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Development of Peer Instruction Questions for Cybersecurity Education

Authors: 

William E. Johnson, Allison Luzader, Irfan Ahmed, Vassil Roussev, and Golden G. Richard III, University of New Orleans; Cynthia B. Lee, Stanford University

Abstract: 

Cybersecurity classes should be focused on building practical skills along with the development of the open mindset that is essential to tackle the dynamic cybersecurity landscape. Unfortunately, traditional lecture-style teaching is a poor match for this task. Peer instruction is a non-traditional, active learning approach that has proven to be effective in many fundamental courses of computer science. The main challenge for faculty in adopting peer instruction is the development of conceptual questions. This paper presents a methodology for developing peer instruction questions systematically for cybersecurity courses. The method consists of four stages: concept identification, concept trigger, question presentation, and question development. The paper further provides an analysis of 172 questions developed over the period of ten months by the authors for two cybersecurity courses: introduction to computer security and network penetration testing. Finally, it discusses four examples of peer instruction questions in the context of the aforementioned methodology.

William E. Johnson, University of New Orleans

Allison Luzader, University of New Orleans

Irfan Ahmed, University of New Orleans

Vassil Roussev, University of New Orleans

Golden G. Richard III, University of New Orleans

Cynthia B. Lee, Stanford University

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {198097,
author = {William E. Johnson and Allison Luzader and Irfan Ahmed and Vassil Roussev and Golden G. Richard III and Cynthia B. Lee},
title = {Development of Peer Instruction Questions for Cybersecurity Education},
booktitle = {2016 USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education (ASE 16)},
year = {2016},
address = {Austin, TX},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/ase16/workshop-program/presentation/johnson},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug,
}
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