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  1. The Hidden Burden of Keywords: Cognitive Load and Language Differences in Novice Python Programming

    Article • Education Sciences, April 2026, MDPI AG

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  2. Sense of Belonging, Trust and Anxiety in STEM in a regional Australian University

    Article • February 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  3. Using ChatGPT to Reduce Academic Misconduct in a Systems Analysis Course: a Case Study

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  4. Evaluating the computing student experience of a new block model: student results, satisfaction and comments

    Article • Cogent Education, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  5. A Global Survey of Introductory Programming Courses

    Article • March 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Tom Crick, A/Professor Raina Mason, Brett A Becker

  6. Cyber as a Second Language? A Challenge to Cybersecurity Education

    Article • Journal of The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, March 2022, The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  7. Leveling the playing field for international students in IT courses

    Article • February 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  8. Helping students get IT: Investigating the longitudinal impacts of IT school outreach in Australia

    Article • February 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  9. Publicly available Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies insufficient to mitigate data breaches

    Article • February 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Ben Scott, A/Professor Raina Mason

  10. Assessing International Students

    Article • January 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  11. Developing a New Generation MOOC (ngMOOC): A Design-Based Implementation Research Project with Cognitive Architecture and Student Feedback in Mind

    Article • European Journal of Open Distance and E-Learning, July 2019, De Gruyter

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  12. Variations on a Theme

    Article • January 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  13. Language Choice in Introductory Programming Courses at Australasian and UK Universities

    Article • February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  14. Advertising CS/IT degrees to female students in Australia

    Article • January 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  15. Improving the Computational Thinking Pedagogical Capabilities of School Teachers

    Article • March 2017, Edith Cowan University

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  16. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Australasian Computing Education Conference

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  17. Introductory Programming Courses in Australasia in 2016

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  18. Flipping the Assessment of Cognitive Load

    Article • August 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  19. Applying cognitive load theory to the redesign of a conventional database systems course

    Article • Computer Science Education, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  20. Decreasing the digital divide

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  21. Mindstorms robots and the application of cognitive load theory in introductory programming

    Article • Computer Science Education, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    A/Professor Raina Mason

  22. Girls get it

    Article • ACM Inroads, August 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    A/Professor Raina Mason