Claudia Ott, Our people, Department of Information Science

Dipl-Inf(Bauhaus Weimar) PhD(Otago)
Senior Lecturer

Room 3.44, Otago Business School
Tel +64 3 479 8499
Email claudia.ott@otago.ac.nz

Background and interests

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. (2024). A framework identifying challenges and solutions for high school computing. Education & Information Technologies, 29, 15621-15654. doi: 10.1007/s10639-023-12329-9 Journal - Research Article

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

2024

Journal - Research Article

2023

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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

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

2021

Journal - Research Article

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

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

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

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

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

2020

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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: Abstract

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

2019

Journal - Research Article

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

Journal - Research Article

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

2015

Journal - Research Article

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

Awarded Doctoral Degree

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

2014

Journal - Research Article

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

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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

2012

Journal - Research Article

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

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 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: Abstract

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

2011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

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: Abstract

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]

2010

Awarded Masters Degree

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.

2004

Journal - Research Article

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.