Security of m-learning system: A collective responsibility

Abstract

Abstract-Innovation in learning technologies and services is driven by demands from Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in order to meet students' needs and make knowledge delivery easier. The technology could play a pivotal role in extending the possibilities for teaching, learning, and research in educational institutions. M-learning emerged from this innovation as a result of an unprecedented explosion in the number of mobile devices due to availability and affordability of mobile phones, smartphones and tablets among students. Competition in the mobile device industry is also encouraging developers to be innovative, constantly striving to introduce new features. Consequently, newer sources of risks are being introduced in the mobile computing paradigm at manufacturing level. Similarly, many m-learning promoters and developers focus on developing and delivering learning content and infrastructure for m-learning system without adequate consideration for security of stakeholders' data, whereas the use of these mobile technologies for learning poses a serious threat to confidentiality, integrity and privacy of those involved in teaching and learning, yet traditional security threats are also evolving. Against this backdrop, the stakeholders in education sector (i.e. education providers, educators, m-learning promoters and developers) should begin to consider the security implications of these devices in modern teaching and learning environments. The purpose of this paper is to identify the m-learning security issues that stakeholders may face, how they are being affected by these security threats, who among the stakeholders are affected or most affected by security issues in m-learning using three Nigeria universities as case studies and what are the responsibilities of the stakeholders in ensuring risk free m-learning.

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“…e students would similarly need to obtain authentication and then access the mobile learning platform. Authentication is mandatory to protect the professor and student works, copyrights, privacy, and the identification of students [37]. Users are able to change their own password to log into the system.…”

Design, development, and evaluation of a mobile learning application for computing education

“…The students similarly would need to obtain authentication and then access the mobile learning platform. Authentication is mandatory to protect the teacher and learner works, copyrights, privacy, and the identification of learners (Shonola and Joy 2015;Oyelere et al, 2016a). Subsequent to authentication is profile personalization to support teachers' and students' context awareness and learning.…”

“…There are several studies about mobile learning in Nigeria, but they are mainly theoretical and feasibility studies on mobile learning (Isiaka et al, 2011;Osang et al, 2013;Anohah et al, 2017;Oyelere et al, 2016b;Oyelere et al, 2016c;Shonola and Joy, 2015;Shonola et al, 2016). We are not aware of a similar study on the full implementation and evaluation of a mobile learning application for computing education in the Nigerian context.…”

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“…Mobile users' carelessness, lack of education, and awareness have contributed to the increase of security threats faced and encountered (Bitton et al, 2018;Harris et al, 2013;Liang et al, 2019;Markelj & Bernik, 2013;Shonola & Joy, 2015). Chen and Li (2017) affirmed that individuals and IT users are highly susceptible to target from threats due to the lack of systemic security training to detect, prevent, or cope with privacy threats.…”