ICT Education: 49th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, SACLA 2020, Virtual Event, July 6–9, 2020, Revised ... in Computer and Information Science)

216 Pages·2021·16.694 MB·English

by  George Wells (editor), Monelo Nxozi (editor), Bobby Tait (editor)

George Wells
Monelo Nxozi
Bobby Tait (Eds.)
Communications in Computer and Information Science 1518
ICT Education
49th Annual Conference of the Southern African
Computer Lecturers’ Association, SACLA 2020
Virtual Event, July 6–9, 2020
Revised Selected Papers
Communications
in Computer and Information Science 1518
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PolytechnicInstituteofSetúbal,Setúbal,Portugal
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IndianStatisticalInstitute,Kolkata,India
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FederalUniversityofMinasGerais(UFMG),BeloHorizonte,Brazil
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TsinghuaUniversity,Beijing,China
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George Wells Monelo Nxozi Bobby Tait (Eds.)
ICT Education
49th Annual Conference of the Southern African
Computer Lecturers’ Association, SACLA 2020
Virtual Event, July 6–9, 2020
Revised Selected Papers
Editors
GeorgeWells MoneloNxozi
RhodesUniversity RhodesUniversity
Grahamstown,SouthAfrica Grahamstown,SouthAfrica
BobbyTait
UniversityofSouthAfrica
Johannesburg,SouthAfrica
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Preface
SACLA2020,the49thAnnualConferenceoftheSouthernAfricanComputerLecturers’
Association,providedaforumforthepresentationanddiscussionoforiginalresearch
andpracticalexperiencesintheteachingandlearningofComputerScience,Information
Systems,Informatics,andotherrelateddisciplines.Theconferencethemeselectedfor
2020 was TL;DR: Teaching the New Generation! Due to the restrictions and safety
concernsintroducedbytheCOVID-19pandemic,theconferencewasheldonline,asa
ZoomWebinar,duringJuly6–9,2020.
Submissionsincludedfullresearchpapers,shortpapers,anddiscussionpapers.In
addition,theconferencealsofeaturedtwokeynoteaddresses(byHelenPurchasefromthe
UniversityofGlasgowandCharlesYoungofRhodesUniversity)andtwopresentations
bysponsors(IITPSAandPearson).Thefocusoftheprimarytrackoftheconferencewas
onpracticalexperiencesincomputingeducationatthetertiary/post-schoollevel,partic-
ularlyclassroominnovations,noveltoolsforlearningand/orassessment,andresearch
investigatingaspectsofcomputingeducation.Inaddition,submissionswerealsoinvited
forasecondarytrackfocusingongeneralresearchinComputerScienceandInforma-
tion Systems, which was intended to assist early-career academics with a welcoming
platformtopresenttheirresearch.
Allpapers,forbothtracks,wentthroughthesamedouble-blindreviewingprocess,
and each paper received three reviews. The Program Committee comprised 33 inter-
national and national researchers (see Organization).We wish to record our thanks to
themembersoftheProgramCommitteewhowillinglygavetheirtimeandexpertiseto
provideveryhelpfulandinsightfulreviewsofthesubmissions.
Atotalof53papersweresubmitted.Afterreviewing,20paperswereacceptedfor
presentationattheconferenceasfullresearchpapers.Aftertheconference,andfollowing
a careful review of the full papers in the main track, the 13 best papers were selected
for publication in this Springer volume (giving an acceptance rate of 24.5%). Prior to
submissiontoSpringer,thesepaperswerereworkedbytheauthors,takingintoaccount
thereviewers’commentsandfeedbackfromdelegatesattheconference.Theremainder
of the full papers presented at the conference appear in a separate locally published
proceedingsoftheconference.
Thisyear,theawardforthebestpaperwasawardedtoKudzaiKatsidziraandLisa
Seymourfortheirpaperentitled“FactorsImpactingUsingtheInternetforLearning:The
DigitalDivideinSouthAfricanSecondarySchools”.Congratulationstotheauthorson
researchtobeproudof!
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Ourthanksgotoalltheauthorsandresearcherswhoentrusteduswiththeresultsof
theirresearchandwriting.Anyconferenceisonlyasgoodastheworkthatissubmitted
forpresentation,andwearedeeplygratefultoallwhocontributed,underthedifficult
circumstances of a global pandemic and national lockdown, to make SACLA 2020 a
greatsuccess.
November2020 GeorgeWells
MoneloNxozi
BobbyTait
Message from the Chairpersons
SACLA 2020 had originally been planned to take place during July 6–8, 2020, at the
MpekweniBeachResortinEasternCape.Wewerequitefarintoourpreparationswith
the venue, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck South Africa. By early April it was
becomingapparentthatholdinganin-personconferencemightnotbepossible,although
atthatstagenoneofushadanyideaofthedisastrouseffecttheviruswouldhaveonour
countryanditspeople.OnApril18,2020,beforeparticipantregistrationwasopened,
theorganizingcommitteemadethefinaldecisiontoholdavirtualconferenceinstead.
This was both a relief having actually made the decision, but also the start of a fairly
stressfulperiodinthesensethatwehadtorestarttheplanningforavirtualconference,
andfamiliariseourselvesrapidlywithtechnologytosupportthedecision.
Weweremostgratefultoourthreesponsors,theInstituteofInformationTechnology
Professionals,RhodesUniversity,andPearsonSouthAfrica,whocontinuedtosupport
ourvirtualendeavour.
Giventheworseningcircumstancesinourcountry,goingvirtualwasobviouslythe
rightdecision.Wesincerelyhopethatalltheparticipantsfeltthatitwasaworthwhile
alternative,althoughwerealizethatthesocializingandnetworkingaspectsofaface-to-
faceconferenceweresorelymissed.Weare,however,confidentthatthedissemination
ofsomeexcellentresearchwasachievedthroughtheonlinesessions.
Having to deal with organizing a virtual conference certainly had its challenges.
However,therewerealwayssolutionsonoffer,especiallyrelatedtotechnicallogistics,
which was crucial to the success of the conference. We wish to thank the following
committeemembersfortheiractiveinvolvementthroughout:
Programchairs: GeorgeWellsandMoneloNxozi
Technicallogistics: BillyMorgan
Sponsorship: StephenFlowerday
Webmaster: GregFoster
Proceedings: PhilipMachanickandKarlvanderSchyff
Treasurer: CaroWatkins
Secretary: MichelleCoupe
Keynotes: JamesConnanandDaneBrown
Springervolume: BobbyTait
Thanks are also due to the keynote speakers, all the participants who joined the
varioussessions,andofcoursethepresenterswithoutwhomtheconferencecouldnot
havehappened.Intermsofengagementattheconference,110participantsregistered,
with the maximum attendance at any one session being just over 40, and the average
viii MessagefromtheChairpersons
attendancebeinginthemid30s.Welookforwardtohopefullymeetinginpersononce
againatSACLA2021,whichwillbehostedbytheUniversityofJohannesburg.
November2020 KarenBradshaw
IngridSiebörger
Organization
ConferenceChairs
KarenBradshaw RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
IngridSiebörger RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
ProgramCommitteeChairs
GeorgeWells RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
MoneloNxozi RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
SpringerCCISPost-proceedingsCo-editor
BobbyTait UNISA,SouthAfrica
ProceedingsEditors
PhilipMachanick RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
KarlvanderSchyff RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
SACLA2020ProgramCommittee
ShirleyAtkinson UniversityofPlymouth,UK
ShaunBangay DeakinUniversity,Australia
SoniaBerman UniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfrica
AlanChalmers UniversityofWarwick,UK
CharmainCilliers NelsonMandelaUniversity,SouthAfrica
ThomasClemen HamburgUniversityofAppliedSciences,
Germany
SueConger UniversityofDallas,USA
StephenFlowerday RhodesUniversity,SouthAfrica
PatriciaGouws UNISA,SouthAfrica
JeanGreyling NelsonMandelaUniversity,SouthAfrica
BarryIrwin NoroffUniversityCollege,Norway
NegaLakew BowieStateUniversity,USA
JanetLiebenberg North-WestUniversity,SouthAfrica
HugoLotriet UNISA,SouthAfrica
AnthonyMaeder FlindersUniversity,Australia