, & K. Falkner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015) (pp. 101 - 109). (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 160). Australian Computer Society Inc. http://crpit.scem.westernsydney.edu.au/confpapers/CRPITV160Butler.pdf

Butler, Matthew ; Sheard, Judy ; Morgan, Michael et al. / Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia. Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). editor / Daryl J. D'Souza ; Katrina Falkner. Sydney NSW Australia : Australian Computer Society Inc, 2015. pp. 101 - 109 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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Butler, M , Sheard, J, Morgan, M, Falkner, K, Simon & Weerasinghe, A 2015, Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia. in DJ D'Souza & K Falkner (eds), Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series, vol. 160, Australian Computer Society Inc, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 101 - 109, Australasian Computing Education Conference 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27/01/15. <http://crpit.scem.westernsydney.edu.au/confpapers/CRPITV160Butler.pdf>

Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia. / Butler, Matthew ; Sheard, Judy ; Morgan, Michael et al.
Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). ed. / Daryl J. D'Souza; Katrina Falkner. Sydney NSW Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc, 2015. p. 101 - 109 (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series; Vol. 160).

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Butler M , Sheard J, Morgan M, Falkner K, Simon, Weerasinghe A. Understanding the teaching context of first year ICT education in Australia. In D'Souza DJ, Falkner K, editors, Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2015). Sydney NSW Australia: Australian Computer Society Inc. 2015. p. 101 - 109. (Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series).

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