2003 Proceedings
The 16th Annual
Conference 2003
Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Prologue 
The conference contains papers in the following areas:
- computing education
- computing practice
- computing research
The theme this year is “New fields, fresh horizons”.
Philosophy
The philosophy of the conference is the encouragement and support of new, emerging and established researchers in a safe environment while encouraging excellence and academic discourse. In keeping with this somewhat eclectic vision, there are several categories of paper.
Full papers are peer refereed on submission by a review panel and accepted/modified/rejected. The editorial panel reviews final versions. They may be rejected or returned for modification at that point. The paper should be a maximum of 4000 words. The acceptance rate for full papers was 48%.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Intellectual Midwifery: the birth of a research paper | Bob Barbour | 15 | |
| Integrating International Students into Computing Classes: Issues and Strategies | Barbara Chamberlain, Beverley Hope | 21 | |
| NgaIwi o Ngapuhi Membership System: Relationship Management and Relational Design | Radka Charkova, Aimee Lin, Tony Clear, Tess Lomax | 31 | |
| SoDIS SEPIA _ Collaborative Partnerships in Software Engineering Research | Tony Clear, Roger McHaney, Don Gotterbarn | 41 | |
| Agility in the classroom: Using Agile Development Methods to foster team work and adaptability amongst undergraduate programmers . | Sandra Cleland | 49 | |
| Educational value of e-learning in conventional and complementary computing education. | Ken Eustace | 53 | |
| The Trouble with Teaching Programming. | Patricia Haden, Samuel Mann | 63 | |
| Codes of Conduct for Computing Professionals: an International Comparison . | Donald Joyce, Becky Blackshaw, Caroline King, Logan Muller | 71 | |
| Teaching Technology to the Playstation Generation | Paul Kearney, Stephen Skelton | 79 | |
| Putting the P in Programming: The importance of people and process. | Carol Kelly | 85 | |
| RelaxNG with XML Data Structures. | Dave Kennedy | 91 | |
| Using SoDIS for Target Audience Analysis: a Fresh Field Application. | Donald Koh | 103 | |
| An Example of Teaching Journeyman Level Programming: XML Conversion of Course Descriptors. | Mike Lance | 109< | |
| Dancing in the moonlight: The nature and extent of portfolio employment IT academics. | Samuel Mann, Andy Williamson, Russell Hynd | 119 | |
| The UDDI Registry _ A Work in Progress. | Iain Morrison | 125 | |
| 2 Classes, 2 Languages, 2 Methodologies and 1 Assignment. | Trevor Nesbit | 135 | |
| Logical Relational Datamodelling through Normalisation by Synthesis. | J.P.Nijsse, R.J.Whiddett, Clare Atkins | 143 | |
| NACCQ Qualifications A Performance Review and Future Developments. | Garry Roberton, Janne Ross | 149 | |
| Use Cases and Traceability: A Marriage for Improved Software Quality. | Robert F. Roggio | 159 | table |
| How Safe Is Your Network? : A Guide to Practical Security Solutions. | Hira Sathu, Caroline King | 169 | |
| Images of computers: a prehistory – hopes and fears realised?. | John van Dyk, Samuel Mann, Peter Brook | 177 | |
Concise papers are reviewed on abstract by a review panel. The completed papers are reviewed by the editorial panel and may be rejected or returned for modification at that point. The paper should be a maximum of 2000 words.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Comparing possible e-processes. | Frina Albertyn | 189 | |
| A Preliminary Study of Students View Towards Computer Simulation as a Learning Tool. | Mehdi Asgarkhani, Mark Lyons | 195 | |
| Technical skills needed in software development – a snapshot from 2002. | Erzsebet Bekesi, Nicky Gardner | 199 | |
| Negotiated contract learning. | David Bremer, Samuel Mann | 207 | |
| Project Success: Defining, Designing, Constructing & Presenting a Capstone Project. | Noel Bridgeman | 211 | |
| Free computing courses in NZ: considering their impact and importance. | Trish Brimblecombe | 217 | |
| Do Methodologies Matter?. | Peter Brook | 221 | |
| Using a third party language with Microsoft .NET. | Ryan Clarke, Paul Roper, Paul Lyons, Giovanni Moretti | 225 | |
| SPUDS: Simple Pictures for Updating Data Structures . | Todd Cochrane | 231 | |
| Do Tablets dream of electric ink?. | Todd Cochrane | 239 | |
| The development of a concurrent English – IT Programme for International Students. | Tom Connolly, Dorothy Cleary | 243 | |
| Real world e-commerce: importing a Japanese used car. | Stephen Corich | 247 | |
| Using degree courses to build industry relationships. | Stephen Corich, Allister McLay | 251 | |
| The Impact of Avatars and 3D Virtual World Creation on Learning | Sue Deuchar, Carolyn Nodder | 255 | |
| Teaching Computer Science: an NLP Perspective . | Andrew Eales | 259 | |
| Dynamic Data Analysed: The SECS & IS Poster Results . | Kay Fielden, Alison Young | 263 | |
| Characteristics of success – Virtually there. | Peter Garrett, David Youngman, Justin McCormack, Chris Rosecu,Samuel Mann | 269 | |
| The influence of Spatial Orientation on Student Performance – A Methodology. | Randall Gibson, Judy Williams | 273 | |
| Flight Simulation vs. Real Aviation: 3D Flight Simulation Technologies. | William Harvey | 277 | |
| Selection of an Internet Content Filtering Solution using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. | Tim D. Hunt, Heather Wickham, Kathy Murphy, Michael Elrick | 281 | |
| A Case Study in Teaching Adult Students Computer Programming . | Min Hu | 287 | |
| Modelling layers of artificial intelligence within a virtual world. | John Jamieson, Kay Fielden, Logan Muller | 291 | |
| Research Supervision: Process and Experience. | Donald Joyce, Bob Barbour, Kay Fielden, Logan Muller | 295 | |
| Doctoring the Profession . | Donald Joyce | 299 | |
| Checking Originality and Preventing Plagiarism. | Donald Joyce | 303 | |
| Adaptive Strategy for Voice over Internet Protocol in New Zealand. | Jay Wen, Hira Sathu, Donald Joyce, | 307 | |
| Survey of the use of DBMSs in Polytechnics and Industry. | Don Kannangara, Linda Fraser, Momir Radicevic | 311 | |
| The impact of technology on distance education. | Parwaiz Karamat | 315 | |
| Moving from Classic ASP to ASP.NET | Xiaosong Li | 321 | |
| Applying adult learning principles in teaching a challenging course. | Xiaosong Li | 327 | |
| Assessing the impact of systems analysis and design on the project: proposed curricula changes. | Gerard Lovell | 331 | |
| The Impact of Effective IT Systems Management on End-User Productivity: An End-User Perspective. | Chris McCarthy, Trevor Nesbit | 335 | |
| Understanding Help Desks: A Hawke’s Bay Study. | Allister McLay | 339 | |
| e-learning quality: becoming a level five learning organisation. | Chris Manford, Mae McSporran | 343 | |
| The role of literacy in the IT curriculum . | Samuel Mann, Cindy Davies, Graham McGregor | 351 | |
| The Development of a Graduate Diploma in eCommerce. | Trevor Nesbit | 355 | |
| Developing a Search Engine Design for Research and Development in a Polytechnic Teaching Environment. | Jan Pajak | 363 | |
| Is there a MOUS in your house? | Robyn Pascoe | 367 | |
| Approximate Computation of Multidimensional Aggregates in a Data Warehouse. | Russel Pears, Megan Mansfield | 371 | |
| Net-centric computing: a postgraduate course. | Krassie Petrova, Nurul Sarkar, Jim Buchan | 375 | |
| Specialization in ICT fields. | Christo Potgieter, Joey Jansen van Vuuren | 381 | |
| Leading Academic Change Management: A Case study of Faculty formation. | Christo Potgieter, Marlien Herselman | 385 | |
| Using ICT in Tertiary Education – Do We Dare To Compare? | Christo Potgieter, Marlien Herselman | 389 | |
| The dot net experience. | Phil Robbins | 393 | |
| The Advantages Of A Virtual Private Network For Computer Security. | Sid Sirisukha, David Skelton, Allister McLay | 397 | |
| E-Tailing – Has it arrived in NZ yet? | David Skelton, Alister McLay | 403 | |
| Assessment of ethical processes in computing education: Are we clean? How to tell? | Lesley Smith, Samuel Mann | 409 | |
| A flexible database approach for regional heritage and tourism information management. | Lesley Smith, Samuel Mann, Nell Buissink-Smith | 415 | |
| Gearing up for Professional Practice: Enhancing Soft Skills for IS Project Students. | Sarah Snell, Catherine Snell-Siddle, Danette Whitehouse | 419 | |
| Using the UML to Describe Design Patterns . | Diane Strode | 423 | |
| On-Line Aptitude Test. | Zhong Tang, Kay Fenton | 429 | |
| Prevalence of online assessment? Causative factors. | Irene Toki, Mark Caukill | 435 | |
| Information technology, dyslexia, and the disabled learner . | Maree van Praagh | 439 | |
| Beyond HTML: Creating extensible teaching resources using database and Internet technology. | Michael Verhaart | 443 | |
| Doing it with Style: Structured Document Creation from Word Processing into HTML. | Nick Wallingford | 449 | |
| The capstone project – a foundation for work? | Malcolm Wieck | 455 | |
| Teaching Computing and Provision of IT Support: A Bridge Too Far? | Malcolm Wieck, John McPhee | 459 | |
| Designing New Computer Laboratories: Fresh Ideas and New Layouts. | Alison Young, Glenn Huggard | 463 | |
A 915*600mm poster is displayed at the conference along with one page in the proceedings. Research primarily carried out by students is identified an NACCQ Capstone Projects logo.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Teaching style/learning styles…is there a connection? . | Bridie Atkins | 469 | |
| Voice Feedback for Interactive Displays . | Kevin Barclay | 470 | |
| Rocky Nook Bowls – Tournament Management . | Euan Bichan, Maxine Miller, | 471 | |
| Providing Opportunities in Computing Education to some Highly Motivated Adults | Barry Brant, Kathiravelu Ganeshan | 472 | |
| Representing student learning-styles and personality-types with a modified Nightingale Rose . | Chris Burrell, Tom Connolly | 473 | |
| Capital Press – Order Entry, Job Tracking And Quotation . | Haydn Cain, Ben Wilson, Dipan Patel | 474 | |
| Information Transfer in Computer Language Learning . | Rob Campbell | 475 | |
| Choosing for life interactive resource . | Matthew Carter, Matthew Lyons | 476 | |
| What happens when HCI students escape from Flatland? . | Todd Cochrane | 477 | |
| The Tablet PC, how well does it fess up with Kay’s Dynabook? . | Todd Cochrane | 478 | |
| HCI Design Patterns in FrontPage: looking at the Common Ground pattern language . | Todd Cochrane, Sandra Smith | 479 | |
| Xellon – Photograph Management System | Donglei Du, Danxin Zhang, Shengli Yang | 480 | |
| Underwater hockey system . | Robert Feist, Karl Miller | 481 | |
| The Theremin and the Computer . | Kathiravelu Ganeshan | 482 | |
| Extreme Programming – A Success Story . | Kathiravelu Ganeshan, Vicknes Ganeshan | 483 | |
| FAMILTRACK . | Matthew Hamilton | 484 | |
| Knowledge Management – SCM and CRM in disguise? . | Cecile Hoods, Trevor Nesbit | 485 | |
| Future is Wireless . | Samad S. Kolahi | 486 | |
| Alternative CAD User Interface . | Brook Lawton, Angela Meikle | 487 | |
| Storing data as XML vs MS-ACCESS in ASP.NET . | Xiaosong Li | 488 | |
| Automatic Assessment Generator . | Xiaosong Li, Zhong Tang, Jun Li | 489 | |
| Still got that old PC? . | Tineke Manford | 490 | |
| Art of Computers – Computers of Art | Samuel Mann, John van Dyk, Peter Brook | 491 | |
| Complexity: A vital Aspect of Learning Programming . | John McPhee | 492 | |
| Modelling Low Voltage Power Transmission Networks . | Malcolm McQueen | 493 | |
| Copy-right or copy-wrong – software licensing . | Shaneel S. Narayan | 494 | |
| “Serve i.t. right” hospitality training cd-rom . | David Ponting, Luke Quarrie, Georgina Robertson | 495 | |
| The growth of IT at a Technikon in South Africa . | Christo Potgieter, Nina Evans | 496 | |
| Towards Innovative IT Service Management? . | Christo Potgieter, Petrie Coetzee | 497 | |
| IBL – Roles, Responsibilities, Relationships, and Results . | Shiu Ram | 498 | |
| NSP – Job Tracking System . | Firman Santoso, Shou Zhi Zou, Eakchai Jirawanitcharoen | 499 | |
| LAN-Designer Demonstration . | Nurul Sarkar, Jason Lian | 500 | |
| Natural History Tours – Tour Management System . | Oyvind Seljeseth, Martin Andersen, Solveig Kaaberg | 501 | |
| Data modelling approaches: divergence in practice | Andrew Sewell, Samuel Mann | 502 | |
| Introducing Students to microware using ANSI C . | Rene Smit | 503 | |
| Weaving the fabric of IT degrees . | Rene Smit, Samuel Mann | 504 | |
| Delta Software – Customer Services Support Site Extensions Project | Neil Smith, Marko Jovovic, Mirama Mahuika | 505 | |
| Information Systems Graduate Profiles: On-line and Alumni Implications . | Irene Toki, Sam Ralston, Danette Whitehouse | 506 | |
| Identifying tertiary educators’ preferred attributes to facilitate technical writing . | Irene Toki, Erzsebet Bekesi | 507 | |
| Is there enough support for International Students . | George Tongariro | 508 | |
| Linux Alternative . | Albert van Aardt, Mike Mossom | 509 | |
| Developing stream based teaching resources utilising increased Internet bandwidth . | Michael Verhaart | 510 | |
| Developing a Pathway for Information Technology Courses at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic . | Nick Wallingford, Pam Fleming | 511 | |
| Geographic Information Systems in NZ . | Linda Way | 513 | |