Teaching Cryptography Using Design Thinking Approach

The phrase "design thinking" stands for design-specific cognitive activities that designers apply during the process of designing; it is progressively used to mean the human-centered "open" problem solving procedure. It has been used widely in the industry and business, in particular Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing, to satisfy customer needs. Design thinking has an increasing influence on 21st century education across disciplines. This work introduces cryptography curriculum using a design thinking model. The work was introduced in Spring 2014 and is for graduate levels. The course evaluations show high level of student sympathetic, and improvement in their abilities in solving complex problems.