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We report on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a case-based instructional environment designed for learning network engineering skills for cybersecurity. We describe the societal problem addressed, the theory-based solution, and the preliminary testing and evaluation of that solution. We identify an architecture for scaffolding case-based learning for problem-solving to inform design of case-based learning environments.
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By Laurent Cifuentes, Rene Mercer, Omar Alverez, and Riccardo Bettati. An Architecture for Case-based Learning. TECHTRENDS TECH TRENDS 54, 44–50 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-010-0453-9
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