{"id":448,"date":"2016-05-26T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/security\/?p=448"},"modified":"2016-08-08T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T13:58:15","slug":"cyber-security-a-mooc-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/security\/2016\/05\/26\/cyber-security-a-mooc-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security: a MOOC in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the research group in Secure and Resilient Systems<\/a> at Newcastle University are currently preparing a new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the practicalities of Cyber Security. The three-week course\u00a0Cyber Security: Safety at Home, Online, in Life<\/a>\u00a0will be running\u00a0on the FutureLearn<\/a> platform from 5th September 2016.<\/p>\n

\"Preparing<\/a>

The course team preparing to film a discussion on how we handle risks in everyday life<\/p><\/div>\n

Although it’s the first time our group has\u00a0participated in MOOC development, it’s the 5th course that Newcastle University’s\u00a0Learning and Teaching Development Service (LTDS<\/a>) will have delivered, so we feel we’re in safe hands. Our aim is to\u00a0introduce course participants\u00a0to current\u00a0topics in cyber security research and show how they relate to everyday life: privacy of data, safety of financial transactions, and security implications of smart devices, to take three examples.<\/p>\n

For us as researchers and lecturers in security and resilience, it’s an interesting and sometimes challenging process to think about how best to present material in this medium. We’re moving from research papers and presentations, lectures and coursework assignments to short articles, discussion topics, quizzes and video. We hope it will be of interest to anyone with some background knowledge in\u00a0cyber security and an interest in finding out current\u00a0practice and research directions in this area.<\/p>\n

We hope you can join us on 5th September! You can register for the course at\u00a0https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/cyber-security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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