Call for participation

We warmly invite you to submit a research or practitioner paper to the 26th annual Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2024). ACE is a high-quality international conference, run in-cooperation with SIGCSE, that provides a forum for educators and researchers to share innovations and insights in computing education.

ACE 2024 will run in parallel with several other events as part of Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW) [site still to be updated for 2024], 29th January-2nd February, 2024 at a location to be advised, in Australia.

In addition to publishing research from leading computing education researchers, the ACE community is very welcoming and supportive of researchers who are new to computing education research, and practitioners who wish to discuss and develop good computing education practice. Topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

• the use of technology in computing education;
• course content;
• curriculum structure;
• methods of assessment and evaluation;
• pedagogy and learning theories;
• mobile, flexible, online learning, and
• valuations of alternative approaches

The Program Committee will select the papers to appear based on their potential to enhance learning outcomes in computing courses. Both research papers and practitioner papers must be between 5 and 10 pages in length (inclusive of any references). To illustrate the variety of work presented at ACE, you may wish to view recent conference proceedings which are available on the ACM Digital Library:

• ACE 2023: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3576123
• ACE 2022: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3511861
• ACE 2021: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3441636
• ACE 2020: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3373165
• ACE 2019: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3286960

IMPORTANT DATES

All times Anywhere on Earth - AoE)

• Friday, 13th October 2023: submission deadline and bidding period begins
• Tuesday, 17th October 2023: bidding period ends and reviewing begins
• Friday, 3rd November 2023: reviewing period ends and discussion begins
• Monday, 13th November 2023: author notifications

Submissions should be in two-column format (i.e. use "sigconf" style in the documentclass for Latex) and should use the ACM SIG Proceedings template (available in Latex and Word). Submissions should be made to EasyChair in PDF format:

• LaTeX template
• MS Word template

Submissions will be made via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ace2024

RESEARCH PAPERS

Papers on research and innovations may be in the context of formal courses or self-directed learning; they may involve, for example, introductory programming, service courses, capstone courses, specialist undergraduate or postgraduate topics, or industry-related short courses. We welcome submissions directed at issues of current and local importance, as well as topics of international interest. Such topics may include the transition from school to university, articulation between vocational and university education, quality management in teaching, teaching people from other cultures, globalisation, attracting and retaining female students, online, mobile and blended learning. Research papers would typically describe research questions, and address these through the careful presentation of methods, results, and limitations, while clearly stating the contribution of the work.

PRACTITIONER PAPERS

In addition to research papers, ACE provides the opportunity for teachers to demonstrate new educational tools, and to share interesting teaching resources, assignments, and techniques that may be of broad interest to the community. We encourage the submission of papers that present interesting ways to teach challenging concepts, engaging activities that promote student learning, and compelling assignments. Practitioner papers would typically describe a computing education approach or tool, the context of its use, and present a rich reflection on how it worked in practice.

STUDENT PAPERS

Student authors (of research or practitioner papers) may be eligible for a CORE Student Research award. To qualify as a student paper:

• the major contribution must be made by a student author, who must be listed as first author; and
• at the time of submission, the authors must indicate that their paper is to be classified as a student paper, and provide a letter of confirmation from the student’s supervisor or Head of Department by email to the conference chairs.

REVIEW PROCESS

All research and practitioner papers will be fully refereed, using a double-blind reviewing process, by a minimum of three members of the Program Committee.

CHAIRS

To contact the chairs, please use the conference EasyChair email address or contact them directly:

• Nicole Herbert, University of Tasmania
• Carolyn Seton, Southern Cross University