scholarly journals PocketCTF: A Fully Featured Approach for Hosting Portable Attack and Defense Cybersecurity Exercises

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Stylianos Karagiannis ◽  
Christoforos Ntantogian ◽  
Emmanouil Magkos ◽  
Luís L. Ribeiro ◽  
Luís Campos
Keyword(s):  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Technical Aspects ◽  
Hands On ◽  
System Resources ◽  
Attack And Defense

Capture the flag (CTF) challenges are broadly used for engaging trainees in the technical aspects of cybersecurity, maintaining hands-on lab exercises, and integrating gamification elements. However, deploying the appropriate digital environment for conducting cybersecurity exercises can be challenging and typically requires a lot of effort and system resources by educators. In this paper, we present PocketCTF, an extensible and fully independent CTF platform, open to educators to run realistic virtual labs to host cybersecurity exercises in their classrooms. PocketCTF is based on containerization technologies to minimize the deployment effort and to utilize less system resources. A proof-of-concept implementation demonstrates the feasibility of deploying CTF challenges that allows the trainees to engage not only in offensive security but also in defensive tasks that have to be conducted during cybersecurity incidents. When using PocketCTF, educators can deploy hands-on labs, spending less time on the deployment and without necessarily having the advanced technical background to deploy complex labs and scenarios.

scholarly journals TESTING THE EFFICACY OF VIRTUAL LABS IN INDIA FOR SIMULATION OF OPTICS EXPERIMENTS AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (08) ◽  
pp. 140-149
Author(s):  
Parthasarathi a ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Important Ingredient ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Online Laboratories ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Goals And Objectives

Laboratory experimentation isan important ingredient of every undergraduate program in science education. The use of virtual and remote laboratories (VRLs) offers several benefits to students, teachers, and instructors. It can mitigate the high costs of procurement of apparatus in traditional labs and can support distance and blended learning. The recent outbreak of Covid-19 has resulted in isolating the students from labs which have made such online laboratories imperative even in the traditional offline education system. They offer a possible alternative to conventional hands-on labs. Such online mode imparts freedom to teachers as well as students to define their experimental goals and objectives. This paper tests the efficacy of the Virtual Labs platform for conducting simulated experiments onlinein the field of Optics. The learning outcome of the students who employ the same to simulate experiments online is analyzed. The main objective is to explore the limitations posed to the users of such an online lab platform in terms of designing the experimentsand visualization of the experiment results and offer suggestions to make such VRLs more efficacious, versatile, and user-friendly.

scholarly journals Need Analysis of Virtual Laboratories For Science Education In Jambi, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 744-755
Author(s):  
Fahmi Rohim
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Need Analysis ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Scientific Phenomena ◽  
Educational Field

The needs of technological advancement which is infused into education system are more and more inviting thorough researches since digital environment influences educational settings. In specific, virtual laboratories as the digital environment is now not used only in engineering and computer science fields but also in educational field in general. Digitalized teaching aids, web-based learning, e-learning etc. are such possible prospective fields that need virtual labs in them. In regard to that, this study is initiated to conduct a need analysis of virtual labs for Jambi province context through library research. This study employs documentary analysis techniques to assimilate reliable information regarding virtual labs from the related literatures. Purposively, this study selects online journals that are correlated to virtual labs and analysed the variables, methods, and results of study. This study finds that studies done yield few shortcomings of virtual labs usages to only the lost opportunity of students to involve their senses during the use of virtual labs. However, in general virtual labs usages contribute benefits to science education such as: a) Virtual labs assist students to link between theoretical and scientific concepts to practical laboratory techniques and skills; b) Virtual labs provide simulations that make students more engaged in learning scientific phenomena; c) Although some important opportunities of learning experiences are not provided by virtual labs such as sensory involvement in learning, most virtual labs are developed to fulfil the characteristics of teaching aids; d) Virtual labs abbreviate the preparation steps of practicum activities, hence they make class-time used effectively; and e) Virtual labs allow students to repeat experiment for multiple times. In addition, virtual labs usages also bring prospects to some important aspects of educational field namely financial resources, academic advancement, technological computer simulation improvement, and cultural aspects. This study suggests the Jambi Education Board to recommend virtual labs usages at schools to equip science education as supplemental and supporting teaching aids.

Are Virtual Labs as Effective as Hands-on Labs for Undergraduate Physics? A Comparative Study at Two Major Universities

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Darrah ◽  
Roxann Humbert ◽  
Jeanne Finstein ◽  
Marllin Simon ◽  
John Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Hands On

Development of an educationally oriented open-source embedded systems laboratory kit: A hybrid hands-on and virtual experimentation approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walid Balid ◽  
Mahmoud Abdulwahed ◽  
Imad Alrouh
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Virtual Labs ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Embedded microcontroller (MCU) systems is one of the most important topics in undergraduate electrical and electronics engineering and computer engineering curricula. Laboratory sessions are vitally important in teaching/learning of MCUs. Unfortunately, most commercially available MCU development kits are not well designed for educational purposes. In this paper, we report on the design and implementation of an educationally oriented MCU kit. The design aimed to produce a fairly universal training board that can cover a range of experiments for different topics, which resulted in embedding a rich group of peripherals. Furthermore, the kit was associated with student-centric lab manuals, training exercise, video materials, and virtual MCU experiments. This paper presents a pedagogical investigation of the impact of using the embedded systems virtual labs for preparation. The quantitative results show statistical evidence that preparation with a virtual embedded systems lab results in higher learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Know-Me: A Toolkit for Designing Personalised Dementia Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5662
Author(s):  
Gubing Wang ◽  
Armagan Albayrak ◽  
Eef Hogervorst ◽  
Tischa J.M. van der Cammen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Concept Evaluation ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Student Projects

Personalisation is a crucial element in providing person-centred care for people with dementia. This paper presents the development and evaluation of a design toolkit to facilitate the work of designers and healthcare professionals in personalising dementia care. This toolkit, named “Know-me”, was grounded in the findings of Ergonomics in Aging, Co-design, and Data-enabled Design, derived from literature review and from the field during a four-year doctorate project. “Know-me” was designed to be easily accessible, flexible, and engaging, providing concrete and hands-on guidance for designers and healthcare professionals to use in designing for personalised dementia care. A proof-of-concept evaluation of the “Know-me” toolkit was conducted via student projects on design for dementia care. During this process, we found that “Know-me” could be adapted flexibly so that the care team could use some of the tools by themselves. A feature-by-feature comparison of the “Know-me” toolkit with similar state-of-the-art toolkits was conducted, and based upon this, the strengths and weaknesses of the “Know-me” toolkit are discussed. This preliminary study indicates that the “Know-me” toolkit is a helpful addition to the current pool of toolkits on designing for dementia care.

scholarly journals At-home hands-on surgical training during COVID19: proof of concept using a virtual telementoring platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1963-1969
Author(s):  
Jacob A. Greenberg ◽  
Erin Schwarz ◽  
John Paige ◽  
Jonathan Dort ◽  
Sharon Bachman
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Training ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Hands On ◽  
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