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ICT Education

46th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, SACLA 2017, Magaliesburg, South Africa, July 3-5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

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  • © 2017

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  1. Janet Liebenberg

    1. North-West-University , Potchefstroom, South Africa

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  2. Stefan Gruner

    1. University of Pretoria , Pretoria, South Africa

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS, volume 730)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. ICT Students of a New Generation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The iGeneration as Students: Exploring the Relative Access, Use of, and Perceptions of IT in Higher Education

      • Anwar Parker, Jean-Paul van Belle
      Pages 3-18

    3. A New Generation of Students: Digital Media in Academic Contexts

      • Daniel B. le Roux, Douglas A. Parry
      Pages 19-36

    4. Students’ Learning Approaches: Are They Changing?

      • Estelle Taylor, Kobus van Aswegen
      Pages 37-47

    5. The Effect of Using YouTube in the Classroom for Student Engagement of the Net Generation on an Information Systems Course

      • Sumarie Roodt, Nitesh Harry, Samwel Mwapwele
      Pages 48-63

  3. Technology and Gaming in Nowadays Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Mobile and Game Usage, Gender and Attitude Towards Computing Degrees

      • Eleftherios A. Nicolau, Lisa F. Seymour
      Pages 67-82

    3. Questioning the Value of Vodcasts in a Distance Learning Theoretical Computer Science Course

      • Colin Pilkington
      Pages 83-98

    4. Regex Parser II: Teaching Regular Expression Fundamentals via Educational Gaming

      • Ariel Rosenfeld, Abejide Ade-Ibijola, Sigrid Ewert
      Pages 99-112

    5. Keeping ICT in Education Community Engagement Relevant: Infinite Possibilities?

      • Leila Goosen, Ronell van der Merwe
      Pages 113-127

    6. Augmenting a Data Warehousing Curriculum with Emerging Big Data Technologies

      • Eduan Kotzé
      Pages 128-143

  4. Educational Cooperation with the ICT Industry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Information Systems as Creative Products: What Are Industry’s Expectations?

      • Anine Kruger, Machdel Matthee, Marita Turpin
      Pages 147-161

    3. A Critical Systems Perspective on Project-Based Learning: Guidelines for Using Industry Data for BI Student Projects

      • Roelien Goede
      Pages 162-174

    4. A Survey of Data Scientists in South Africa

      • Eduan Kotzé
      Pages 175-191

    5. Industry versus Post-graduate Studies: CS and IS Alumni Perceptions

      • André P. Calitz, Jean H. Greyling, Margaret Cullen
      Pages 192-205

  5. Computer Programming Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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    2. Problem Solving as a Predictor of Programming Performance

      • Glenda Barlow-Jones, Duan van der Westhuizen
      Pages 209-216

    3. Pre-entry Attributes Thought to Influence the Performance of Students in Computer Programming

      • Glenda Barlow-Jones, Duan van der Westhuizen
      Pages 217-226
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association on ICT Education, SACLA 2017, held in Magaliesburg, South Africa, in July 2017.

The 22 revised full papers presented together with an extended abstract of a keynote paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ICT students of a new generation; technology and gaming in nowadays education; educational cooperation with the ICT industry; computer programming education; ICT courses and curricula. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • North-West-University , Potchefstroom, South Africa

    Janet Liebenberg

  • University of Pretoria , Pretoria, South Africa

    Stefan Gruner

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