SSRI online : first experiences in a three-years course degree offered in e-learning at the University of Milan (Italy)

This paper is aimed at presenting SSRI online: an e-learning initiative started at the University of Milan (Italy) for the academic year 2004/05. The initiative consisted in offering an already existing three-years academic degree course (\u201claurea in Sicurezza dei Sistemi e delle Reti Informatiche - SSRI\u201d: a post-bachelor course on security of computer systems and networks) not only in the \u201ctraditional\u201d way (mainly based on classroom lectures and labs) but also online. Main aspects discussed in the following sections are: \u2022 the players of the initiative and their roles; \u2022 the adopted teaching model; \u2022 the technological solutions identified and/or implemented to support the initiative; \u2022 the characteristics of the student population choosing SSRI online; \u2022 the first results obtained after almost one year