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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 EditorialBoardMembers JoaquimFilipe PolytechnicInstituteofSetúbal,Setúbal,Portugal AshishGhosh IndianStatisticalInstitute,Kolkata,India RaquelOliveiraPrates FederalUniversityofMinasGerais(UFMG),BeloHorizonte,Brazil LizhuZhou TsinghuaUniversity,Beijing,China Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttps://link.springer.com/bookseries/7899 · · 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 ISSN 1865-0929 ISSN 1865-0937 (electronic) CommunicationsinComputerandInformationScience ISBN 978-3-030-92857-5 ISBN 978-3-030-92858-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92858-2 ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2021 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthe material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynow knownorhereafterdeveloped. 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ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland 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! vi Preface 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
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