Rate My Professor Claudia Ott

Ott's research focuses on computer science education, learning analytics, and the application of augmented and virtual reality technologies. Her publications include "A framework identifying challenges and solutions for high school computing" (Education & Information Technologies, 2024, with C. K. Samarasekara and A. Robins), "Future scenarios for high school digital technology in New Zealand" (Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Computing Education Conference, 2023, with C. K. Samarasekara and A. Robins), "Ātea presence: Enabling virtual storytelling, presence, and tele-co-presence in an Indigenous setting" (IEEE Technology & Society, 2022, with H. Regenbrecht et al.), "Teachers’ Views on the Implementation of a New High School Computing Curriculum" (Koli Calling Conference, 2022, with C. K. Samarasekara and A. Robins), and the book chapter "Learning analytics enriched by emotions" (Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education, 2022, with V. Liesaputra). A significant project under her leadership is the PKW Map Web Interface, developed in collaboration with Parininihi ki Waitōtara, which digitizes historical records and maps to facilitate whānau reconnection with ancestral whenua, incorporating search, overlay, and annotation features for cultural sites and whakapapa tracing. She teaches INFO 130: Fundamentals and practice of spreadsheets and contributes to the ICT Graduate School.