Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Christopher Herrod, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Blesse, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

with faculty teaching bothday and evening courses on a Monday - Thursday schedule. Fridays and weekends wereestablished as open laboratory times monitored by student workers. While not the bestarrangement, it did allow some student access to the facility outside of normal operatinghours. Figure 2 shows the initial facility layout. Figure 2 – Original Facility LayoutIn year three, additional problems were encountered. For the first two years, only thefirst four CCNP courses were scheduled and allowed a four-day schedule to function.When the remaining CCNP courses were incorporated into the facility schedule, it wasnecessary to increase to a five-day schedule with the facility only available weekends foropen laboratory

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Daniel Brooker, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

acquired.ConclusionThe teaching of attack understanding based information assurance requires the use ofguaranteed isolation of laboratory networks. Providing Distance Education courses witha remote laboratory network presents challenges to providing adequate isolation. The useof IP-KVM switches adds a very strong layer of isolation, and in combination with theuse of emulation software such as VMWare or other virtual operating systemenvironment, provides an adequately isolated laboratory network for some exercises.References[1] Frincke, D., “Who watches the security educators?”, Security & Privacy Magazine, IEEE Volume 1, Issue 3, May-June 2003 Page(s):56 – 58[2] Eppes, T. & Schuyler, P., “A General-Purpose Distance Lab System

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Barry Lunt, Brigham Young University; Gordon Romney, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Pusey’s statement concerning funding for a computer laboratory:“Harvard did not get to be where it is by spending old money on new things.”3It is possible that the Second World War delayed the academic progress of computing bydiverting academics such as Vannevar Bush and John von Neumann into national service;however the government resources that continued to be poured into computing followingthe war followed these scholars and others back to university laboratories upon theirreturn. The result was thriving university research at facilities that were well connected.The first academic computer activity consisted of course offerings to graduate studentsfollowing the war. At MIT, Caldwell began teaching a course in digital computers in theelectrical

Conference Session

DB & Information Integration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Crowley, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

. Page 11.974.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Open Source Software and Live Linux CDs: Elements of Successful Lab ModulesIntroductionIn addition to the intellectual effort, hands-on lab development can require substantial budget,labor, and laboratory resources. Often, commercial software can require a significant budgetcommitment. At the same time, system configuration and software installation can also require asignificant labor commitment. In many colleges, incorporating laboratory activities into a classnecessitates the dedication of a physical room to a single course section. In many environments,obtaining the necessary budget, labor, and room resources for hands-on lab modules

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Price, DeVry University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

hypermedia system users are needed to maximize the usability,functionality, and success measures of adaptive hypermedia systems.Cognitive Styles: Definition, Models, and RelationshipsResearch on cognitive styles dates back to laboratory studies by Witkin et al. 10 with their ideasof field dependence-independence becoming one of the most widely studied dimensions of anindividual’s preferred and habitual approach to accepting, organizing, and representinginformation 14. Witkin et al. (1977) introduced the term cognitive style to describe the conceptthat “individuals consistently exhibit stylistic preferences for the ways in which they organizestimuli and construct meanings for themselves out of their experiences.” Witkin’s definition ofcognitive style