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Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2024
Cybersecurity remains a critical concern for school systems nationwide, showing a consistent increase in publicly disclosed K-12 cyber incidents over the past 5 years. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment underscores this trend, predicting ongoing targeting of K-12 school networks by cyber actors who will…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
James McGibney – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study's objective was to review the existing initiatives for cybersecurity awareness and training that are in place for the K-12 education system throughout the United States. Every facet of life is now plagued by the potential, perceived, and real threat of cyber warfare, which includes, but is not limited to, K-12 schools…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Crime, Kindergarten
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Tyler Poe; Ankur Chattopadhyay – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Existing research literature in computing and IT education shows that there has been limited work on investigating how offense based learning approaches using hacks can enhance learning of mobile security topics. In an effort to fill this research gap, we performed an experimental study with a unique, nifty user hack driven offense based learning…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Reg Leichty – State Education Standard, 2024
Elementary and secondary schools increasingly face an onslaught of ransomware and other cyberattacks, which jeopardize sensitive data and the integrity of their digital infrastructure. The consequences of these attacks can be severe and costly, eroding community trust, disrupting learning, and permanently damaging equipment. The alarming scope and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Security, State Boards of Education, Role Theory
Desmond Rudd; Zac Chase, Contributor; Michael Klein, Contributor – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2025
This is the fourth in a series of five briefs published by Office of Education Technology (OET) on the key considerations facing educational leaders as they work to build and sustain core digital infrastructure for learning. These briefs offer recommendations to complement the fundamental infrastructure considerations outlined in the 2017 OET…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Rural Areas
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Saah Agyemang-Badu; Felisa Tibbitts; Sage Phillips – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2024
The treatment of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of education has so far been typically characterized by (a) information about how AI can assist educators in carrying out their work, and (b) concerns about the misuse of AI by learners, for example, concerning plagiarism. The links between AI and ethics within the field of education are…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Ethics
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Michele Kielty; A. Renee Staton – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
Cyber threats have escalated in recent years. Many of these threats have been direct and vicious attacks on K-12 systems. Educators are rarely trained on how to address cyber threats from a systemic and educational perspective when such challenges arise in their school buildings. This article explains the cyber threats that are looming large for…
Descriptors: School Safety, Crime, Information Technology, Kindergarten
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Christiana Karousiou – Educational Media International, 2025
This research study explores the challenges and barriers in school digital transformation based on the perspectives and experiences of school leaders within the Republic of Cyprus. This study employs a qualitative research approach, using interviews to collect insights from 11 purposively selected primary and secondary school leaders. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
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Mengkorn Pum; Sarin Sok – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2024
With current state-of-the-art advances in artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models, such as Google's Gemini, Microsoft's Copilot, and ChatGPT, among others, a plethora of research on this phenomenon has been conducted worldwide aiming to examine its limitations, benefits and ethical implications. Nonetheless, such a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software
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Evmorfia-Iro Bartzia; Michael Lodi; Marco Sbaraglia; Simon Modeste; Viviane Durand-Guerrier; Simone Martini – Informatics in Education, 2024
In this paper, we present an activity to introduce the idea of public-key cryptography and to make pre-service STEM teachers explore fundamental informatics and mathematical concepts and methods. We follow the Theory of Didactical Situations within the Didactical Engineering methodology (both widely used in mathematics education research) to…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
Keith Lee; Evo Popof; Chris Reykdal, Contributor – State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2024
The 2023-24 school year was a big year for educational technology. As the world of educational technology has evolved, so has SETDA's State EdTech Trends Survey. This year's survey and report feature new questions (which will likely become recurring questions) and some changes to old questions to reflect the mainstreaming of AI in K-12 education.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence
Adrian Curaj; Cezar Hâj; Cosmin Holeab; Irina Geanta; Alina Iura; Dorin Cote?; Oana ?în?ar – European Union, 2025
The present report overseen by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) on behalf of the European Commission and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency as part of the contract for the implementation of the European Digital Education Hub, is the third report in a series…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Electronic Learning, Educational Practices
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Mack Shelley, Editor; Omer Tayfur Ozturk, Editor – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on April 27-30, 2024, in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)