Abstract
This chapter covers a broad range of cloud computing concepts, technologies, and challenges related to education. We will define educational applications as resources related to learning, encompassing stages of development from preschool through higher and continuing education. In the second section we describe the ways cloud technology is being adopted in education. We will cover the benefits and barriers of cloud adoption based on technology found in education. In the third section we describe cloud resources used in the direct instruction of students, front-office applications (user facing), and back office-applications (administrative). The final section will describe cloud computing in research.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing |
| Pages | 505-516 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118821930 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords
- academic computing
- collaboration services
- gamification
- IaaS
- learning management systems (LMS)
- massive online open course (MOOC)
- research computing
- SaaS
- social networking
- student analytics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
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