Software Education
Focus Leader
- Dr Graham Farrell (gfarrell@swin.edu.au)
We are determined that Swinburne will be at the forefront of computing education, and that our educational programs should have synergy with our research and our engagement with industry.
It is the goal of this focus group to advance and mature both research into computing education in Australia and abroad and to significantly impact and improve our own teaching practices and outcomes. In particular, the focus group seeks establish Swinburne University of Technology as the prime competence centre for software engineering education research in Australia.
Current Focus Group Interest Themes
- Accreditation, academic standards, certification
- Assessment practices
- Curriculum studies
- Educational issues in Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Software Testing
- Group Work in Computing education - including work in group formation, group management and Interactive Assessment using Confidence Measurement
- Use of New Technologies in Education
- Pair-programming
- Peer assessment
- Portfolio-based Assessment
- Software Testing Education
- Work Integrated Learning
- Use of Computer Game Development in Teaching Programming
- Use of Web 2 Technologies in Higher Education
- Use of UAVs, Smart House, and other ubiquitous technologies in computing education
Primary Members
- Mr Andrew Cain
- Mr Anthony Bayley
- Dr Jim Hamlyn-Harris
- Ms Barbara Hurst
- Dr Karola von Baggo
Associate Members
- Professor John Grundy
- Professor Doug Grant
- Professor Chris Pilgrim
- Professor Yun Yang
- Dr Vivienne Farrell
