Collaborative Research: Enhancing Cyber Security Education Using POGIL

以过程为导向的指导性探究学习（POGIL）已被证明在提高学生基于学科的学习和专业技能，如团队合作、沟通、管理、信息处理和批判性思维方面是有效的。该项目为密码学、访问控制、网络安全、风险管理、网络安全和安全编码等15个网络安全主题领域开发POGIL材料。本项目还评估了三所大学不同课程中开发的POGIL材料和教学方法，目的是调查以下研究问题：在学习成果、学习经验、态度和动机方面，使用POGIL方法比传统/基于讲座的教学方法更有效地学习网络安全吗？本计划亦透过举办两场校内教师工作坊及一场暑期教师工作坊，作为教师在网络安全方面的专业发展，建立国家网络安全教育能力，并传播项目成果。该项目由北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学、田纳西大学查塔努加分校和老道明大学的pi合作实施。开发的POGIL材料将为网络安全教育提供有效的教学资源。研究POGIL教学方法在网络安全教育中的有效性，有助于研究有效的网络安全教学方法。开发的POGIL材料可以被计算机科学、信息技术和商业等多个学科采用，并将通过会议介绍、在适当的期刊上发表和通过该项目的网站向更广泛的受众提供。

Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) has been proven effective in improving discipline-based student learning and professional skills such as teamwork, communication, management, information processing, and critical thinking. This project develops POGIL materials for fifteen cybersecurity topic areas of cryptography, access control, network security, risk management, web security, and secure coding. This project also evaluates the developed POGIL materials and teaching methods in different courses at three universities with the goal of investigating the following research question: Is using the POGIL method more effective to learn cybersecurity than traditional/lecture-based teaching methods in terms of learning outcomes, learning experience, attitudes and motivation? This project also builds the national capacity in cybersecurity education and disseminates project results through holding two in-conference faculty workshops and one summer faculty workshop as faculty professional development in cybersecurity. This project is implemented through the collaboration of PIs from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Old Dominion University.The developed POGIL materials will contribute to the effective pedagogy resources for cybersecurity education. The study of the effectiveness of the POGIL instructional method for cybersecurity education will contribute to the research knowledge on effective teaching methods for cybersecurity. The developed POGIL materials can be adopted by multiple disciplines such as computer science, information technology and business, and will be made available to a broader audience through conference presentations, publication in appropriate journals, and through the project's web site.