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November 2015
Research Essay and Audio/Video Presentation
By Leah Korganowski in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 28, 2015 - 10:42pm Comments (10)Hi Everyone! Does anyone know when we will be needing to present our Presentation based on our Research Essay? Will it be done to the class or just the teacher? I don't think I've seen anything yet (I may have missed it). If anyone could direct me...COMP 607: Reflections on week 11
Internet vigilantismWeek 11 – Weekly Reflection
As not an avid user of social media I would say that it has not affected me drastically. There are however many people I do know that use such platforms as a means of their main communication with friends. Some are so into it that they spend hours...BT Week 8 - Canada Completes Ratification of Convention on Cybercrime
By Bozena Tkaczyk in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 25, 2015 - 4:20pm"Canada Completes Ratification of Convention on CybercrimeJuly 8, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development CanadaThe Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the...BT Week 7 - Cyber extortion
By Bozena Tkaczyk in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 24, 2015 - 11:03am“A cyberextortionist is an individual or group who uses email as an offensive force. ….. The message sent through the email usually demands money in exchange for the prevention of the attack” Cyber extortion can be...BT Week 7 - CoinVault and Bitcryptor
By Bozena Tkaczyk in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 24, 2015 - 10:17amCoinVault and Bitcryptor variants of ransomware have been declared dead after the authors were arrested and decryption keys were recovered by police.The alleged authors of the ransomware were arrested on September 14th, 2015, in Amersfoort,...BT Week 4 - Encryption - Why should the public be concerned with encryption?
By Bozena Tkaczyk in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 24, 2015 - 10:14amMythili Sampathkumar, reporter: "Encryption helps validate the veracity of information. In the age of Twitter and citizen journalism, the spread of false information is rapid and widespread. In the wake of the Paris attacks, that false...Week 10 Reflections
By Temitayo Oloyede (Tayo) in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 23, 2015 - 8:22pmWeek 10 ReflectionsThis week, we looked at globalization and how the internet has changed the way the world operates. One of the specific focuses was on education and how online learning has brought a diverse element to the way education is...Debate: Online courses should be tailored to cultural, ethnic, or national audiences
By Temitayo Oloyede (Tayo) in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 23, 2015 - 8:04pmOnline learning or distant education as some call it is an increasingly popular method of learning that involves students learning and accessing course material from a remote location. This method of learning has brought a whole new dimension to...COMP 607: Reflections on week 10
By nmas in the group COMP 607: Fall 2015 cohort November 21, 2015 - 9:35pmThe world is a much smaller place than it was when I was going to high school. I could have never imagined that I would be enrolled in a program where I never have to sit in a physical classroom, and where all learning is conducted over a...
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