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Blaine Price Computing Department Computer Forensics Course Team Chair

Teaching Computer Forensics at a Distance HE Academy Workshop on the Teaching of Computer Forensics University of Glamorgan, 27 November 2008. Blaine Price Computing Department Computer Forensics Course Team Chair. Outline. Background to OU and Course Teaching Content Assessement

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Blaine Price Computing Department Computer Forensics Course Team Chair

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  1. Teaching Computer Forensics at a DistanceHE Academy Workshop on the Teaching of Computer ForensicsUniversity of Glamorgan, 27 November 2008 Blaine PriceComputing Department Computer Forensics Course Team Chair

  2. Outline • Background to OU and Course • Teaching Content • Assessement • Challenges for Distance Teaching • Results of First Cohort • Questions and Feedback Blaine Price, Open University

  3. Background • OU postgraduate computing teaching methods • Single (new) course introducing computer forensics • No face-to-face tuition, no labs, no licensed software • 24 Weeks (6-8 hours/week) including time to complete assessement Blaine Price, Open University

  4. Content • 3 weeks intro to Forensics and Investigations • 4 weeks on Legal System and laws relating to Forensics and Investigations (Civil and Criminal) • 6 weeks on techniques (Disk Imaging, Carving, Internet and Network Forensics) • 3 weeks on research and Forensic Readiness Planning Blaine Price, Open University

  5. Assessment • Continuous Assessment: 3 assignments 10%, 15% and 25% of final grade resp. • Each requires long prose answers • Final assignment is a Forensic report + contemporaneous notes • End of Course report, FRP Design • 50% of final grade • 2,500 words plus references and appendices • double-marked • No exam Blaine Price, Open University

  6. Challenges for Distance Teaching • Software: no lab, can’t afford licensed software! • Helix shipped as main software, Demo version of FTK for forensic analysis exercises (limited to 5,000 files), assortment of free/Internet software • Support: no lab or f-f tuition • Limited telephone/e-mail support from tutor • Peer and tutor support in course forum • Can’t support technical problems such as disk imaging Blaine Price, Open University

  7. Results of First Cohort • 120 students started course • 116 submitted first assignment • 106 submitted second assignment • 86 submitted third assignment • 77 submitted final report • Record (low) retention! • Record (low) grades (2 distinction, 18 Merit) with grade boundaries at Senate minimum Blaine Price, Open University

  8. Possible Explanations • CSI/Spooks/NCIS effect • Techies put off by report writing • Non-techies put off by hands-on forensics • No Exam = easy option? (not!) • Part-time forensics has low retention elsewhere? • Poor teaching/course design? Blaine Price, Open University

  9. Future • Course will be offered twice a year, second cohort just started, half size of first cohort • General IT Law course to be developed next, then either Ethical Hacking or Advanced Forensics • Questions? • Feedback? Blaine Price, Open University

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