Collaborative Research: SaTC: EDU: QUINTET: Quantum Internet Education and Training Synthesizer

安全量子通信和量子网络领域的教育工作者和学习者面临着独特的挑战。为了精通这些领域，必须从广泛的学科中汲取经验。在这些跨学科的新兴领域开展有效的培训，在结构和教学方面都面临着一些挑战。这些地区的教育资源有限，往往需要教育工作者从多个来源收集和整理材料。手动开发课程和确定相关的学生学习目标（SLO）对教育工作者来说可能是一个相当大的负担。此外，从以这种方式创建的课程中学习对学生来说可能具有挑战性。传统的方法不足以教授跨学科领域，因为它们不提供研究学科之间相互作用所需的实践学习经验。该项目将通过开发和传播最先进的体验式学习平台QUINTET来应对上述挑战：量子互联网教育和培训合成器。QUINTET平台将包括：（1）关于经典和量子网络、网络算法、量子互联网组件和量子路由、经典和量子密码学以及经典和量子网络安全的八个课程模块;（2）由满足SLO的学习对象组成的学习对象库（LOR），包括模块化交互式小部件、相关文本、视频、练习，（3）使用Kolb的体验式学习的四个阶段，包括动手、虚拟量子网络实验和通用学习设计，为包容性和可访问的学习提供同一概念的多种等效表示;（4）采用新的评估方法，将数据收集纳入课程计划和定性评估，使教师和学生能够通过反思区和积极实验来审查他们的表现;以及（5）与FAIR一致的设计（可查找、可验证、可互操作，且可重复使用）原则和仪表与丰富的元数据集，允许有效的检索和定制课程模块的各种学习经验。这个项目是由安全的支持值得信赖的网络空间（SaTC）计划，该计划为解决网络安全和隐私问题的提案提供资金，在这种情况下，特别是网络安全教育。SATC计划与联邦网络安全研究和发展战略计划和国家隐私研究战略保持一致，以保护和维护网络系统日益增长的社会和经济效益，同时确保安全和隐私。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Educators and learners in the field of secure quantum communications and quantum networking face a unique challenge. In order to be proficient in these areas, one must draw from a broad set of disciplines. Effective training in such interdisciplinary emerging areas poses several structural and pedagogical challenges. The limited availability of educational resources in these areas often requires educators to collect and curate materials from several sources. Manually developing courses and identifying relevant student learning objectives (SLOs) can be a considerable burden for educators. In addition, learning from courses created this way can be challenging for students. Traditional approaches are not adequate for teaching interdisciplinary areas, since they do not provide the hands-on learning experiences needed to study interactions among disciplines. This project will address the above challenges by developing and disseminating a state-of-the-art experiential learning-based platform, QUINTET: Quantum internet education and training synthesizer. The QUINTET platform will include: (1) Eight course modules on classical and quantum networking, networking algorithms, quantum internet components and quantum routing, classical and quantum cryptography, and classical and quantum network security; (2) A Learning Objects Repository (LOR) consisting of learning objects that meet SLOs, including modular interactive widgets, relevant text, videos, exercises, and quizzes and tests to synthesize lessons; (3) Use of Kolb’s four phases of experiential learning, including hands-on, virtual quantum network experimentation and universal design for learning, which offers multiple equivalent representations of the same concept for inclusive and accessible learning; (4) New assessment methodology that uses data collection embedded within lesson plans and qualitative assessments that allow instructors and learners to review their performance through reflection zones and active experimentation; and (5) A design in alignment with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Inter-operable, and Reusable) principles and instrumented with a rich set of metadata that allows efficient retrieval and customization of course modules for a variety of learning experiences.This project is supported by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program, which funds proposals that address cybersecurity and privacy, and in this case specifically cybersecurity education. The SaTC program aligns with the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan and the National Privacy Research Strategy to protect and preserve the growing social and economic benefits of cyber systems while ensuring security and privacy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.