ICT Education

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

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. 

• collaborative computing
• computer science education
• computing education
• curriculum
• e-learning
• education
• education computing
• higher education
• information systems
• information technology
• learning
• learning experience
• social computing
• software engineering
• student assessment
• students
• teaching
• university
• user studies

• North-West-University , Potchefstroom, South Africa

  Janet Liebenberg

• University of Pretoria , Pretoria, South Africa

  Stefan Gruner

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