2. The Flipped Classroom Debate:
How LDS Business College uses LabSim to encourage “Deep Learning”
Spencer DeGraw
Program Chair – Cybersecurity
July 10, 2019

3. How does LDS Business College define Deep Learning?
Subject Matter Immersion
Theoretical understanding is never enough……
Especially in IT!
Immersion means letting the students be involved in designing and defining their own learning experiences

4. What is the Educator’s Dilemma?
Adam Keys

5. Teach to the Exam?
Teach to the Job?
Educator’s Dilemma

6. Deep Learning is best achieved through the 4 I's of course design and the Learning Pattern.

8. LabSim is the homework

9. TestOut is the homework
Watch Videos
Complete LabSim Assignments
Take Quizzes
Take Exams
All done at home

10. The in-class projects matter
Sometimes the exploration is as valuable as the end result. Sometimes more.
We don’t always worry that they got everything working.
We don’t always require a specific end result.
Sometimes we let the students decide what the end result will be. We give them a general direction and see where the students go.
This often provides valuable experiences for both those students who want to push their limits as well as those who are just sliding by. (Not a “one size fits all” approach)

11. Tech Lab Slogan #1

12. Tech Lab Slogan #2

13. The Deep Learning happens in the classroom
Some discussion
Hands-on Projects
Little more discussion
More Projects
Continue with Projects

14. Sample Projects – Network Pro
Introduction to Virtualization
Setup a server running ESXi from VMWare
Allow the students to login to the ESXi box and each student builds a Windows 10 VM
Peer-to-Peer networking
Students create one large workgroup ensuring they are all on the same subnet
Share a silly file with the Workgroup
Introduction to NMAP
Setup an environment with multiple networking devices
Ask the students to discover my network using NMAP (ZenMAP)

15. Sample Projects – Security Pro
Explore Kali Linux
Using VMWare Workstation (or dedicated ESXi box) each student installs KALI linux.
Explore the different tools inside of KALI, select one or two and do a class demonstration on how it works.
Introduce IDS
Using dedicated ESXi box, each student installs a VM of either Windows or Linux
A pre-installed VM of AlienVault is already running.
Students need to connect to AlienVault and figure out how to install a HIDS on their VM.
Requires network troubleshooting, etc.

16. Students install their own software and make it work

17. Who hires LDSBC Graduates
Local companies who have hired LDSBC students recently:
Job titles of recent graduates:
Dell / EMC
Intermountain Health Care (IHC)
Domo
BrainTrace
Unisys
Church of Jesus Christ
Goldman Sachs
Systems Engineer
Business Analyst
Penetration Tester
Security Analyst
Technical Support Engineer
Network Engineer
Server Admin

18. Questions & Answers

19. Thank You