TY - JOUR
T1 - V-lab
T2 - A mobile, cloud-based virtual laboratory platform for hands-on networking courses
AU - Xu, Le
AU - Huang, Dijiang
AU - Tsai, Wei Tek
AU - Atkinson, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is sponsored by NSF-CCLI project: DUE-0942453 awarded to Dijiang Huang and Wei-Tek Tsai. This research is also sponsored by Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award to Dijiang Huang.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In computer and network security education, hands-on laboratories are essential to help students understand the course content. However, hands-on laboratories are difficult to implement due to the complicated setup and location restrictions of a physical laboratory, which limits their use in online education. Using a remotely accessible, physically unconstrained virtual laboratory is a natural solution. Existing laboratory solutions are usually expensive to build, configure and maintain, while still lacking reusability, flexibility, and scalability. The authors propose a remote, virtual laboratory that provides cloud resources to both desktop and mobile users, called V-Lab. By using a flexible and reconfigurable design, V-Lab greatly reduces the effort needed to establish and maintain a physical laboratory, while providing a secure, reliable, and physically unrestricted environment that allows students to use resources based on their own schedule. Preliminary results show that students report that V- Lab system is intuitive, reliable, and helps them solve real-world problems.
AB - In computer and network security education, hands-on laboratories are essential to help students understand the course content. However, hands-on laboratories are difficult to implement due to the complicated setup and location restrictions of a physical laboratory, which limits their use in online education. Using a remotely accessible, physically unconstrained virtual laboratory is a natural solution. Existing laboratory solutions are usually expensive to build, configure and maintain, while still lacking reusability, flexibility, and scalability. The authors propose a remote, virtual laboratory that provides cloud resources to both desktop and mobile users, called V-Lab. By using a flexible and reconfigurable design, V-Lab greatly reduces the effort needed to establish and maintain a physical laboratory, while providing a secure, reliable, and physically unrestricted environment that allows students to use resources based on their own schedule. Preliminary results show that students report that V- Lab system is intuitive, reliable, and helps them solve real-world problems.
KW - Cloud computing
KW - Computer education
KW - Curriculum
KW - Mobile
KW - Online learning
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U2 - 10.4018/ijcbpl.2012070106
DO - 10.4018/ijcbpl.2012070106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898625161
SN - 2155-7136
VL - 2
SP - 73
EP - 85
JO - International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
JF - International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
IS - 3
ER -