MOBILE - A MOBile Instructional Laboratory Environment for Hands-On Computer Science Education

计算机科学（31）本项目开发了一个移动的/便携式软件系统，用于提供动手计算机密集型教育研讨会，包括计算机安全和信息保证领域。该项目建立在先前的NSF CCLI第1阶段项目的基础上，为计算机科学教师开发基于笔记本电脑的计算机安全研讨会。本项目的三大目标是（1）进一步开发一个移动的无线计算机网络管理系统，该系统可用于各种安全教育研讨会场景，并可从便携式存储设备快速安装在参与者的笔记本电脑上（例如USB驱动器）给定存储器、磁盘和软件要求的最小子集，（2）将此功能与可由内容开发者和演示者使用的易于使用的界面打包，以及（3）通过呈现一个移动的手-为教育工作者举办计算机安全讲习班，并教他们如何在自己的讲习班和课堂上使用这一系统。该项目的智力价值是提供了一个易于使用的软件系统，可以对用于教育培训、讲习班和实验室的虚拟计算机系统的计算机网络进行定制配置和实时管理。这个项目的更广泛的影响是，它促进了更好的教学，学习和培训，允许更现实和动态的场景，涉及动手使用灵活的计算机网络环境的计算机活动。该系统免费提供给教育工作者，供他们在自己的环境中使用，使他们能够开发自己的内容，并进一步传播这种环境的价值。

Computer Science (31)This project develops a mobile/portable software system for delivering hands-on computer intensive educational workshops, including the areas of computer security and information assurance. This project builds on a prior NSF CCLI Phase 1 project to develop a laptop-based computer security workshop for computer science instructors. The three major goals of this project are to (1) further develop a mobile wireless computer network management system that can be used in a variety of security education workshops scenarios and can be quickly installed on participants' laptop computers from a portable storage device (such as a USB drive) given a minimal subset of memory, disk and software requirements, (2) package this functionality with an easy-to-use interface that can be used by content developers and presenters, and (3) demonstrate the value of this system to educators by presenting a mobile hands-on computer security workshop to educators and teaching them how to use this system for their own workshops and classroom. The intellectual merit of this project is the contribution of an easy-to-use software system that allows for custom configuration and real-time management of a computer network of virtual computer systems for educational training, workshops and laboratories. The broader impact of this project is that it promotes better teaching, learning, and training by allowing more realistic and dynamic scenarios involving hands-on computer activities using flexible computer network environments. This system is made freely available to educators for use in their own environments, allowing them to develop their own content and further spread the value of this type of environment.