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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-15-2020
Subject: LCSH
Computer security, Outcome assessment
Disciplines
Computer Engineering | Computer Sciences | Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
Although cybersecurity is a major present concern, it is not a required subject in University. In response, we developed Cyber World which introduces students to eight highly important cybersecurity topics (primarily taught by none cybersecurity experts). We embedded it into our critical thinking Common Course (core curriculum) which is a team-taught first-year experience required for all students. Cyber World was first taught in Fall 2018 to a cohort of over 150 students from various majors at the University of New Haven. This article presents the evaluation of our Fall taught course. In detail, we compare the performance of Cyber World students to other Common Course sections that ran in parallel and conclude that despite the higher workload students performed equally well. Furthermore, we assess the students’ development throughout the course with respect to their cybersecurity knowledge where our results indicate a significant gain of knowledge. Note, this article also presents the idea and topics of Cyber World; however a detailed explanation has been released previously.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10274-5
Repository Citation
Breitinger, Frank; Tully-Doyle, Ryan; Przyborski, Kristen; Beck, Lauren; and Harichandran, Ronald S., "First Year Students' Experience in a Cyber World Course - An Evaluation" (2020). Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications. 95.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/electricalcomputerengineering-facpubs/95
Publisher Citation
Breitinger, F., Tully-Doyle, R., Przyborski, K. et al. First year students’ experience in a Cyber World course – an evaluation. Educ Inf Technol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10274-5
This is an early version of the article published in Educational and Information Technologies. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10274-5.
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Computer Engineering Commons, Computer Sciences Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons
Comments
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Educational and Information Technologies. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10274-5.