Raina completed a B.Multimedia(Software Engineering) with Honours in 2004 at
Southern Cross University, and won a University Medal that year. 

Raina teaches first year web development, systems analysis and design, databases and
multimedia applications development, and coordinates the Women in Technology (WIT)
program at Southern Cross University. Her research interests include women in technology,
introductory programming education and learning environments, and cognitive load theory. 

Raina is currently completing her PhD study, expected to submit during 2012. Her PhD
topic concerns making introductory programming courses both more accessible and more
successful.

Journal Articles

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Girls get IT (with Graham Cooper and Tim Comber), ACM Inroads (2011)

In this article, we describe high school promotional visits and campus workshops developed to encourage...

 

Conference Publications

Distractions in programming evironments (with Graham Cooper), Proceedings Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2013) (2013)
 

Student concerns in introductory programming courses (with Angela Carbone, Jason Ceddia, Simon, and Daryl D'Souza), Proceedings Fifteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2013) (2013)
 

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Trends in introductory programming courses in Australian universities: languages, environments and pedagogy (with Graham A. Cooper and Michael de Raadt), Proceedings of ACE2012 Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (2012)

This paper reports the results of a study of 44 introductory programming courses in 28...

 

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Why the bottom 10% just can't do it: mental effort measures and implication for introductory programming courses (with Graham Cooper), Fourteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference (2012)

This paper reports the results of mental effort measures and comments collected as part of...

 

It’s (no longer) a remote chance for girls in IT (with Graham Cooper and Tim Comber), 1st International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education (2011)

This paper reports on an IT Girls Day Outreach program initiative to girls from Year...