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Evaluating the Utility of Research Articles for Teaching Information Security Management

Computers and Society 2016-06-07 v1 Cryptography and Security

Abstract

Research articles can support teaching by introducing the latest expert thinking on relevant topics and trends and describing practical real-world case studies to encourage discussion and analysis. However, from the point of view of the instructor, a common challenge is identifying the most suitable papers for classroom teaching amongst a very large pool of potential candidates that are not typically written for teaching purposes. Further, even in practice-oriented disciplines such as Information Security Management (ISM), high-quality journals emphasise theoretical contribution and research method rather than relevance to practice. Our review of the relevant literature did not find a comprehensive set of criteria to assist instructors in evaluating the suitability of research articles to teaching. Therefore, this research-in-progress paper presents a framework to support academics in the process of evaluating the suitability of research articles for their teaching programs.

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@article{arxiv.1606.01448,
  title  = {Evaluating the Utility of Research Articles for Teaching Information Security Management},
  author = {Harry Zurita and Sean B. Maynard and Atif Ahmad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.01448},
  year   = {2016}
}

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ISBN# 978-0-646-95337-3 Presented at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2015 (arXiv:1605.01032)