The School of Computing at Unitec was proud to host the CITRENZ 2023 conference in Auckland from 27 to 29 September 2023. CITRENZ 2023 was the 14th annual CITRENZ conference, and the theme was Collective Intelligence: Exploring Mahi Kotahitanga (Collaboration) in Computing. The conference featured three keynote speakers, three panel discussions, two special sessions, five paper presentation sessions and two parallel poster
sessions. The 2023 conference was sponsored by SAS analytics Australia, Toi Mai Workforce Development Council, and IT Professionals NZ (ITPNZ). We received 71 submissions for the conference, with 45 submissions accepted after peer review. This included 21 papers and 24 posters. The papers covered a wide range of applied computing topics, such as teaching and learning in the era of generative AI, institutional capacity-building and student success, research reports and more. These proceedings present the full text of 20 accepted papers that were presented at the conference.

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Foreword

Hamid Sharifzadeh

Embracing the Use of Generative AI in a First-Year Information Systems Course 

Angela Martin and Trevor Nesbit

ChatGPT 3.5: Another Tool or a New Collaborative Project Team Member?

Robert Nelson, Samuel Mann and Ruth Myers

Pilot Study of Using ChatGPT in a First-year Programming Assignment

Minjie Hu, Tony Assadi and Hamid Mahroeian

Assessment Validity in the Era of Generative AI Tools

Eltahir Kabbar and Bashar Barmada

A Chitchat on Using ChatGPT for Cheating

Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala and Chris Mayhew

Charting the Course: A Framework for Integrating Industry 5.0 Technologies into Higher Education. A Case Study in a Cybersecurity Class

Amr Adel

Recommendation of Topics and Practical Labs to Teach the Semantic Web in Current Bachelor of Computing Systems

Daniel Dang

Assessing Web Application Security Through Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages and Environments

Thomas Desmond Kerr-Smith, Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala and Michael Andrews

Using Blended HTML-CSS-JS Semantic to Implement Web Accessibility Principles

Daniel Dang

Predicting Learning Outcomes in an Online Learning Platform

Ying Bai, Michael Bosu and Diab Abuaiadah

Embedding Mātauranga Māori in Computing Courses: A Case Study

Abha Chitalia, Simon Dacey, Gerard Lovell, Lei Song and Bashar Barmada

A W-WRAITEC Model for Elevating the Academic Writing Skills of International Postgraduate Students

Minjie Hu, Tony Assadi and Marta Vos

Teacher Capability Development at Unitec: A Case Study

Abha Chitalia and Diana Ayling

Study of Conference Presentations by Novice and Expert Presenters in Computing

Farnaz Rajabi Mehr

Identifying Challenges with Unifying Information Technology Qualifications Within New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics: Project Proposal

Dipendra Ghimire, David Weir and Bernard Otinpong

Professions in the Data Analytics Job Market – Australia and New Zealand

George Huang, Emre Erturk and Farhad Mehdipour

Discovering the Most Needed Technologies and Skills for IT Jobs on LinkedIn

Athavaloshan Thirulingam and Sarita Pais

Recreating Goto in Python: How and Why

Carl Cerecke

The Challenges of TinyML Implementation: A Literature Review

Riya Adlakha and Eltahir Kabbar

Can hDAS Produce Tailored Instructional Design Methods, for the Design of Technology-Based VET Interventions?

Todd Cochrane

Editor: Hamid Sharifzadeh

ISBN: 978-1-99-118344-6

Published: 24/7/2024