WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE 2014 |
08:00-09:00
Venue: Foyer outside Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 |
Registration |
09:00-09:45
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 |
Plenary Session: Opening Addresses |
09:00-09:15 |
Welcome Address
Prof Jean Greyling (Head, Computing Sciences Department, NMMU) |
09:15-09:45 |
Marketing and Education in the Cyber World
Keynote Address: Prof Steve Burgess (Director, Business School, NMMU) |
09:45-10:15
Venue: Pool Lounge |
Morning Refreshments |
10:15-12:25
Venue: Meeting Room 2
Session Chair: Mrs Janet Liebenberg (NWU) |
Parallel Session 2A: Programming Education and Engagement |
10:15-10:45 |
Incorporating Lessons Learned from the ‘Indie Paradigm’ into Student Game Development Projects
Craig Marais, Lynn Futcher and Johan van Niekerk |
10:45-11:15 |
Using Blended Learning to Increase Student Engagement in a Large Undergraduate Class
Jane Nash |
11:15-11:45 |
Teaching OOP Concepts to IS Students at the Tertiary Level
Pieter Joubert, Machdel Matthee and Aurona Gerber |
11:45-12:05 |
Teaching Without Technology
Philip Machanick (short paper) |
12:05-12:25 |
Exploring Challenges for Learning Programming Courses: WSU Ibika Campus
Nobert Jere, Jose Lukose and Yonela Dungayezi (short paper) |
10:15-12:25
Venue: Meeting Room 3
Session Chair: Prof Lisa Seymour (UCT) |
Parallel Session 2B: Supporting Technologies for Teaching Management |
10:15-10:45 |
Utilising N-grams and Edit Distance as a Means of Identifying Copied Programming Assignments
Bertram Haskins |
10:45-11:15 |
Decoding Code Plagiarism
Vreda Pieterse |
11:15-11:45 |
Using Mobile Barcode Scanning Technology to Control Examination Venue Entry
Ross Haupt and Charmain Cilliers |
11:45-12:05 |
Students’ Response to the Use of QR Codes to Encourage Participation in an Introductory Programming Module
Greg Foster (short paper) |
12:05-12:25 |
E-Learning Acceptance by Secondary Schools Educators in South Africa
Tlou Johnson Kabe and Billy Mathias Kalema (short paper) |
12:25-13:30
Venue: Satis Restaurant |
Lunch |
13:30-15:00
Venue: Meeting Room 2
Session Chair: Prof Greg Foster (Rhodes) |
Parallel Session 3A: Information Systems Education |
13:30-14:00 |
Renewal of a Typical Database Systems Module with NoSQL Data Stores
Romeo Botes and Imelda Smit |
14:00-14:30 |
Students’ Perceptions of ERP e-Learning Material in a Blended Learning Environment
Brenda Scholtz, Andre Calitz and Alyssa Whale |
14:30-15:00 |
Challenges to Business Process Teaching by South African Information Systems Lecturers
Brett Flugel, Lisa Seymour and Francois van der Merwe |
13:30-15:00
Venue: Meeting Room 3
Session Chair: Prof Isaac Osunmakinde (UNISA) |
Parallel Session 3B: Learning Management Systems |
13:30-14:00 |
Can IT Students’ Use of Education Technology Predict Their Performance?
Suné van der Linde and Etienne Barnard |
14:00-14:30 |
Comparison of Institutional Recommended E-learning Platforms for Coordination and Supervision of Student Projects at Higher Educational Level
Lynn Futcher and Mariana Gerber |
14:30-15:00 |
Computer Lecturers Using Their Institutional LMS for ICT Education in the Cyber World
Leila Goosen and Lizelle Naidoo |
15:00-15:30
Venue: Pool Lounge |
Afternoon Refreshments |
15:30-16:30
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 |
Plenary Session: Industry Presentations |
15:30-16:00 |
Mobile First, Cloud First World – How Can Academia Enable the Next Wave of Innovation?
Nyaladzi Mpofu (Microsoft) |
16:00-16:30 |
Enterprise Content Management and Content Archiving
Francois Marais (Oracle) |
16:30-18:00
Venue: Meeting Rooms 2 and 3 |
Plenary Session: SACLA Annual General Meeting |
19:00-22:00
Venue: Turnaround Room |
Gala Dinner and Best Paper Award
Guest Speaker: Mr Guy Thomson |