Security in a mobile learning environment

Mobile devices are rapidly becoming a very popular and convenient means of delivering and consuming learning content worldwide. The rise in popularity is due in part to the technological advancements that mobile devices have made in recent years, along with developments in the online learning platforms and spaces that support mobile learning. Security concerns begin to arise regarding five areas in the mobile learning platform – the user, the mobile device, the wireless connection, the learning management system, and the computer networks that support the processes and environments. These concerns surround the proper training, security methods and best practices, along with continual maintenance and updating of systems and procedures in each of these five categories. Without properly addressing any of these five areas security concerns, it opens the potential for an attack on devices and systems, unauthorized access and/or copying of user data which may be protected under various federal, state, or local laws or statutes, and general system instability which does not support a secure mobile learning environment. In this mixed methods study, research will be conducted at two research sites in the Chicago area to collect survey data from students, faculty, learning management system administrators, and computer network administrators who use their mobile devices to access their learning content and from learning management administrators and network administrators who support the mobile learning environments at their sites. The research will include online surveys. The data collected will be analyzed to help point towards answers in the question of security in a mobile learning environment that include sub-questions such as do students receive security awareness training, do learning management system administrators take necessary steps to secure their mobile learning environments, and do network administrators take precautions to help ensure a secure mobile learning platform. This will provide information that will help determine how secure mobile learning environments are at the two sites where research is conducted.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2021

Author dc:creator

• Sletten, Michael Alton

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cope, Bill
• Kalantzis, Mary
• Montebello, Matthew
• Pak, Yoon

• mobile learning, mobile AND learning, mobile AND learning AND education, mobile AND learning AND college, mobile AND learning AND considerations, mobile AND learning AND security, mobile devices AND learning, mobile devices AND security, Dynabook, mobile AND learning AND design, mobile phone, mobile AND phone AND learning, mobile AND phone AND education, mobile AND phone AND security

Statement dc:rights

• © 2020 Michael Alton Sletten

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109392

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/109392