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The Enhanced Virtual Laboratory: Extending Cyber Security Awareness through a Web-Based Laboratory
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Black, Michael; Chapman, Debra; Clark, Angela – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
The Enhanced Virtual Laboratory (EVL) is the product of a Department of Defense grant to enhance outreach, research, and education for cyber security. Through web-based laboratories, EVL allows users to remotely experience interactive content with virtual machines inside a modern web browser providing constructivism-based, student-centered,…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Simulation, Laboratories, Internet
When "Teaching a Class of Daemons, Dragons and Trainee Teachers"--Learning the Pedagogy of the Virtual Classroom
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Woollard, John – Management in Education, 2012
Virtual worlds can offer opportunities to further extend the experience, skills and understanding of professionals, in this case pre-service teachers. Based on the empirical evidence provided by professional, pre-service teachers, this paper describes the social and emotional aspects of being and learning in a virtual world and the implications…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Preschool Teachers, Internet, Trainees
Digital Citizenship Means Character Education for the Digital Age
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Ohler, Jason – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
The reality of students' cyber lives has thrust upon educators a new approach: creating character education programs tuned to digital youth that are proactive and aggressive. This will help integrate students' digital activities within the context of the communities in which they live, both local and digital. The digital age beckons a new era of…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Caring, Ethics, Personality
Enhanced Security for Online Exams Using Group Cryptography
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Jung, I. Y.; Yeom, H. Y. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
While development of the Internet has contributed to the spread of online education, online exams have not been widely adopted. An online exam is defined here as one that takes place over the insecure Internet, and where no proctor is in the same location as the examinees. This paper proposes an enhanced secure online exam management environment…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Internet, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education
Online and Traditional Assessments: What Is the Difference?
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Rovai, Alfred P. – Internet and Higher Education, 2000
Identifies the major principles of general assessment theory, examines how these principles can be applied to online environments for distance education, and describes assessment issues that have special significance in virtual classrooms. Discusses proctored testing, identity security, academic honesty, and use of online discussions for…
Descriptors: Cheating, Computer Security, Constructivism (Learning), Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Teaching Network Security in a Virtual Learning Environment
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Bergstrom, Laura; Grahn, Kaj J.; Karlstrom, Krister; Pulkkis, Goran; Astrom, Peik – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2004
This article presents a virtual course with the topic network security. The course has been produced by Arcada Polytechnic as a part of the production team Computer Networks, Telecommunication and Telecommunication Systems in the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic. The article begins with an introduction to the evolution of the information security…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Networks