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Papers by Jason Ceddia
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2013), Adelaide, Australia, Feb 1, 2013
Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the op... more Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the option to comment on the best aspects of a course and those aspects that they believe need improving. Such comments have been collated from students in introductory programming courses at four Australian universities. In this paper we present the results of a thematic analysis to see whether there are common themes to the areas students consider most in need of improvement. We have undertaken this study to gain an understanding of the student concerns in introductory programming courses, in the expectation that a framework could be developed to assist academics with reviewing their courses in subsequent offerings. We have found that at all institutions the main focuses of student comments are the course as a whole and the assessment, although at different universities the comments focus on different aspects of these items.
The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educationa... more The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educational developers. A possible solution to part of the problem lies in the use of software agents to extract data from the e-learning software and to organise that data in intelligent ways. A project group (PEDANT) is working on the design and development of pedagogical agents to monitor and evaluate a range of computer-based learning tools including Web-based ones operating as an e-learning environment. This paper reports on the conceptual structure that has evolved to define the development process for the pedagogical agents. This includes the intention of making the final products generalisable across a variety of e-learning platforms and environments.
Constructing the Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy, 2004
Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education - ITiCSE '11, 2011
Unit evaluations across many Australian universities indicate that close to 10% of units in Infor... more Unit evaluations across many Australian universities indicate that close to 10% of units in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Engineering disciplines are flagged as needing critical attention, and as such these faculties often struggle to meet university and national targets on educational performance. Further, ICT and Engineering repeatedly have the highest student dropout rates. This paper reports on the efficacy of activities undertaken to improve teaching quality and student satisfaction. Specifically, this paper outlines a Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS) as a process that was embedded in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University to build peer assistance capacity in the faculty to improve student satisfaction of units in need of critical attention.
The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educationa... more The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educational developers. A possible solution to part of the problem lies in the use of software agents to extract data from the e-learning software and to organise that data in intelligent ways. A project group (PEDANT) is working on the design and development of pedagogical agents to monitor and evaluate a range of computer-based learning tools including Web-based ones operating as an e-learning environment. This paper reports on the conceptual structure that has evolved to define the development process for the pedagogical agents. This includes the intention of making the final products generalisable across a variety of e-learning platforms and environments.
Education and Information Technologies, 2003
Web-based learning environments are now used extensively as integral components of course deliver... more Web-based learning environments are now used extensively as integral components of course delivery in tertiary education. To provide an effective learning environment, it is important that educators understand how these environments are used by their students. In conventional teaching environments educators are able to obtain feedback on student learning experiences in face-to-face interactions with their students, enabling continual evaluation of
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
ABSTRACT With the widespread adoption of the Web in tertiary education, students often work in el... more ABSTRACT With the widespread adoption of the Web in tertiary education, students often work in electronic environments away from the direct observation of their educators. It is therefore of critical importance to develop techniques that will inform educators about how their ...
Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the op... more Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the option to comment on the best aspects of a course and those aspects that they believe need improving. Such comments have been collated from students in introductory programming courses at four Australian universities. In this paper we present the results of a thematic analysis to see whether there are common themes to the areas students consider most in need of improvement. We have undertaken this study to gain an understanding of the student concerns in introductory programming courses, in the expectation that a framework could be developed to assist academics with reviewing their courses in subsequent offerings. We have found that at all institutions the main focuses of student comments are the course as a whole and the assessment, although at different universities the comments focus on different aspects of these items.
Editor-in-Chief: Eli B. Cohen, Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management (Poland) ... C... more Editor-in-Chief: Eli B. Cohen, Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management (Poland) ... Christine Bruce, Queensland University of Technology (Australia) Chris Cope, La Trobe University (Australia) Mike Hart, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Lynn M Hunt, Massey University (New Zealand) Kinshuk, Massey University (New Zealand) ... Linda Knight, DePaul University (USA) Glenn Lowry, United Arab Emirates University (UAE) Karen Nantz, Eastern Illinois University (USA) Ramesh C. Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open University ...
A concern for Information and Communication Technology and Engineering disciplines in many Austra... more A concern for Information and Communication Technology and Engineering disciplines in many Australian universities is the need to improve a high percentage of courses that students perceive as needing critical attention. Typically, courses in the Physical Sciences disciplines score low on student evaluations and repeatedly have the highest student dropout rates. This paper reports the results of a study investigating five years of changes in course evaluation results in one of Australia's Go8 universities that applied the Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS). PATS was initially trialed in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University to improve teaching quality and student satisfaction through building peer assistance capacity. The focus of this study will be on student satisfaction, rather than education quality. PATS has evolved over this period through action research and has been supported by the Australian Government's Office for Learning and Teaching. Multiple changes have been made to the PATS process since its inception, and the quantitative improvements to courses taking part in PATS are reported. The paper concludes by showing that the course areas addressed by the PATS participants are indeed the areas of most concern to students.
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2013), Adelaide, Australia, Feb 1, 2013
Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the op... more Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the option to comment on the best aspects of a course and those aspects that they believe need improving. Such comments have been collated from students in introductory programming courses at four Australian universities. In this paper we present the results of a thematic analysis to see whether there are common themes to the areas students consider most in need of improvement. We have undertaken this study to gain an understanding of the student concerns in introductory programming courses, in the expectation that a framework could be developed to assist academics with reviewing their courses in subsequent offerings. We have found that at all institutions the main focuses of student comments are the course as a whole and the assessment, although at different universities the comments focus on different aspects of these items.
The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educationa... more The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educational developers. A possible solution to part of the problem lies in the use of software agents to extract data from the e-learning software and to organise that data in intelligent ways. A project group (PEDANT) is working on the design and development of pedagogical agents to monitor and evaluate a range of computer-based learning tools including Web-based ones operating as an e-learning environment. This paper reports on the conceptual structure that has evolved to define the development process for the pedagogical agents. This includes the intention of making the final products generalisable across a variety of e-learning platforms and environments.
Constructing the Infrastructure for the Knowledge Economy, 2004
Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education - ITiCSE '11, 2011
Unit evaluations across many Australian universities indicate that close to 10% of units in Infor... more Unit evaluations across many Australian universities indicate that close to 10% of units in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Engineering disciplines are flagged as needing critical attention, and as such these faculties often struggle to meet university and national targets on educational performance. Further, ICT and Engineering repeatedly have the highest student dropout rates. This paper reports on the efficacy of activities undertaken to improve teaching quality and student satisfaction. Specifically, this paper outlines a Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS) as a process that was embedded in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University to build peer assistance capacity in the faculty to improve student satisfaction of units in need of critical attention.
The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educationa... more The complexity of evaluating e-learning has become an issue that is being addressed by educational developers. A possible solution to part of the problem lies in the use of software agents to extract data from the e-learning software and to organise that data in intelligent ways. A project group (PEDANT) is working on the design and development of pedagogical agents to monitor and evaluate a range of computer-based learning tools including Web-based ones operating as an e-learning environment. This paper reports on the conceptual structure that has evolved to define the development process for the pedagogical agents. This includes the intention of making the final products generalisable across a variety of e-learning platforms and environments.
Education and Information Technologies, 2003
Web-based learning environments are now used extensively as integral components of course deliver... more Web-based learning environments are now used extensively as integral components of course delivery in tertiary education. To provide an effective learning environment, it is important that educators understand how these environments are used by their students. In conventional teaching environments educators are able to obtain feedback on student learning experiences in face-to-face interactions with their students, enabling continual evaluation of
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
ABSTRACT With the widespread adoption of the Web in tertiary education, students often work in el... more ABSTRACT With the widespread adoption of the Web in tertiary education, students often work in electronic environments away from the direct observation of their educators. It is therefore of critical importance to develop techniques that will inform educators about how their ...
Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the op... more Student evaluations of courses across many Australian universities typically give students the option to comment on the best aspects of a course and those aspects that they believe need improving. Such comments have been collated from students in introductory programming courses at four Australian universities. In this paper we present the results of a thematic analysis to see whether there are common themes to the areas students consider most in need of improvement. We have undertaken this study to gain an understanding of the student concerns in introductory programming courses, in the expectation that a framework could be developed to assist academics with reviewing their courses in subsequent offerings. We have found that at all institutions the main focuses of student comments are the course as a whole and the assessment, although at different universities the comments focus on different aspects of these items.
Editor-in-Chief: Eli B. Cohen, Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management (Poland) ... C... more Editor-in-Chief: Eli B. Cohen, Kozminski School of Entrepreneurship and Management (Poland) ... Christine Bruce, Queensland University of Technology (Australia) Chris Cope, La Trobe University (Australia) Mike Hart, University of Cape Town (South Africa) Lynn M Hunt, Massey University (New Zealand) Kinshuk, Massey University (New Zealand) ... Linda Knight, DePaul University (USA) Glenn Lowry, United Arab Emirates University (UAE) Karen Nantz, Eastern Illinois University (USA) Ramesh C. Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open University ...
A concern for Information and Communication Technology and Engineering disciplines in many Austra... more A concern for Information and Communication Technology and Engineering disciplines in many Australian universities is the need to improve a high percentage of courses that students perceive as needing critical attention. Typically, courses in the Physical Sciences disciplines score low on student evaluations and repeatedly have the highest student dropout rates. This paper reports the results of a study investigating five years of changes in course evaluation results in one of Australia's Go8 universities that applied the Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS). PATS was initially trialed in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) at Monash University to improve teaching quality and student satisfaction through building peer assistance capacity. The focus of this study will be on student satisfaction, rather than education quality. PATS has evolved over this period through action research and has been supported by the Australian Government's Office for Learning and Teaching. Multiple changes have been made to the PATS process since its inception, and the quantitative improvements to courses taking part in PATS are reported. The paper concludes by showing that the course areas addressed by the PATS participants are indeed the areas of most concern to students.