Teaching Network Security in a Virtual Learning Environment

Bergstrom, Laura; Grahn, Kaj J.; Karlstrom, Krister; Pulkkis, Göran; Åström, Peik

doi:10.28945/297

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“…Previous studies (Bergström et al, 2004) have shown that a graphical design is structured into two dimensions, a communicating dimension and an esthetical dimension. The communicating dimension, the interface, describes the interaction between the user and the learning environment.…”

Section: The Graphical Design Of the Learning Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Mobile Communication in an e-Learning Environmnet

Bergstrom¹,

Grahn²,

Karlsson³

et al. 2007

Proceedings of the 2007 InSITE Conference

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This article presents a virtual course with the topic mobile and wireless communication systems. The structure of the tree sections of the course material content, the generic technology section, the wireless technology section, and the mobility management section, is presented.The main didactical approach of the virtual course is a guided excursion to which students enroll. The task sets, consisting of exercises and study directives, that the course teacher assigns each week to the students are described. The concept of step-by-step skill assimilation, which lies behind the student guidance process, is outlined together with descriptions of the different user skill levels. The course has been produced by Arcada Polytechnic as a part of a production team in the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic. The structure of the Finnish educational system together with the goals and structure of the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic are presented. The course development process is described in detail together with the software tools used to produce the course material. The graphical design of the learning platform is presented. The communicating dimension, the interface, and the esthetical dimension, and the layout are presented and analyzed in depth.The IT infrastructure needed to implement and use the learning platform of the course is described and assessed. Issues like how the students are registered and authenticated to the course are presented together with the tools for communication and interaction between student and teacher. General IT requirements together with specific both server (course provider) and client (student) side IT requirements are presented. Teaching and learning experiences, gathered from a wireless networking course held in spring 2005, are presented. In this wireless networking course Mobile IP animation was used to simplify both teaching and learning of mobile IP. Further development needs are also presented.

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Section: The Graphical Design Of the Learning Environmentmentioning

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Teaching Mobile Communication in an e-Learning Environmnet

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Grahn²,

Karlsson³

et al. 2007

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“…Therefore, to avoid the creation of this image, should we ask ourselves if it is motivated to re-use a previously designed graphical interface and its organization model or should changes and improvements been made to it? Therefore we will analyze briefly the comprehensibility and usability of the learning platform "Network Security" (Bergström et al, 2004) in the purpose to achieve an improved design, an enhanced organization model, and a better usability of the learning platform "Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems". This operation focuses on the elements that can be improved; because only by individuating the weaknesses in a design can we turn them into its strengths.…”

Section: The Graphical Design Of the Learning Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These are in fact the elements that we'll particularly take in consideration when planning and developing the graphical design of the learning environment "Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems". Previous studies (Bergström et al, 2004) have shown that a graphical design is structured into two dimensions, a communicating dimension and an esthetical dimension. The communicating dimension, the interface, describes the interaction between the user and the learning environment.…”

Section: The Graphical Design Of the Learning Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Mobile Communication in an e-Learning Environmnet

Bergstrom¹,

Grahn

Karlsson

et al. 2007

IISIT

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This article presents a virtual course with the topic mobile and wireless communication systems. The structure of the tree sections of the course material content, the generic technology section, the wireless technology section, and the mobility management section, is presented. The main didactical approach of the virtual course is a guided excursion to which students enroll. The task sets, consisting of exercises and study directives, that the course teacher assigns each week to the students are described. The concept of step-by-step skill assimilation, which lies behind the student guidance process, is outlined together with descriptions of the different user skill levels. The course has been produced by Arcada Polytechnic as a part of a production team in the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic. The structure of the Finnish educational system together with the goals and structure of the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic are presented. The course development process is described in detail together with the software tools used to produce the course material. The graphical design of the learning platform is presented. The communicating dimension, the interface, and the esthetical dimension, and the layout are presented and analyzed in depth. The IT infrastructure needed to implement and use the learning platform of the course is described and assessed. Issues like how the students are registered and authenticated to the course are presented together with the tools for communication and interaction between student and teacher. General IT requirements together with specific both server (course provider) and client (student) side IT requirements are presented. Teaching and learning experiences, gathered from a wireless networking course held in spring 2005, are presented. In this wireless networking course Mobile IP animation was used to simplify both teaching and learning of mobile IP. Further development needs are also presented.

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“…Examples of teaching network security ideas based on flat (2D) animation and metaphors are described in Bergstrom, Grahn, Karlstrom, Pulkkis, and Astrom (2004). Kazitow and Nelayev (1998) describes some adaptable and usable methods for teaching the concept of the virtual laboratory, however the paper is primarily focused on Chemistry.…”

Section: Network Design Software Visual System and Network Administrmentioning

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Computer Network Simulation and Network Security Auditing in a Spatial Context of an Organization

Zaliwski

2005

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The business organizations currently functioning inside cyberspace are vulnerable to threats and forms of crimes that were unknown prior to the Internet era. New challenges for security have emerged from this situation. It has become increasingly necessary to educate a large number of professionals to be better prepared to maintain the growing number of computer networks. Also, there is a need to place strong emphasis on the security aspects of a network. These goals are impossible to realize without solving the following problems: lack of safe infrastructure, where security experiments can not compromise the organization’s security; and the complexity of existing security auditing methodologies which limits the number of professionals who are able to use them. The complexity makes difficult to obtain a bird-eye view of the whole company’s security system in a way similar to tactical and strategic military map. This hinders the ability to have a single complete status of an organization. This paper describes a tool that can be used to overcome the above problems.

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Teaching Network Security in a Virtual Learning Environment

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