The effect of information security online training on secondary school students' information security learning in online environments

The purpose of this research is examining the effects of the trainings developed for "Information Security in Virtual Environments" given in an online environment, on the learning of secondary school students about information security in virtual environments. Quasi-experimental design was used in the research, and the research was supported by qualitative data. The study group of the research consists of secondary school students in a central secondary school in Ankara. The piloting process 30; the main implementation process was carried out with 52 students. In the data collection process, personal information form, a tool for determining the level of information security in virtual environments and open-ended questionnaires were used. It was tested whether the study groups showed a normal distribution. A computer-based statistical program was used for analyzing quantitative data. Descriptive analysis and content analysis methods were used analyzing qualitative data. The results of the research; that students' learning about information security in virtual environments did not change depending on whether they had received a previous training about information security. The results shows that students' learning about information security increased after the trainings. The trainings are effective in ensuring the permanence of learning. Also synchronous training in addition to asynchronous training; compared to the asynchronous training conducted only in the online environment, there is no difference in terms of the level of information security of the students in virtual environments and the permanence of what has been learned. New experimental studies can be suggested for different age groups.