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Direct linkJacqui Taylor; Monica Whitty – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2024
We propose that psychology graduates are uniquely placed to work in the cybersecurity industry due to their understanding of human behavior and the possession of skills needed to address cybersecurity issues. However, there are challenges in attracting psychology graduates to the cybersecurity industry as they may not be fully aware of how skills…
Descriptors: Psychology, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Literacy
Panskyi, Taras; Korzeniewska, Ewa – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
The authors decided to investigate the impact of the pandemic period and the resulting limitations in Polish primary school online security education. The first part of the study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' educational learning outcomes in information and Internet security. The study has been performed via a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Computer Security, Pandemics
Florence Martin; Doreen Mushi; Siyu Long; Julie Bacak; Drew Polly; Weichao Wang; Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2024
Digital safety involves protecting oneself, and one's personal information to mitigate the risks that are inherently associated with using digital technologies. This study employed a multi-method design to explore 26 inservice and preservice elementary teacher experiences from attending a professional development on digital safety and facilitating…
Descriptors: Safety, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Summer Programs
Download full textBhatnagar, Neelima; Pry, Michael – Information Systems Education Journal, 2020
This paper describes a study designed to collect student perceptions of personal social media risks and their knowledge of the use of privacy and security settings in social media applications. A paper-based survey was administered to 107 students at a regional campus of a major university in western Pennsylvania, representing 10 classes and 18…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Privacy, Information Security
Bulbul Ahamed; Mohammad Rashed Hasan Polas; Ahmed Imran Kabir; Abu Saleh Md. Sohel-Uz-Zaman; Abdullah Al Fahad; Saima Chowdhury; Mrittika Rani Dey – SAGE Open, 2024
The purpose of the study is to examine how cybersecurity knowledge, password security, and self-perception of skill affect cybersecurity awareness issues via the mediating lens of cybersecurity attitude among university students in Bangladesh. A sample of 430 university students from two public and three private universities provided the data in…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Information Security, Knowledge Level, College Students
Chin, Amita; Jones, Beth; Little, Philip – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2021
This study on smartphone security behaviors and practices is a continuation of the work in Jones and Chin (2015), where results of a 2011 student survey at a regional comprehensive university were compared to results from a 2014 survey at the same institution. That study found that students continued to be lax in their mobile security practices.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Security, Student Attitudes
Gallego-Arrufat, María-Jesús; Torres-Hernández, Norma; Pessoa, Teresa – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2019
The use of technologies and the Internet poses problems and risks related to digital security. This article presents the results of a study on the evaluation of the digital competence of future teachers in the DigCompEdu European framework. 317 undergraduate students from Spain and Portugal answered a questionnaire with 59 items, validated by…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Security
Aytaç, Tufan; Erdem, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2019
The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is rapidly spreading among high school students. These technologies provide the students to gain learning experiences and also involve many dangers such as addiction, loneliness and stress. The aim of this study is to examine awareness levels of different types of high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Computer Security, Learning Experience, Information Technology
Alqarni, Amani – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Cyber-attacks threaten the security of computer users' information, networks, machines, and privacy. Studies of computer security education, awareness, and training among ordinary computer users, college students, non-IT-oriented user groups, and non-technically trained citizens are limited. Most research has focused on computer security standards…
Descriptors: Computer Security, College Students, Student Behavior, Information Security
Coggins, Porter E. – Computers in the Schools, 2013
The purpose of this article is to present several implications and recommendations regarding what elementary school children, aged 9-12 years, know about computer passwords and what they know about why computer passwords are important. Student knowledge can then be used to make relevant curriculum decisions based in conjunction with applicable…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Kafai, Yasmin B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Our work investigates the annual outbreak of Whypox, a virtual epidemic in Whyville.net, a virtual world with over 1.2 million registered players ages 8-16. We examined online and classroom participants' understanding of a computer virus using surveys and design activities. Our analyses reveal that students have a mostly naive understanding of a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Information Technology
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
