Maine Virtual Cybersecurity Collaborative Learning Laboratory

缅因州虚拟网络安全协作学习实验室

• 批准号: 1438826
• 负责人: Dahlia Lynn
• 金额: $ 30.05万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1438826&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maine; Virtual; Cybersecurity; Collaborative; Learning

The University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine at Fort Kent, and the York County Community College are collaborating in a two-year project to pilot and evaluate the feasibility of implementing an inter-institutional virtual cyber security collaborative learning laboratory. In a traditional classroom or laboratory, the student has the support of the faculty and or other students and the physical immediacy positively impacts the students? learning, decisions and outcomes. Cybersecurity virtual laboratories are shared resources that minimize the cost of replicating cybersecurity educational programs and allow students from several institutions to remotely use the hardware at the lead institution. A student working in a virtual cyber security laboratory can work as part of a group at great distances from the physical hardware and other students. This project will develop procedures and practices to fill in the gaps between virtual and physical laboratories in reliable and cost effective ways.The research design allows for the evaluation of the feasibility of implementing the inter-institutional laboratory in five, four-hour rounds of simulations over three semesters. Evaluation research will utilize a mixed-method approach, with an emphasis on interviews, surveys, observations, and usage data to assess faculty and student attitudes toward and use of the virtual cybersecurity laboratory, and the extent of cooperation among the three institutions in the implementation of the laboratory. Quantitative analysis of student performance data will allow for preliminary assessment of the promise of the virtual laboratory for achieving the expected learning outcomes related to Protect and Defend cyber security scenarios.

南缅因大学、缅因大学肯特堡分校和约克郡社区学院正在合作开展一个为期两年的项目，以试点和评估实施机构间虚拟网络安全协作学习实验室的可行性。 在传统的教室或实验室中，学生得到教师和/或其他学生的支持，并且物理直接性对学生产生积极影响？学习、决策和结果。 网络安全虚拟实验室是共享资源，可以最大限度地降低复制网络安全教育计划的成本，并允许来自多个机构的学生远程使用牵头机构的硬件。 在虚拟网络安全实验室工作的学生可以作为团队的一部分，远离物理硬件和其他学生。 该项目将开发程序和实践，以可靠且具有成本效益的方式填补虚拟实验室和物理实验室之间的空白。研究设计允许在三个学期的五轮、四小时模拟中评估实施机构间实验室的可行性。 评估研究将采用混合方法，重点通过访谈、调查、观察和使用数据来评估教师和学生对虚拟网络安全实验室的态度和使用情况，以及三个机构在实验室实施过程中的合作程度。对学生表现数据的定量分析将有助于初步评估虚拟实验室在实现与保护和防御网络安全场景相关的预期学习成果方面的前景。