Papers

We have a listing of some of the papers we have written and the workshops we have conducted that relate to IT-Adventures, as well as cyber defense competitions and ISEAGE.

Journal Articles

J.A. Rursch, A. Luse, D. Jacobson, "IT-Adventures -- A Program to Spark IT Interest in High School Students using Inquiry-Based Learning with Cyber Defense, Game Design, and Robotics," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 71-79, Feb. 2010.

Conference Papers

N. Evans, B. Blakely and D. Jacobson, "A Security Capstone Course: An Innovative Practical Approach to Distance Education," in Proc. Frontiers in Education (San Antonio, TX, Oct. 18-21, 2009).

D. Jacobson, "Teaching Information Warfare with a Break-in Laboratory," in American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.

D. Jacobson and N. Evans, "Cyber Defense Competition," in American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, 2006.

D. Jacobson, "Teaching Information Warfare with a Break-in Laboratory," in American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.

D. Jacobson and N. Evans, "Cyber Defense Competition," in American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, 2006.

D. Jacobson and J.A. Rursch, "Engaging Millenials with Information Technology: A Case Study Using High School Cyber Defense Competitions," in Proc. The Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (Dallas, TX, June 2-4, 2008).

D. Jacobson and J.A. Rursch, "IT-Adventures:  A Way to Engage High School Students with IT," presented at ITEC Conference, Des Moines, IA, Oct. 19-21, 2008.

J.A. Rursch, "Security from a Hacker's Perspective," presented at Enhancing IT Security and Expanding Collaboration: A Workshop on Information Technology for Maryland Higher Education, Baltimore, MD, June 9, 2009.

J.A. Rursch, B. Burkhardt and D. Jacobson, "Training Non-IT Teachers to Advise and Facilitate Inquiry-Based Learning in IT: A Pilot Study," in Proc. Frontiers in Education (San Antonio, TX, Oct. 18-21, 2009).

J.A. Rursch and D. Jacobson, "Using Cyber Defense Competitions to Build Bridges Between Community Colleges and Four Year Institutions: A Footbridge for Students into an IT Program," in Proc. Frontiers in Education (San Antonio, TX, Oct. 18-21, 2009).

J.A. Rursch and D. Jacobson, "IT-Adventures: Turning High School Students “ON” to Information Technology," in Proc. Frontiers in Education (San Antonio, TX, Oct. 18-21, 2009).

J.A. Rursch and D. Jacobson, "The Building of Teams during an IT Competition:  Success with combining multiple schools into teams to perform collaborative challenges during a two-day competition,"  2011 ASEE Annual Conference, (Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011). 

 

Workshops

D. Jacobson and J.A. Rursch, "Workshop - Using Cyber Defense Competitions (CDCs) to Engage and Recruit Students with IT: How to Organize and Run Your Own Cyber Defense Competition," in Proc. Frontiers in Education (San Antonio, TX, Oct. 18-21, 2009).

D. Jacobson and J.A. Rursch, "Cyber Intrusion Workshop," presented at Working Connections IT Conference, Council Bluffs, IA, June 22-26, 2009.

D. Jacobson and J.A. Rursch, "Hands-On, Lab-Based Computer Networking and Security," presented to Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Iowa Chapter at ISEAGE, Ames, IA, May 30 - June 1, 2007.