TY - GEN
T1 - Improving student learning performance in a virtual hands-on lab system in cybersecurity education
AU - Zeng, Zhen
AU - Deng, Yuli
AU - Hsiao, Ihan
AU - Huang, Dijiang
AU - Chung, Chun Jen
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE-1723440.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - This Research Work in Progress paper presents a study on improving student learning performance in a virtual hands-on lab system in cybersecurity education. As the demand for cybersecurity-trained professionals rapidly increasing, virtual hands-on lab systems have been introduced into cybersecurity education as a tool to enhance students' learning. To improve learning in a virtual hands-on lab system, instructors need to understand: what learning activities are associated with students' learning performance in this system? What relationship exists between different learning activities? What instructors can do to improve learning outcomes in this system? However, few of these questions has been studied for using virtual hands-on lab in cybersecurity education. In this research, we present our recent findings by identifying that two learning activities are positively associated with students' learning performance. Notably, the learning activity of reading lab materials (p < 0:01) plays a more significant role in hands-on learning than the learning activity of working on lab tasks (p < 0:05) in cybersecurity education.In addition, a student, who spends longer time on reading lab materials, may work longer time on lab tasks (p < 0:01).
AB - This Research Work in Progress paper presents a study on improving student learning performance in a virtual hands-on lab system in cybersecurity education. As the demand for cybersecurity-trained professionals rapidly increasing, virtual hands-on lab systems have been introduced into cybersecurity education as a tool to enhance students' learning. To improve learning in a virtual hands-on lab system, instructors need to understand: what learning activities are associated with students' learning performance in this system? What relationship exists between different learning activities? What instructors can do to improve learning outcomes in this system? However, few of these questions has been studied for using virtual hands-on lab in cybersecurity education. In this research, we present our recent findings by identifying that two learning activities are positively associated with students' learning performance. Notably, the learning activity of reading lab materials (p < 0:01) plays a more significant role in hands-on learning than the learning activity of working on lab tasks (p < 0:05) in cybersecurity education.In addition, a student, who spends longer time on reading lab materials, may work longer time on lab tasks (p < 0:01).
KW - Cybersecurity education
KW - Learning activity
KW - Learning performance
KW - Virtual hands-on lab system
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658855
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2018.8658855
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063471834
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Frontiers in Education
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 48th Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2018
Y2 - 3 October 2018 through 6 October 2018
ER -