Abstract
Designing authentic simulations to replicate professional work environments is a difficult task for instructional designers. In this chapter, we describe our process and experience adding an ethical dilemma to a cybersecurity simulation designed to introduce undergraduate students to cybersecurity careers. We present an analysis of student responses to an ethical dilemma prompt that was added later to the simulation and report student reactions to it. We discuss design challenges such as how to subtly point students toward the ethical dilemma without making it too explicit. We also stress the importance of formative evaluation when adding features like an ethical dilemma.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Balzotti, J., Hansen, D., Ebeling, D., & Fine, L. (2017). Microcore: A playable case study for improving adolescents’ argumentative writing in a workplace context. In Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Blanken-Webb, J., Palmer, I., Deshaies, S. E., Burbules, N. C., Campbell, R. H., & Bashir, M. (2018). A case study-based cybersecurity ethics curriculum. In 2018 {USENIX} Workshop on Advances in Security Education ({ASE} 18).
Giboney, J., Hansen, D., McDonald, J., Jonathan, B., Tanner, J., Winters, D., & Bonsignore, E. (2019). Theory of Experiential Career Exploration Technology (TECET): Increasing cybersecurity career interest through playable case studies. In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
Gredler, M. E. (2004). Games and simulations and their relationships to learning. In M. Spector, M. D. Merrill, J. Elen, & M. J. Bishop (Eds.), Handbook of research on educational communications and technology (pp. 571–581). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Kwiatkowski, I. (2019). We need to talk–opening a discussion about ethics in infosec. Virus Bulletin.
McDonald, J. K., & Gibbons, A. S. (2009). Technology I, II, and III: Criteria for understanding and improving the practice of instructional technology. Educational Technology Research and Development, 57(3), 377–392.
Mcdonald, J., Hansen, D., Balzotti, J., Tanner, J., Winters, D., Giboney, J., & Bonsignore, E. (2019, January). Designing authentic cybersecurity learning experiences: lessons from the cybermatics playable case study. In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school (Expanded edition). National Academies Press.
Nelson, H. G., & Stolterman, E. (2014). The design way: Intentional change in an unpredictable world. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Newmann, F. M., & Wehlage, G. G. (1993). Five standards of authentic instruction. Educational Leadership, 50(7), 8.
Shaffer, D. W. (2005). Epistemic games. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 1(6), 2.
Shaffer, D. W. (2006). Epistemic frames for epistemic games. Computers & Education, 46(3), 223–234.
Winters, D. M., McDonald, J. K., Hansen, D. L., Johnson, T. W., Balzotti, J., Bonsignore, E., & Giboney, J. S. (2020). The playable case study: An online simulation for skill and attitudinal learning. In B. Hokanson, G. Clinton, A. Tawfik, A. Grincewicz, & M. Schmidt (Eds.), Educational technology beyond content (pp. 127–140). Cham: Springer.
White, G. L., Hewitt, B., & Kruck, S. E. (2013). Incorporating global information security and assurance in IS education. Journal of Information Systems Education, 24(1), 11–16.
Yanchar, S. C., & Faulconer, J. E. (2011). Toward a concept of facilitative theorizing: An alternative to prescriptive and descriptive theory in educational technology. Educational Technology, 51(3), 26–31.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Neupane, A., Gedris, K., McDonald, J.K., Hansen, D.L., Balzotti, J. (2021). Balancing Competing Goods: Design Challenges Associated with Complex Learning. In: Hokanson, B., Exter, M., Grincewicz, A., Schmidt, M., Tawfik, A.A. (eds) Learning: Design, Engagement and Definition. Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85078-4_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85078-4_14
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-85077-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-85078-4
eBook Packages: EducationEducation (R0)