Enhance Learning through Developing Network Security Hands-on Lab for Online Students
Jianhua YANG, Thomas Reddington
Information Security Education Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2015.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/isej/fulltext/v2n1/3.pdf
Abstract:
Online teaching and learning have been becoming more and more popular because students can study at
anywhere and anytime. The reality is that it is hard to ask online students to conduct hands-on labs which normally require
students to be on-campus. Computer network security is a course in which hands-on labs play a key role in enhancing
students learning performance. In this paper we first, discuss the challenges to design online hands-on lab; second, describe
the contents covered in computer network security course; third, design a lab platform which can make online students
convenient to do hands-on exercise; and finally, propose eight hands-on labs which are properly designed for computer
network security online students. Our survey results show that the students are satisfied by the eight hands-on labs.