| NSF Org: |
DGE Division Of Graduate Education |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 21, 2014 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | May 19, 2016 |
| Award Number: | 1419319 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Victor Piotrowski
vpiotrow@nsf.gov (703)292-5141 DGE Division Of Graduate Education EDU Directorate for STEM Education |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2014 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2016 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $319,962.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2015 = $19,962.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
2150 SHATTUCK AVE BERKELEY CA US 94704-1345 (510)666-2900 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
1947 Center Street, Suite 600 Berkeley CA US 94704-1159 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Secure &Trustworthy Cyberspace |
| Primary Program Source: |
04001516DB NSF Education & Human Resource |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.076 |
ABSTRACT
Building on our previous research and educational work in online privacy, this project proposes to develop a Teacher's Kit that supports high school educators and undergraduate instructors in teaching fundamental principles and best practices for online behavior to protect privacy. The proposal plans to develop classroom-ready teaching modules to teach young people why and how to protect their privacy online, and a Teacher's Guide with background information, suggested lesson plans, and guidance on how to employ the modules in the classroom. The project's 5- to 10-minute videos, featuring experts explaining important concepts and effective protection techniques in accessible terms, will be accompanied by classroom discussion guides and stand-alone activities in which students explore how the structure of the Internet affects online privacy. The team for this effort consists of privacy researchers, who have a track record of privacy-related technical publications, curriculum developers and hands-on educators. The project team will include educators and interns from the Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT) that nurtures computing talent in local minority and female high-school students. The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program funds proposals that address Cybersecurity from a Trustworthy Computing Systems perspective; a Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences perspective; and proposals focusing entirely on Cybersecurity Education.
The project addresses the lack of comprehensive set of field-tested teaching materials to meet current U.S. curricular standards related to privacy. It grounds higher-level privacy concepts and best practices for behavior by providing students with a solid grasp of how the technical architecture of the Internet affects online privacy. The project emphasizes individual protective behaviors sets as oppose to government regulation or industry policy which dominate practical applications of privacy research. The project will develop classroom-ready teaching modules to provide students with an understanding of some basic technical and social principles underlying how online privacy works, knowledge of effective techniques they can use to protect their privacy, and the motivation to use those techniques when they go online.
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PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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TROPE is a comprehensive set of classroom-ready materials that high school and college teachers can use to educate their students about online privacy. TROPE includes nearly a hundred flexible lesson elements, structured into teaching modules around Ten Principles of Online Privacy (which are based on the PIs’ research). Our aim is to explain technical principles in accessible terms and engage students’ interest through interactive, exploratory activities.
The lesson elements include slide decks, activity outlines, discussion guides, worksheets, and assessments. A particular highlight is videos we created to explain five of our Ten Principles -- how they work and what individuals can do to protect their privacy given those issues -- using live-drawn illustrations that turn each point into a memorable story. The TROPE materials also include supplemental information for teachers, including backgrounders and information about how TROPE aligns with computer-science curricular guidelines. All are available in the Teachers’ Portal on the Teaching Privacy website, http://teachingprivacy.org/teachers-portal/ .
During the course of the project period, we evaluated the materials in the classroom via UC Berkeley’s Beauty and Joy of Computing class (BJC) and in summer programs for high school students. We are distributing the materials through professional-development networks associated with BJC, which provides the basis for (among other things) a popular curriculum teachers can use to meet the requirements of the new AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course and exam framework. The TROPE materials included in BJC are thus having an impact in classrooms across the U.S. We have also shared the curriculum with teachers at events such as the annual ACM SIGCSE Computer Science Education symposium, and with the public in interactive labs, workshops, and tutorials.
By providing high-quality, accurate classrooms materials about how online privacy works, technically and socially, we hope to empower young people to make better choices about their privacy. This begins with supporting their teachers, who are often the first point of contact for privacy questions. In addition, we intend to help teachers fulfill current computer-science curriculum standards, for example, those produced by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and the Computer Science Teachers Association, as well as the AP CSP framework. However, the materials are intended to be appropriate to a broad range of classes -- it’s not just future engineers and computer scientists who need to know about online privacy!
Last Modified: 12/03/2016
Modified by: Gerald Friedland
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