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Titus, Aaron – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article describes five organizational policies and behavior that put personal information in jeopardy. These are: (1) Inadequate security for old data; (2) Shadow systems and unregulated servers; (3) Unsophisticated privacy policies; (4) Improper use of Social Security numbers; and (5) Unsanitized old hard drives. Although the academic…
Descriptors: Privacy, Educational Environment, Internet, Data
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Moller, Klaus – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: Grid computing has often been heralded as the next logical step after the worldwide web. Users of grids can access dynamic resources such as computer storage and use the computing resources of computers under the umbrella of a virtual organisation. Although grid computing is often compared to the worldwide web, it is vastly more complex…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Internet
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del Moral Talabis, Mark Ryan – AACE Journal, 2007
Learning IT Security in a classroom setting has often been a frustrating endeavor for both instructors and students alike. From our experience, traditional instructional methods like direct instruction and lectures though widely used and effective in most other areas have significant shortcomings when applied in IT security learning. In this…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Methods, Information Technology
Wilshusen, Gregory C.; Melvin, Valerie C. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
The Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an educational assistance program for information security. The Information Security Education Assistance Program is envisioned as a means for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to attract and retain individuals…
Descriptors: Veterans, Public Agencies, Computer Security, Information Technology
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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
Woollard, John – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning" is a lively and accessible introduction to the field of technology-supported teaching and learning and the educational psychology associated with those developments. Offering a substantial and useful analysis of e-learning, this practical book includes current research, offers a grounding in both theory…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning)
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Duffy, Kevin P.; Davis, Martin H., Jr.; Sethi, Vikram – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
We explore the feasibility of sparking student curiosity and interest in the core required MIS operating systems course through inclusion of computer forensics exercises into the course. Students were presented with two in-class exercises. Each exercise demonstrated an aspect of the operating system, and each exercise was written as a computer…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Relevance (Education), Lesson Plans, Learner Engagement
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Sheard, Reed – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
When the author was brought on as CIO of Westmont College in October 2008, the president, Board of Trustees, and campus environment made it clear that technology needed a major overhaul to meet the college's growing requirements. Also, these changes needed to happen without significantly increasing the IT budget or staff. Marketing Charts…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Finance, Innovation
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Kuhn, Robert M.; Brookes, Kimberly H.; Bellos, Nephellie – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
Discussions with a central IT organization about integration with existing systems on campus, support costs for the new implementation, and total cost of ownership frequently become adversarial. Simmons College, a small college in Boston with an enrollment of approximately 1,900 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students, reframed these issues in…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Educational Technology, Information Technology, School Policy
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Juvonen, Jaana; Gross, Elisheva F. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Bullying is a national public health problem affecting millions of students. With the rapid increase in electronic or online communication, bullying is no longer limited to schools. The goal of the current investigation was to examine the overlap among targets of, and the similarities between, online and in-school bullying among…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Parent Education, Internet
Chiwaraidzo Judith Nyabando – ProQuest LLC, 2008
A mixed-methods study, conducted in 2007-2008, designed to quantify and assess behaviors that either protect or expose data at academic institutions to information security attacks. This study focused on computing practices at two academic institutions: East Tennessee State University and Milligan College. Interviews with six information…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Professional Personnel, School Personnel, College Faculty
Pierce, Steven Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Information technology (IT) certifiers evaluate risk and develop mitigations ensuring IT infrastructures remain protected within acceptable levels of operation, which if not properly maintained can potentially result in loss of life within Department of Defense (DoD) and federal environments. This qualitative phenomenological exploratory study…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Certification, Internet, Information Technology
Cai, Chaoli – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Anomaly detection is an important and indispensable aspect of any computer security mechanism. Ad hoc and mobile networks consist of a number of peer mobile nodes that are capable of communicating with each other absent a fixed infrastructure. Arbitrary node movements and lack of centralized control make them vulnerable to a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Testing, Computer Security, Statistical Inference
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Miller, Nicole C.; Thompson, Nicole L.; Franz, Dana Pomykal – Middle School Journal (J3), 2009
Schools should be proactive rather than reactive to issues of technology safety, and this requires careful planning and policy implementation. In this article, the authors provide information and recommendations that will help middle grades educators, students, and parents to safely and successfully manage the many technologies they encounter and…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Educational Technology
Gale, Doug – Campus Technology, 2007
The basics of authentication are straightforward. One can prove his or her identity in three ways: (1) something one "has" (for example, a key or a birth certificate); (2) something one "knows" (such as a password); or (3) something one "is" (such as one's fingerprints, used in biometric technologies). In the world of computers and networks, the…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Prevention, Guidelines, Higher Education
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