Cybersecurity educators have widely introduced hackathons to facilitate practical knowledge
gaining in cybersecurity education. Introducing such events into cybersecurity courses can …

Securing information systems and teaching people about how to use them securely is one of
the significant challenges of the coming years. There is, however, a considerable lack of …

Hackathons are currently a hot topic in industrial learning settings. Like intensive
collaborative courses (eg code camps), hackathons have been shown to be successful tools …

Hackathon events are severely time constrained events technological invention sprints
where programmers and engineers dive deeply into solving design challenges. Part of the …

Software engineering programs intend to connect with industry practices to provide the most
relevant up to date knowledge to the students. Students tend to pay more attention and …

This paper describes the placement of a large-scale cyberdefense exercise within the
computer science and information technology curricula at an undergraduate institution, the …

Hackathons are fast-paced events where competitors work in teams to go from an idea to
working software or hardware within a single day or a weekend and demonstrate their …

Teaching Software Engineering is not a trivial duty since several pedagogical strategies can
be used and sometimes the impact of these on students is uncertain. Hackathons are similar …

Some researchers are starting to point out the importance of hackathons as an alternative
venue for college students practicing and learning. Many positive aspects were highlighted …

Hacking exercises are a common tool for security education, but there is limited investigation
of how they teach security concepts and whether they follow pedagogical best practices …