• DocumentCode
    1230210
  • Title

    Security Education Using Second Life

  • Author

    Ryoo, Jungwoo ; Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana ; Lee, Dongwon

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania State Univ., PA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    74
  • Abstract
    Institutions of higher education, government agencies, and private organizations have been making sustained efforts to teach some information security skills more efficiently. In these efforts to improve security education, the dominant pedagogical approach has been to use security exercises in a lab setting.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer science education; security of data; virtual reality; Second Life; decontextualized learning; information security skill; security education; Access control; Computer displays; Computer security; Discussion forums; Educational products; Information security; Microprogramming; Privacy; Second Life; XML; Second Life; Security and privacy; education; information security; virtual world;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2009.49
  • Filename
    4812162