2017 Working Papers

Use of mobile apps for teaching and research

Hinze, Annika; Vanderschantz, Nicholas; Timpany, Claire; Cunningham, Sally Jo; Saravani, Sarah-Jane; Wilkinson, Clive (Department of Computer Science, The University of Waikato, 2017)

Applications (apps) are software specifically designed for mobile de-vices. This paper reports on the results of an online survey about app use for teaching and research by students and academic staff at the University of ...
Do internet search engines support children's search query construction: a visual analysis

Vanderschantz, Nicholas; Hinze, Annika (Department of Computer Science, The University of Waikato, 2017)

From previous studies into children's internet search practice, we gained insight into the taught strategies, children's behaviour and common errors while searching. This paper analyses the visual structure of commonly-used ...