2008 Proceedings
The 21st Annual
Conference 2008
Cover image:
The cover image on the printed proceedings is from Sunshine Connelly and Leigh Blackall. Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications.
NACCQ
The National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ) was formed in 1988, and provides help and support to member institutions in the development, teaching and quality assurance of courses and programmes, from certificate through degree to postgraduate levels, in the field of Computing and Information Technology.
The NACCQ also supports academic staff in several different ways, such as national workshops, research seminars, APL, moderation, the publishing of a journal, a research bulletin and also by organising this annual conference. NACCQ activities< and a digital version of these proceedings are available from http://www.naccq.ac.nz.
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. National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications PO Box 11 050 Hillcrest, Hamiliton, New Zealand Telephone 07-856 1916 Facsimile 07-856 1912 Email: viviennew@naccq.ac.nz
The conference and these proceedings are an output of the NACCQ Research and Support Working Group. NACCQ asserts copyright for these proceedings as a collection, individual works remain copyright of the authors and their institutions.
Reviewers
| Frina Alertyn | Eastern Institute of Technology |
| David Bremer | Otago Polytechnic |
| Dr Noel Bridgeman | Unitec New Zealand |
| Tony Clear | Auckland University of Technology |
| Steve Corich | Eastern Institute of Technology |
| Dr Brian Cusack | Auckland University of Technology |
| Bob Gibbons | Manukau Institue of Technology |
| Dr Donald Koh | Unitec New Zealand |
| Dr Xiaosong Li | Unitec New Zealand |
| Mike Lopez | Manukau Institue of Technology |
| Dobrilla Lopez | Manukau Institue of Technology |
| Chris McCarthy | Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology |
| Diane McCarthy | Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology |
| Dr Samuel Mann | Otago Polytechnic |
| Dr Logan Muller | Unitec New Zealand |
| John Paynter | Auckland University |
| Krassie Petrova | Auckland University of Technology |
| Karen Phillips | Bay of Plenty Polytechnic |
| Garry Roberton | Waikato Institute of Technology |
| Lesley Smith | Otago Polytechnic |
| Malcolm Weick | Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology |
| Nick Wempe | Whitireia Community Polytechnic |
| Alison Young | Unitec New Zealand |
Editors
| Dr Samuel Mann Otago Polytechnic Dunedin, NZ smann@tekotago.ac.nz | Mike Lopez Manukau Institute of Technology Manukau, NZ mike.lopez@manukau.ac.nz |
Theme
The conference contains papers in the following areas:
- Computing education.
- Computing practice.
- Computing research
Keynotes
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Pathways and Journeys Interviews with Computing Educators Spanning Continents, Generations and Gender. | Barbara Boucher Owens | 11 |  |
| Defining the ICT Profession: A Partnership of Stakeholders | Brian R. von Konsky. | 15 | |
Quality assurance
Full papers are double blind 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. 42% of submitted papers were accepted for publication.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Reliably Classifying Novice Programmer Exam Responses using the SOLO Taxonomy. | Tony Clear, Jacqueline L. Whalley, Raymond Lister, Angela Carbone, Minjie Hü, Judy Sheard, Beth Simon, Errol Thompson. | 23 | |
| Techlabs Virtually Four Years On. | Eduardo Corriera, Ricky Watson. | 31 | |
| Sound Globules: An Algorithmic Composition Environment. | Andrew Eales, Alex Metcalfe. | 37 | |
| An Educational Challenge: Ethnicity, Gender and Learning Styles. | Kay Fielden, Neil Comins. | 45 | |
| Core Content for a Collaborative NZ ITP Computing/IT Degree. | Linda Fraser. | 51 | |
| Mentoring students to improve academic performance. | Kim Hagen-Hall, Michael Verhaart. | 59 | |
| An Analysis of Research Undertaken by Master of Computing Students. | Donald Joyce, Jacqui Finlay,Jacqueline Whalley, Anne Philpott. | 67 | |
| Whenua and Whanau – Visualising People Land Relationships. | Terri Lomax, Jacqui Finlay, Jacqueline Whalley, Anne Philpott. | 71 | |
| Flexible Learning in CS2: A Case Study. | Christof Lutteroth, Andrew Luxton-Reilly. | 77 | |
| To what extent are Maori studying ICT: The Policy Implementation Gap. | Chris McCarthy. | 85 | |
| Location-based Services: A Roadmap for New Zealand. | Krassie Petrova, Bin Wang. | 93 | |
| Eight years of computing education papers at NACCQ. | Simon, Judy Sheard, Angela Carbone, Michael de Raadt, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond Lister, Errol Thompson. | 101 | |
| Sustainable Warehouse Management Modelling. | Kah Shien Tan, M. Daud Ahmed, David Sundaram. | 109 | |
Invited papers:
Tertiary institutions were invited to submit a paper that showcases innovations in teaching or research. These papers are editorially reviewed.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| “The Dragon’s Den” – Investment Logic Models for Student IT Projects. | Michael Andrews. | 117 | |
| A Certificate in Computing and Communications Technology at Level 4 (CCCT4). | Narissa Bayler, Linda Fraser. | 121 | |
| Computer Science without computers: new outreach methods from old tricks. | Tim Bell, Jason Alexander, Isaac Freeman, Mick Grimley. | 127 | |
| Developing and Introducing Courses on Testing and Quality Assurance. | Donald Joyce, Alison Young. | 135 | |
| Facilitating Learning by Using Case Studies. | Alister Macgregor, Trevor Nesbit. | 139 | |
| Rationalising Student Numbers in Degree and Diploma Courses: The CPIT Experience. | Chris McCarthy, Trevor Nesbit. | 145 | |
| Sustainable Practitioners. | Samuel Mann. | 155 | |
| Beyond Content: Engaging Students in Foundation Information Technology Courses. | Rosemary Stockdale, Judy Le Heron, Dave Parsons, Tony Norris. | 169 | |
Supplementary proceedings:
These papers were selected from blind abstracts by Editorial panel on recommendation of the Review panel. On submission of completed paper, they were editorially reviewed and may be rejected or returned for modifications at that point.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Decision Making and e-Process Selection. | Frina Albertyn. | 175 | |
| Teaching Computer Design – Graphical Industry Collaboration. | Frina Albertyn, Paul Hursthouse, Kaylea Rawcliffe, Ian Stuart. | 185 | |
| International Students and Cooperative Industry Projects in ICT Education: A Study ofImpact Factors. | Mehdi Asgarkhani, Jun Wan. | 189 | |
| Capstone Projects – An NACCQ Retrospective. | Dr Noel C Bridgeman. | 195 | |
| Developing strategies to deal with the multiple generational groupings within the tertiary classroom. | Stephen Corich. | 201 | |
| Instructional Technology Research in New Zealand: a 5-year Review. | Kay Fielden. | 209 | |
| Paper based computing. | Mike Goodwin, Samuel Mann. | 213 | |
| Where are Mifrenz? | Tim Hunt. | 219 | |
| The Revision of a Database Course: The Process and the Result. | Dave Kennedy, Trevor Nesbit. | 255 | |
| Decision making process in migration from Microsoft to Linux. | P. K. Ajith Kumar. | 235 | |
| A workflow approach for a token web application specification. | Xiaosong Li. | 245 | |
| Software Upgrading and the Related Issues. | Xiaosong Li. | 251 | |
| Have You Heard The One? Gender, E-mail, and Jokes. | Karen Love. | 259 | |
| “What Do We Do Now?” Teaching Sustainability in IT. | Karen Love, Darrell Love. | 265 | |
| ACEing the Delivery of Technical Content Online. | Mark Lyons, Trevor Nesbit. | 273 | |
| Literature Review on Online Assessment Authentication. | Chris McCarthy. | 277 | |
| The impact of the SaaS model of software delivery. | Chris Manford. | 283 | |
| Metaphors of Sustainability in Software Engineering. | Samuel Mann, Lesley Smith. | 287 | |
| A brief look at the Argentinean tertiary education. | Pablo Matamoros. | 297 | |
| Intervention tools for low end programmers. | Dale Parsons. | 303 | |
| E-Commerce Adoption and Implementation in SMEs: An Analysis of Factors. | Amitrajit Sarkar. | 309 | |
| Tertiary Institutes in New Zealand: Identifying Gaps in Technology. | Hira Sathu, Ranjana Shukla. | 321 | |
| Data normalisation. | Shiu Ram. | 327 | |
| Online Support for Postgraduate Thesis Advisement: The Research Roadmap Project. | Brian Whitworth, Tong Liu. | 331 | |
| Attracting Students to Computing: The Collaborative Development of an Innovative Marketing Tool. | Alison Young. | 341 | |
Poster papers
A 915 × 600mm poster is displayed at the conference along with one page in the proceedings.Research primarily carried out by students is identified with an NACCQ Capstone Research logo.
| Paper | Speakers | Page No. | |
| Workflow designer software for a local city council. | Aaron Buckthough, Jimmi Rosa. | 347 | |
| SUMATO: An XML-based Survey Management Application. | Bevan Yot Chan, Alister Galpin, Jarrod Irwin, Dave Kennedy. | 348 | |
| Advance Automotive VoIP Project. | Areef Dean, Craig Burnett. | 349 | |
| Teaching with Tablets: Enabling Interactive Learning. | Dave Kennedy, Daphne Robson. | 350 | |
| Java Parallel Programming Framework: JPPF. | Murray Foote, John Hetherington. | 351 | |
| Walking Dunedin streets in 150 year old shoes. | Mark Johnstone, Anson Li, Sanjay Siridar, Samuel Mann, Hamish Smith. | 352 | |
| Provenco Software Development Project. | Colin McIntyre, Sandra Cleland. | 353 | |
| Minutes Publishing Software for a Local District Council. | James Mason, Jimmi Rosa. | 354 | |
| Web Development and Design Project. | Aaron Meeking, Richard Dargie. | 355 | |
| Mytec– Wintec Student Information Portal. | Garry Roberton, Susan Bennett. | 356 | |
| Changing Delivery and Assessment Mechanisms – To What effect? | Ray Scott. | 357 | |
| Learning environments: Will mobile technologies enhance tertiary students’ learning? | Sarah Snell, Catherine Snell-Siddle. | 358 | |
| Nightingale Application Prototype. | Andrew Smart, Sandra Cleland. | 359 | |
| First on the rank. | Hamish Smith, Shane van Dyk, Samuel Mann. | 360 | |
| Playing games? | Lesley Smith, Darrell Love, Samuel Mann. | 361 | |
| Worth getting hyped up over Hyper-V? | Stefan Stasiewicz. | 362 | |
| EduVaka. | Sonny Teio, Samuel Mann, Hamish Smith, Patricia Haden. | 363 | |
| Norlings Wireless Stock Control Solution. | Cass Toyne, Simon Burt. | 364 | |
| Development of a VOIP Based Help Desk Application. | Philip Watson, Trevor Nesbit, Rob Oliver, John McPhee | 365 | |
| Simpa:update on progress. | Victoria Weatherall, Khyla Russell,Samuel Mann. | 366 | |