ABSTRACT

This presentation reflects on method and practice in Computer Science Education Research, through introducing the process of conducting a Systematic Literature Review. While Systematic Literature Reviews are an established research method within the Software Engineering discipline, they are a relatively unfamiliar research approach within Computer Science Education. Yet research disciplines can be strengthened by borrowing and adapting methods from other fields. I reflect on the rationale and underlying philosophy behind Systematic Reviews, and the implications for conducting a rigorous study and the quality of the resulting outputs. This chronicle of the journey of an ITiCSE working group, outlines the process we adopted and reflects on the methodological and logistical challenges we had to overcome in producing a review titled Challenges and Recommendations for the Design and Conduct of Global Software Engineering Courses. I conclude by discussing how systematic literature reviews can be adapted to an undergraduate teaching setting.

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Associate Professor Tony Clear

Tony Clear is Associate Dean Research with the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies.  His research interests are in Collaborative Computing, Global Software Development, Global Virtual Teams, and Computer Science Education Research.  Tony holds positions as an Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Computing Education, and ACM Inroads for which he is also a regular columnist and Editorial Board member for the journal Computer Science Education. He has reviewed for a range of computing related journals, examined several PhD theses, was general chair of Australasian Computer Science Week 2014, has acted as program chair for ACM's Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Conference 2014, and has served on the programme committee for several Computer Science Education and Software Engineering conferences.

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