101. Designing a Secure Exam Management System (SEMS) for M-Learning Environments
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Marc Alier, Hatem Haddad, Mustafa Kaiiali, Armagan Ozkaya, Halis Altun, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Serveis i Sistemes d'Informació, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. SUSHITOS - Grup de recerca en serveis per a tecnologies d'informació socials, ubiqües i humanístiques, i per a software lliure
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Service (systems architecture) ,Computer science ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Access control ,02 engineering and technology ,Learning Management System ,computer.software_genre ,Mobile communication systems in education ,Comunicacions mòbils, Sistemes de, en l'educació ,Education ,Learning Management System (LMS) ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,m-learning ,e-learning ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Multimedia ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,General Engineering ,050301 education ,Information security ,LMS ,Computer Science Applications ,exam engine ,M-learning ,Management system ,The Internet ,Learning Management ,Web service ,business ,0503 education ,computer ,Ensenyament i aprenentatge::TIC's aplicades a l'educació [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] - Abstract
M-learning has enhanced the e-learning by making the learning process learner-centered. However, enforcing exam security in open environments where each student has his/her own mobile/tablet device connected to a Wi-Fi network through which it is further connected to the Internet can be one of the most challenging tasks. In such environments, students can easily exchange information over the network during exam time. This paper aims to identify various vulnerabilities that may violate exam security in m-learning environments and to design the appropriate security services and countermeasures that can be put in place to ensure exam security. It also aims to integrate the resulting secure exam system with an existing, open-source, and widely accepted Learning Management System (LMS) and its service extension to the m-learning environment, namely “the Moodbile Project”.
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- 2016
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