Title: Improving wireless and networking cybersecurity curriculum

Authors: Edward J. Glantz; Mahdi Nasereddin; Joanne C. Peca; David J. Fusco; Devin Kachmar

Addresses: College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA ' Penn State – Berks College – IST Program, The Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA 19610, USA ' College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA ' College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA ' College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Abstract: This investigation expands previous work responding to the growing need to educate and train cyber professionals of wireless and networking devices by guiding cyber education curricular development in undergraduate and master's degree programs. In the haste to expand cyber curriculum, important considerations to improve student learning may be overlooked, resulting in less effective and satisfying experiences. Enhancing effectiveness of the learner experience may leverage not just what, but also how, content is delivered. The result integrates 'minds-on' with 'hands-on' learning. This paper is authored by cyber faculty at a university that recently expanded undergraduate and master's cybersecurity programs to cover wired and wireless cyber curriculum. This initiative supplemented theoretical education with development of hands-on 'experiential' learner experiences across the curriculum.

Keywords: cybersecurity; wireless networking education; student learning; reflection; Kolb's experiential learning cycle.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMNDI.2021.118987

International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, 2021 Vol.10 No.2, pp.82 - 89

Received: 27 Apr 2021
Accepted: 27 Apr 2021
Published online: 16 Nov 2021 *

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