Organizations and communities are now increasingly dependent on computer networks for their daily operations, which makes the digital world both attractive and lucrative for cyber criminals. Additionally, the volume of banking and monetary transactions that occur across the Internet from devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones has increased immensely, further making the Internet an interesting playground for cyber criminals. Given the evolving landscape of cyber security threats, it is important to provide our workforce with ongoing training in cyber security. The protection of cyber assets requires a multipronged approach that requires the coordination of government, academia and industry. Therefore, the educational methodologies need to evolve and adapt to support the needs of people who are geographically separated and constrained by time. In this paper, the authors propose an interdisciplinary approach to cyber security education and the best practices for integrating advanced instructional technologies to online cyber security education.
Li-Fang Shih received her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with specialization in online instruction from the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Shih is current the Associate Dean for the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College. Her researches have focused on issues related to quality online instruction, outcome assessments, online communication, and the development of online community, etc. Her papers have been presented in national conferences such as American Education Research Association (AERA), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), WebMedia, and WebNet, etc.
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