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Non-Repudiation and Audits in E-Learning

Weippl, E.R. (2005). Non-Repudiation and Audits in E-Learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (pp. 1785-1789). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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ELEARN

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2005
E-Learn 2005--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education
October 2005
ISBN 1-880094-57-6
  Griff Richards
AACE

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Author

Edgar R. Weippl, IFS - Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Abstract

During the last years e-learning systems have become mission-critical for many universities and companies. In the commercial sector, there is no longer a clear separation between systems for knowledge management and e-learning. At universities, the latter have grown beyond being experimental installations used by small groups of researchers and teachers. Instead, large scale installations serve all students and teachers of an entire university making the e-learning system an important infrastructure. In currently used e-learning applications the authenticity of grades entered into and the log files created by the system are often not trustworthy due to a lack of security precautions. However, most users are not aware of these security flaws and the threats they entail. While transaction logging, audit trails and non-repudiation are well-established concepts used for IT systems in the financial industry, e-learning systems do not address these issues at all. In this talk we will look at simple ways to improve accountability in e-learning.