Conference at a glance

Sunday 9^th September
9:00-10:30	Venue: AUT University Building WT, Wakefield Street, Auckland Workshop (Room WT201) The BABELnot Project Raymond Lister Doctoral Consortium (Room WT202) Judy Sheard
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	The BABELnot Project continues Doctoral Consortium continues
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:00	The BABELnot Project continues Doctoral Consortium continues
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-17:00	The BABELnot Project continues Doctoral Consortium continues
18:00-20:30	Dinner Mai Thai restaurant Cnr Albert and Victoria St
Monday 10^th September
9:00-12:00	Venue: WF Building, cnr Wakefield St and Mayoral Drive (Room WF503) Registration
9:00-9:30	Opening Address Chair: Alison Clear, CPIT
9:30-10:30	Keynote Address Threshold Concepts, Pedagogy and Student Learning: Challenges and Opportunities Professor Jan Meyer University of Queensland Chair: Alison Clear, CPIT
10:30-10:50	Coffee break
	Discussion Paper Session 1
10:50	Web-scale Data Gathering with BlueJ Ian Utting, Neil Brown, Michael Kölling, Davin McCall and Philip Stevens
11:10	Evaluating an Early Software Engineering Course with Projects and Tools from Open Source Software Robert McCartney, Swapna Gokhale and Therese Smith
11:30	A Case Study of Environmental Factors Influencing Teaching Assistant Job Satisfaction Elizabeth Patitsas
11:50	Education and Research: Evidence of a Dual Life Joe Miro Julia, David López and Ricardo Alberich
	Chair: Beth Simon, UCSD
12:10	Doctoral Consortium Elevator Speeches Enhancement of learning programming experience by novices using mobile learning Wafaa Al-Saggaf Understanding and persuading adherence to test-driven development Kevin Buffardi Novice programmers’ problem solving Juha Helminen Learning to program: the development of knowledge in novice programmers Nadia Kasto Novice programmer interaction using mobile learning Mercy Maleko Use of prevailing personal social communication technologies to enhance student engagement in large lectures Trevor Nesbit Investigation and improvement of CS1 learning outcomes Claudia Ott Assessing and enhancing computational literacy in basic web development Thomas Park Chair: Judy Sheard, Monash University
12:30-13:30	Lunch DC posters
	Research Paper Session 1
13:30	Threshold Concepts and Threshold Skills in Computing Kate Sanders, Jonas Boustedt, Anna Eckerdal, Robert McCartney, Jan Erik Moström Lynda Thomas and Carol Zander
14:00	On the reliability of Classifying Programming Tasks Using a Neo-Piagetian Theory of Cognitive Development Richard Gluga, Raymond Lister, Judy Kay, Sabina Kleitman and Donna Teague
14:30	Social Sensitivity Correlations with the Effectiveness of team Process Performance: An Empirical Study Luisa Bender, Gursimra Walia, Krishna Kambhampaty, Travis Nygard and Kendall Nygard
	Chair: Simon, University of Newcastle
15:00-15:30	Coffee Break DC Posters
	Research Paper Session 2
15:30	Adapting Disciplinary Commons Model: Lessons and Results from Georgia Brianna Morrison and Mark Guzdial
16:00	Identifying at Risk students in Computer Science without Additional Marking Load Nicholas Falkner and Katrina Falkner
	Chair: Mike Lopez, CPIT
	Lightning Talks
16:33	Student Use of a CS eBook and Its Relationship to Performance Christine Alvarado
16:36	Transforming Laboratories: Can Active Classrooms Replace Closed Laboratories? Kevin Buffardi
16:39	How Students Learn: Ripples in the Classroom Amitrajit Sarkar and Alison Clear
16:42	Learning to Explore Sarah Esper
16:45	It’s Never Too Early: Pair Programming in CS1 Dale Parsons, Krissi Wood, and Joy Gasson
16:48	Computational Literacy through Basic Web Development Thomas H. Park
16:51	Classroom Uses of Version Control Tools Dale Parsons, Krissi Wood, and Joy Gasson
16:54	Identifying Misconceptions of Novice Programmers Amitrajit Sarkar
16:57	Bored Students in Large Lectures Texting their Mates: Get Them to Text You Trevor Nesbit
	Chair: Brian Dorn, Hartford College
18:30-late	Buses to dinner Conference Banquet Tamaki Yacht Club 30 Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay
Tuesday 11^th September
	Research Paper Session 3
9:00	The Abstraction Transition Taxonomy: Developing Desired Learning Outcomes through the Lens of Situated Cognition Quintin Cutts, Sarah Esper, Marlena Fecho, Stephen Foster and Beth Simon
9:30	Subgoal-Labeled Instructional Material Improves Performance and Transfer in Learning to Develop Mobile Applications Lauren Margulieux, Mark Guzdial and Richard Catrambone
10:00	Using collaboration to overcome disparities in Java experience Colleen Lewis, Nathaniel Titterton and Michael Clancy
	Chair: Amit Sarkar, CPIT
10:30-10:50	Coffee break
	Discussion Paper session 2
10:50	Improving Student Learning Outcomes with Pair Programming Alex Radermacher, Gursimran Walia and Richard Rummelt
11:10	Using peer review to teach software testing Joanna Smith, Calvin Lin, Joe Tessler and Elliot Kramer
11:30	Is Iteration Really Easier to Learn than Recursion for CS1 Students? Claudio Mirolo
11:50	Exploratory Homeworks: An Active Learning Tool for Textbook Reading Sarah Esper, Beth Simon and Quintin Cutts
	Chair: Kate Sanders, Rhode Island College
12:10	Doctoral Consortium Elevator Speeches Automated generation of student activities from semi-structured lecture notes Thushari Atapattu A behavioral marker system for software engineers Lisa Bender Supporting the virtual design studio through social programming environments Adam Carter Using exploration to guide novice learning Sarah Esper Communities of practice and hybrid spaces in computer science Daniel Knox Characterizing effective CS instructional videos Briana Morrison TBC Elizabeth Patitsas Neo-Piagetian theory and the novice programmer Donna Teague Chair: Alison Tew, UBC
12:30-13:30	Lunch DC posters
	Research Paper Session 4
13:30	Ability to ‘Explain in Plain English’ Linked to Proficiency in Computer-based Programming Laurie Murphy, Sue Fitzgerald, Raymond Lister and Renee McCauley
14:00	How Do Students Solve Parsons Programming Problems? — An Analysis of Interaction Traces Juha Helminen, Petri Ihantola, Ville Karavirta and Lauri Malmi
14:30	Tracking Program State: A Key Challenge in Learning to Program Colleen Lewis
	Chair: Tony Clear, AUT University
15:00-15:30	Coffee Break DC Posters
	Research Paper Session 5
15:30	Toward a Validated Computing Attitudes Survey Allison Elliott Tew, Brian Dorn and Oliver Schneider
16:00	A Statewide Survey on Computing Education Pathways and Influences: Factors in Broadening Participation in Computing Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson, Tom McKlin and Shelly Engelman
	Session Chair: Jacqueline Whalley, AUT University
16:30-17:00	Concluding Remarks Presentation of ICER 2013
16:30-finish	Informal Gathering Viaduct Harbour

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner is to be held on Monday 10th September at the Tamaki Yacht Club on the Auckland waterfront, 30 Tamaki Drive Mission Bay 1071. Transport will be available from the Scenic Hotel or alternatively it is a pleasant walk (if it’s not raining!) from the bottom of Queen Street by the waterfront, we tested it out and it took us 25 mins. http://www.romfords.co.nz/

Social Evening

On Tuesday 11th September after the conference has finished for those who wish we will gather at the Viaduct Harbour for a post conference chat and socialising, this will be at your own expense.

On Sunday 9th September after the workshop and Doctoral Consortium for those who wish we will gather at Grasshopper Thai Restaurant, this will be at your own expense.

Post Conference tours

Wednesday 12th September

Rangitoto Island adventure

No need to register for this online, we will take names at the conference, ferry payment on the day, $27.00. This is an easy 1.5 hour hike up each way on one of the most beautiful islands in the Hauraki Gulf with magnificent views of Auckland City, Waitemata Harbour and the magnificent Hauraki Gulf. There are no shops on Rangitoto, water and food can be purchased before leaving on the ferry. We plan to leave on the 10.30am and return on the 3.30pm ferry. More information about Rangitoto here http://www.rangitoto.org/

Waiheke Wine tour.

Waiheke is the largest of the islands in the Hauraki Gulf and a large wine growing area. This tour includes the Auckland City sights tour. Book direct http://www.greatsights.co.nz/auckland/citysights-plus-waiheke-wine-tour/

Half day tour of Auckland City sights

Book direct http://www.greatsights.co.nz/auckland/auckland-city-sights/

Thursday 13th September

Full day tour of the beautiful Waitomo Caves and Rotorua

Book direct with http://www.greatsights.co.nz/waitomo/waitomo-rotorua-experience/

Half day tour of Auckland city