Mixed Reality Based Interactive Cybersecurity Education for Middle School Students

基于混合现实的中学生交互式网络安全教育

• 批准号: 2048874
• 负责人: Chien-Chung Shen
• 金额: $ 39.04万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2048874&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mixed; Reality; Based; Interactive; Cybersecurity

Individuals and organizations around the world are turning to information and communication technology (ICT) to help manage all aspects of life and businesses. ICT companies are at the same time continuously developing new approaches to advance online safety, security, and privacy. The shortage of cybersecurity professionals creates risks for both national and homeland security. These risks are exacerbated by the lack of diversity among cybersecurity professionals. Cybersecurity education programs that meet the needs of a more diverse group of students and can be easily implemented by educators are needed. These programs need to expose students to cybersecurity starting in the middle-school years when they begin to solidify their academic and other identities. By enhancing the knowledge of cybersecurity and positive motivation, such programs could lead to potential future interest in cybersecurity careers, thus creating a pipeline for a robust and diverse cybersecurity workforce. This project will formulate, design, and prototype innovative mixed-reality (MR) learning content to make cybersecurity concepts concrete and engaging for middle school students. The work will be guided by an interdisciplinary team of scholars from the University of Delaware and involves partnerships with the Delaware Chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association, local schools and districts. The project is intended to directly impact 10 middle school teachers and approximately 350 students including students with disabilities through the design, pilot, and implementation efforts.The project is guided by three goals: (1) iteratively design a set of concrete and interactive MR activities addressing key cybersecurity concepts (e.g., steganography, phishing, and firewalls) with teacher and student input throughout the design process; (2) increase student knowledge of key cybersecurity concepts, understanding of the importance of cybersecurity, and interest in cybersecurity careers; and (3) produce a set of design principles for MR activities in computing. MR activities will be iteratively refined based on observations, teacher interviews, and student survey feedback. Short pre-pilots will test the usability of the materials and provide teachers a classroom context to evaluate success. A final pilot will be conducted in middle school classrooms utilizing a pre/posttest design with assessments of student cybersecurity learning and motivation. Based on the wide attention on cybersecurity in the workforce, this work will help create new models for K-12 cybersecurity education while exposing students to new and emerging technologies. The research instruments, assessment tools, and outcomes of this work will be disseminated through workshops, publications, presentations, and a web portal. This project is funded by the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program, which supports projects that build understandings of practices, program elements, contexts and processes contributing to increasing students' knowledge and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and information and communication technology (ICT) careers.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.

世界各地的个人和组织正在寻求信息和通信技术 (ICT) 来帮助管理生活和业务的各个方面。 ICT 公司同时不断开发新方法来提高在线安全、保障和隐私。网络安全专业人员的短缺给国家和国土安全带来了风险。网络安全专业人员缺乏多样性加剧了这些风险。需要满足更多样化的学生群体的需求并且可以由教育工作者轻松实施的网络安全教育计划。这些计划需要让学生从中学时期开始接触网络安全，那时他们就开始巩固自己的学术和其他身份。通过增强网络安全知识和积极动机，此类计划可能会引发人们未来对网络安全职业的潜在兴趣，从而为强大且多样化的网络安全劳动力队伍创造渠道。该项目将制定、设计和原型化创新的混合现实（MR）学习内容，使网络安全概念具体化并吸引中学生。这项工作将由特拉华大学的跨学科学者团队指导，并与计算机科学教师协会特拉华分会、当地学校和学区合作。该项目旨在通过设计、试点和实施工作，直接影响 10 名中学教师和约 350 名学生（包括残疾学生）。该项目以三个目标为指导：（1）迭代设计一套具体的交互式 MR 活动在整个设计过程中通过教师和学生的意见解决关键网络安全概念（例如隐写术、网络钓鱼和防火墙）； （2）提高学生对网络安全关键概念的认识、对网络安全重要性的认识以及对网络安全职业的兴趣； (3) 为计算中的 MR 活动制定一套设计原则。 MR 活动将根据观察、教师访谈和学生调查反馈进行迭代完善。简短的预试点将测试材料的可用性，并为教师提供评估成功的课堂环境。最终试点将在中学教室进行，采用前/后测试设计，评估学生网络安全学习和动机。基于人们对网络安全的广泛关注，这项工作将有助于创建 K-12 网络安全教育的新模式，同时让学生接触新兴技术。这项工作的研究工具、评估工具和成果将通过研讨会、出版物、演示文稿和门户网站进行传播。该项目由学生和教师创新技术体验 (ITEST) 计划资助，该计划支持加深对实践、计划要素、背景和流程的理解的项目，有助于增加学生对科学、技术、工程和数学的知识和兴趣（STEM）和信息与通信技术（ICT）职业。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Augmented Reality-Based Cybersecurity Education on Phishing

基于增强现实的网络钓鱼网络安全教育

• DOI: 10.1109/aivr52153.2021.00052
• 发表时间: 2021-11
• 期刊: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality
• 作者: Chiou, Yan;Shen, Chien;Mouza, Chrystalla;Rutherford, Teomara
• 通讯作者: Rutherford, Teomara

Work-in-Progress-Design and Evaluation of Mixed Reality Programs for Cybersecurity Education

网络安全教育混合现实项目的正在进行中的设计和评估

• DOI: 10.23919/ilrn52045.2021.9459309
• 发表时间: 2021-05
• 期刊: 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN
• 作者: Shen, Chien Chung;Chiou, Yan;Mouza, Chrystalla;Rutherford, Teomara
• 通讯作者: Rutherford, Teomara