The awards were judged by Noel Bridgeman and Donald Joyce, who began judging each category by confirming the criteria to be applied.
Student Poster (judged on quality of poster and extended abstract)
Winner: Tilottama Karnik, Shafiq Alam and Sarita Pais
“Mining NZQA’s External Evaluation and Review data”
Staff Poster (judged on quality of poster and extended abstract)
Winner: Premalatha Sampath
“Perceptions of pair programming: Boon or bane? A student survey”
Commendation: Kevin Shedlock
“Connecting Maori to their past through virtual world computing: Re-visiting European contact using immersive realities in New Zealand”
Collaborative Research (authors at different institutions when research conducted)
Winner: Dobrila Lopez and Mike Lopez
“University student expectations of NZQA levels”
Commendation: Kabas Albakry, Alistair Hookings and Tanveer Hossain
“Experiential learning for improving student engagement in a project management course”
Special Mention: Markus Westner, David Skelton and Johannes Tinat
“Enhancing students’ IS offshoring capabilities: An international blended teaching concept”
Educational Innovation (evaluation of innovative educational approach)
Winner: Tema Fenton-Coyle, Luke Tomes and Nigel Studdart
“Digitally tika, digital natives: Digital needs and education of the Pehiaweri community”
Commendation: Stephanie Day and Michael Verhaart
“Beyond wi-fi: Using mobile devices for gxlearning in the field”
Best Paper
Winner: Dipendra Ghimire, Shirley Gibbs and Stuart Charters
“Software development team views of success factors in Agile projects”
Commendation: Dobrila Lopez and Mike Lopez
“University student expectations of NZQA levels”
Commendation: Tema Fenton-Coyle, Luke Tomes and Nigel Studdart
“Digitally tika, digital natives: Digital needs and education of the Pehiaweri community”
Special Mention: Binglan Han and Michael Watts
“Predicting the academic performance of international students on an ongoing basis”