Dale Parsons
Principal Lecturer
Phone: 0800 762 786
Research Expertise:
Group Assessment. Teaching of Programming. Computer based training.
Research Publications
Journal Article
Smit, R. Parsons, D. & Brook, P. (2005). Increasing retention through artefact enhanced learning. The National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ) Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 3. December.
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Conference Contribution - Full conference paper
Parsons, D. & Haden, P. (2007). Programming osmosis: knowledge transfer from imperative to visual programming enviroments. In Mann, S., & Bridgeman, N. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualification, ISSN 1176-8053. 8-11 July. 209-215.
Parsons, D., & Haden, P. (2006). Parson’s Programming Puzzles: A Fun and Effective Learning Tool for First Programming Courses. In Tolhurst, D & Mann, S. Proceedings of the Australasian Computing Education Conference 2006, Hobart, Australia. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT), Vol. 52,
Parsons, D. (2004). Justice in the Classroom: Peer Assessment of Contributions in Group Projects. The National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications (NACCQ), Proceedings of the 17th NACCQ, Christchurch. 6-9 July. 145-152.
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Conference Contribution - Oral presentation
Parsons, D. (2004). Focused Discussion Group on The Teaching of Programming. The 17th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications NACCQ, Christchurch, 6 - 9 July.
Conference Contribution - Other
Clear, T., Oliver, R., Parsons, D. and Steele, A. (2010). First Year Programming. NACCQ Conference, Dunedin, 5 - 9 July.
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Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings
Parsons, D. (2008). Intervention tools for low end programmers. Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, ISSN 1176-8053. 4-7 July.
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Parsons, D. and Kassabova, D. (2002). Group Work and Fair Assessment: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the NACCQ, Hamilton, ISBN 0-473-08747-2. 2 - 5 July. 341-347.
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Conference Contribution - Poster presentation
Parsons, D. (2010). Numeracy tools. NACCQ Conference, Dunedin, 5 - 9 July.
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Parsons, D. (2005). Using Drag and Drop Puzzles to Teach Introductory Programming. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Tauranga, 10 - 13 July. 366.
Parsons, D. (2002). Where to Now? Searching for the ideal group assessment method. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Hamilton, 2 - 5 July. 489.
Smith, L & Parsons D. (2002). Automating Student Evaluation. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications Hamilton, 2- 5 July. 497.
Parsons, D. (2001). Assessing an Individual's Contribution to Group Work. 14th Annual Conference of the National Advisory Committee on Computing Qualifications, Napier, July. 452.
Oral Presentation (Other than Conference Contribution)
Parsons, D. (2005). Assessing Groupwork Learning and Teaching Programme Learning and Teaching Programme. Otago Polytechnic staff development course,
Parsons, D. (2005). Camtasia: The use of Camtasia for creating movies, demos, presentations. Staff Seminar Tinkering with Technology Series. Otago Polytechnic,
Parsons, D. (2005). MS Producer: Using MS Producer to add audio and video to Power Point presentations Tinkering with Technology Series. Otago Polytechnic presentation to staff,
Parsons, D. (2005). Breaking New Ground: Examples of Flexible Teaching and Learning Flexible Learning and Teaching Festival. Otago Polytechnic presentation to staff,
Other
Parsons, D & Haden, P. (2005). Parson’s Programming Puzzles: A Fun and Effective Learning Tool for First Programming Courses. Department of Information Technology and Electrotechnology, Otago Polytechnic Technical Report Series 2005/02,
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Thesis
Parsons, D. (2002). Justice in the Classroom: Peer Assessment of Contributions in Group Projects. Research study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Masters of Education, University of Otago library, Dunedin. September. 122 pages.
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