Research Publications
Some selected publications are below.
H. Tarmazdi, R. Vivian, C. Szabo, K. Falkner and N. Falkner. Using Learning Analytics to Visualise Computer Science Teamwork. 20th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2015). (to appear).
R. Vivian, H. Tarmazdi, K. Falkner, N. Falkner & C. Szabo, The Development of A Dashboard Tool for Visualising Online Teamwork Discussions, 37th International Conference on Software Engineering, Education Track, May 2015 (to appear).
K. Falkner, C. Szabo, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, Evolution of Software Development Strategies, 37th International Conference on Software Engineering, Education Track, May 2015 (to appear).
K. Falkner, R. Vivian, & N. Falkner, Teaching Computational Thinking in K-6: The CSER Digital Technologies MOOC, Seventeenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Sydney, Australia, 27th-30th January, 2015.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner & C. Szabo, Can everybody learn to code? Computer science community perceptions about learning the fundamentals of programming, Koli Calling Conference Proceedings, Koli, Finland, 2014.
R. Vivian, A. Barnes, R. Geer & D. Wood, The Academic Journey and Experience of University Students on Facebook: An Analysis of Informal Academic-Related Activity Over a Semester. In Research in Learning Technology , The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology. Special Issue, Riding Giants: How to Innovate and Educate Ahead of the Wave: Proceedings altc2014, S, Verjans & G. Wilson (eds), ALT, UK.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner, N. Falkner, Addressing the Challenges of a New Digital Technologies Curriculum: MOOCs as a Scalable Solution for Teacher Professional Development. In Research in Learning Technology, The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology. Special Issue, Riding Giants: How to Innovate and Educate Ahead of the Wave: Proceedings altc2014, S, Verjans & G. Wilson (eds), ALT, UK.
K. Falkner & R. Vivian, Neo-piagetian Forms of Reasoning in Software Development Process Construction. Accepted for the 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC), April 7-10, Sydney 2014.
K. Falkner, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, Identifying Computer Science Self-Regulated Learning Strategies. Accepted for the 19th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), June 2014.
N. Falkner, R. Vivian, D. Piper and K. Falkner, Increasing the Effectiveness of Automated Assessment By Increasing Marking Granularity and Feedback Units. Accepted for the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2013), March, 2014.
K. Falker, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, The Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum: Challenge and Opportunity. Accepted for the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 20th-23rd January, 2014.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Computer Science Students’ Causal Attributions for Successful and Unsuccessful Outcomes in Programming Assignments. Accepted for Koli Calling, November 2013.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Analysing Computer Science students’ Teamwork Role Adoption in an Online Self-organised Teamwork Activity. Accepted for Koli Calling, November 2013
N. Falkner, K. Falkner and R. Vivian, Computer Science Education: the First Threshold Concept. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Behind the scenes: students’ cognitive and metacognitive activities that support the construction of a shared wiki response. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
K. Falkner, N. Falkner and R. Vivian, Neo-Piagetian Forms of Reasoning in Software Development Process Construction. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
K. Falkner, N. Falkner and R. Vivian, Collaborative Learning and Anxiety: A Phenomenographic Study of Collaborative Learning Activities. In Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2013), March, 2013.
R.Vivian, University Students' Informal Learning Practices Using Facebook: Help or Hindrance? Enhancing Learning Through Technology, Education Unplugged and Web 2.0 Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 177, 2011, pp. 254- 267.
R. Vivian, University Students Face-Up to their Informal Learning Practices and Cognitive Learning Strategies with Facebook, In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 2011, pp. 1234-1243.
D. Wood, A. Barnes, R. Vivian, S. Scutter, and F. Stokes-Thompson, The future may have arrived, but engagement with ICTs is not equal among our diverse "net gen" learners, Proceedings ASCILITE Sydney, 2010, pp. 1107-1108. http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/procs/Wood2-full.pdf
R.Vivian and A. Barnes, Social networking: from living technology to learning technology? Proceedings ASCILITE Sydney, 2010, pp. 1007-1019. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Vivian-full.pdf
H. Tarmazdi, R. Vivian, C. Szabo, K. Falkner and N. Falkner. Using Learning Analytics to Visualise Computer Science Teamwork. 20th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2015). (to appear).
R. Vivian, H. Tarmazdi, K. Falkner, N. Falkner & C. Szabo, The Development of A Dashboard Tool for Visualising Online Teamwork Discussions, 37th International Conference on Software Engineering, Education Track, May 2015 (to appear).
K. Falkner, C. Szabo, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, Evolution of Software Development Strategies, 37th International Conference on Software Engineering, Education Track, May 2015 (to appear).
K. Falkner, R. Vivian, & N. Falkner, Teaching Computational Thinking in K-6: The CSER Digital Technologies MOOC, Seventeenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Sydney, Australia, 27th-30th January, 2015.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner & C. Szabo, Can everybody learn to code? Computer science community perceptions about learning the fundamentals of programming, Koli Calling Conference Proceedings, Koli, Finland, 2014.
R. Vivian, A. Barnes, R. Geer & D. Wood, The Academic Journey and Experience of University Students on Facebook: An Analysis of Informal Academic-Related Activity Over a Semester. In Research in Learning Technology , The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology. Special Issue, Riding Giants: How to Innovate and Educate Ahead of the Wave: Proceedings altc2014, S, Verjans & G. Wilson (eds), ALT, UK.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner, N. Falkner, Addressing the Challenges of a New Digital Technologies Curriculum: MOOCs as a Scalable Solution for Teacher Professional Development. In Research in Learning Technology, The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology. Special Issue, Riding Giants: How to Innovate and Educate Ahead of the Wave: Proceedings altc2014, S, Verjans & G. Wilson (eds), ALT, UK.
K. Falkner & R. Vivian, Neo-piagetian Forms of Reasoning in Software Development Process Construction. Accepted for the 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC), April 7-10, Sydney 2014.
K. Falkner, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, Identifying Computer Science Self-Regulated Learning Strategies. Accepted for the 19th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), June 2014.
N. Falkner, R. Vivian, D. Piper and K. Falkner, Increasing the Effectiveness of Automated Assessment By Increasing Marking Granularity and Feedback Units. Accepted for the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2013), March, 2014.
K. Falker, R. Vivian and N. Falkner, The Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum: Challenge and Opportunity. Accepted for the Sixteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 20th-23rd January, 2014.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Computer Science Students’ Causal Attributions for Successful and Unsuccessful Outcomes in Programming Assignments. Accepted for Koli Calling, November 2013.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Analysing Computer Science students’ Teamwork Role Adoption in an Online Self-organised Teamwork Activity. Accepted for Koli Calling, November 2013
N. Falkner, K. Falkner and R. Vivian, Computer Science Education: the First Threshold Concept. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
R. Vivian, K. Falkner and N. Falkner, Behind the scenes: students’ cognitive and metacognitive activities that support the construction of a shared wiki response. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
K. Falkner, N. Falkner and R. Vivian, Neo-Piagetian Forms of Reasoning in Software Development Process Construction. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LATICE 2013), March 2013.
K. Falkner, N. Falkner and R. Vivian, Collaborative Learning and Anxiety: A Phenomenographic Study of Collaborative Learning Activities. In Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2013), March, 2013.
R.Vivian, University Students' Informal Learning Practices Using Facebook: Help or Hindrance? Enhancing Learning Through Technology, Education Unplugged and Web 2.0 Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 177, 2011, pp. 254- 267.
R. Vivian, University Students Face-Up to their Informal Learning Practices and Cognitive Learning Strategies with Facebook, In T. Bastiaens & M. Ebner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 2011, pp. 1234-1243.
D. Wood, A. Barnes, R. Vivian, S. Scutter, and F. Stokes-Thompson, The future may have arrived, but engagement with ICTs is not equal among our diverse "net gen" learners, Proceedings ASCILITE Sydney, 2010, pp. 1107-1108. http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/procs/Wood2-full.pdf
R.Vivian and A. Barnes, Social networking: from living technology to learning technology? Proceedings ASCILITE Sydney, 2010, pp. 1007-1019. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Vivian-full.pdf