Dr Claudia Ott worked as a freelance software developer for a range of companies in Germany before she decided to undertake a PhD project in the area of Computer Science Education in 2011 at Otago University. In 2015 and 2016 she worked for Scott Technology in Dunedin as a vision systems engineer before she started a fixed-term lecturer position at the Computer Science department. In 2018 she joined the Information Science department.
Her research interests are based around education and learning analytics as well as the application of augmented and virtual reality.
Papers
ICT Grad School
INFO 130 Fundamentals and practice of spreadsheets
Publications
Samarasekara, C. K., Ott, C., & Robins, A. (2023). Future scenarios for high school digital technology in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Computing Education (ACE) Conference. (pp. 21-30). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3576123.3576126
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Regenbrecht, H., Park, N., Duncan, S., Mills, S., Lutz, R., Lloyd-Jones, L., Ott, C., … Whaanga, H. (2022). Ātea presence: Enabling virtual storytelling, presence, and tele-co-presence in an Indigenous setting. IEEE Technology & Society, 41(1), 32-42. doi: 10.1109/MTS.2022.3147525
Journal - Research Article
Samarasekara, C. K., Ott, C., & Robins, A. (2022). Teachers’ Views on the Implementation of a New High School Computing Curriculum. In I. Jormanainen & A. Petersen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research. New York, NY: Association for Computer Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3564721.3564732
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Liesaputra, V., & Ott, C. (2022). Learning analytics enriched by emotions. In A. Kaplan (Ed.), Digital transformation and disruption of higher education. (pp. 361-376). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108979146.035
Chapter in Book - Research
Ott, C., & Liesaputra, V. (2022). Using affective learning analytics in industry-focused projects: Experiences and challenges. In J. Sheard & P. Denny (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Computing Education (ACE) Conference. (pp. 153-162). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3511861.3511878
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Samarasekara, C. K., Ott, C., & Robins, A. (2022). Barriers to New Zealand high school CS education: Learners' perspectives. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. (pp. 927-933). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3478431.3499344
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Samarasekara, C. K., Ott, C., & Robins, A. (2021). A decade of CS education in New Zealand’s high schools: Where are we at? Proceedings of the 16th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3481312.3481321
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Ott, C., McCane, B., & Meek, N. (2021). Mastery learning in CS1: An invitation to procrastinate?: Reflecting on six years of mastery learning. Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) (Vol. 1). (pp. 18-24). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3430665.3456321
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Samarasekara, C. K., Ott, C., & Robins, A. (2021). Students' perspectives on high school CS education in NZ. Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE) (Vol. 2). (pp. 646). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3456565.3460070
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Regenbrecht, H., Ott, C., Park, N., Duncan, S., & Collins, J. (2021). Voxelvideos for entertainment, education, and training. IEEE Access, 9, 68185-68196. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3076488
Journal - Research Article
Ott, C., John, S., Zwanenburg, S., Stanger, N., & Mills, S. (2021). Is this degree for me? Exploring computing students' study decisions. Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE). (pp. 96-105). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3441636.3442310
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Liesaputra, V., & Ott, C. (2020). Detecting students’ affective states in industry-focused projects. In N. Falkner & O. Seppala (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research. 43. New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3428029.3428568
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ott, C., & Liesaputra, V. (2020). Industry-focused projects in an intense one-year ICT programme. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE). (pp. 132-141). ACM. doi: 10.1145/3373165.3373180
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Regenbrecht, H., Park, J.-W., Ott, C., Mills, S., Cook, M., & Langlotz, T. (2019). Preaching voxels: An alternative approach to mixed reality. Frontiers in ICT, 6, 7. doi: 10.3389/fict.2019.00007
Journal - Research Article
Ott, C., & Meek, N. (2019). Pair teaching in action. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE). (pp. 87-95). New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3286960.3286971
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Ott, C., McCane, B., & Meek, N. (2018). Five years of Mastery Learning: What did we learn? Proceedings of the 18th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research. 33. doi: 10.1145/3279720.3279752
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
McCane, B., Ott, C., Meek, N., & Robins, A. (2017). Mastery learning in introductory programming. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Australasian Computing Education (ACE) Conference. New York, NY: ACM. doi: 10.1145/3013499.3013501
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Ott, C., Robins, A., & Shephard, K. (2016). Translating principles of effective feedback for students into the CS1 context. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 16(1), 1. doi: 10.1145/2737596
Journal - Research Article
Ott, C. (2015). Decoding feedback: Improving feedback practices for students in introductory programming courses (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5483
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Ott, C., Robins, A., Haden, P., & Shephard, K. (2015). Illustrating performance indicators and course characteristics to support students’ self-regulated learning in CS1. Computer Science Education, 25(2), 174-198. doi: 10.1080/08993408.2015.1033129
Journal - Research Article
Ott, C., Robins, A., & Shephard, K. (2014). An infographic to support students' self-regulated learning. Proceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education. (pp. 177-178). New York: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2674683.2674705
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Regenbrecht, H., Hoermann, S., Ott, C., Müller, L., & Franz, E. (2014). Manipulating the experience of reality for rehabilitation applications. Proceedings of the IEEE, 102(2), 170-184. doi: 10.1109/jproc.2013.2294178
Journal - Research Article
Ott, C., Hebecker, R., & Wakes, S. (2012). Picture the space: Three concepts for management and presentation of personal digital photographs. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (CHINZ). (pp. 1-8). New York: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2379256.2379258
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Ott, C., Hebecker, R., & Wakes, S. (2012). Picture the space: Three concepts for management and presentation of personal digital photographs. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the NZ ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (CHINZ): @ The Interface Between Disciplines. Retrieved from http://www.chinz2012.otago.ac.nz/programme.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Regenbrecht, H., Hoermann, S., McGregor, G., Dixon, B., Franz, E., Ott, C., Hale, L., … Hoermann, J. (2012). Visual manipulations for motor rehabilitation. Computers & Graphics, 36(7), 819-834. doi: 10.1016/j.cag.2012.04.012
Journal - Research Article
Regenbrecht, H., McGregor, G., Ott, C., Hoermann, S., Schubert, T., Hale, L., Hoermann, J., Dixon, B., & Franz, E. (2011). Out of reach? A novel AR interface approach for motor rehabilitation. Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). (pp. 219-228). doi: 10.1109/ISMAR.2011.6092389
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Ott, C., Robins, A., & Shephard, K. (2011). COMP160: A case for the learning edge momentum? In K. Shephard, T. Harland & A. Cohen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium. (pp. 46). Dunedin, New Zealand: HEDC, University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ott, C. (2010). Picture the space: Interface concepts for the management and presentation of personal digital photographs (MCApSc). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 187p.
Awarded Masters Degree
Regenbrecht, H., Lum, T., Kohler, P., Ott, C., Wagner, M., Wilke, W., & Mueller, E. (2004). Using augmented virtuality for remote collaboration. Presence, 13(3), 338-354.
Journal - Research Article
Dipl-Inf(Bauhaus Weimar) PhD(Otago)