An Innovation in Education Through Cloud Computing
Today most of the learning activities are concerned on Web-based learning environment and it has become a major area on researching for remote education. The technique of cloud computing has got great recognition in many organizations with its dynamic sca
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Abstract Today most of the learning activities are concerned on Web-based learning environment and it has become a major area on researching for remote education. The technique of cloud computing has got great recognition in many organizations with its dynamic scalability and usage of virtualized resources as a service through the Internet. Cloud computing is changing the way industries and enterprises do their businesses in that dynamically scalable and virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. In this chapter, we discuss the use of cloud computing in the educational and learning arena, to be called ‘‘education and learning as a service’’ (ELaaS), emphasizing its possible benefits and offerings that will have a significant impact on the educational environment in the future. The concept of cloud computing is an excellent alternative for educational institutions which are constrained to a limited budget in order to operate their information systems effectively without spending any more capital for the computers and network devices. Universities take advantage of available cloudbased applications offered by service providers and enable their own users/students to perform business and academic tasks. In this chapter, we will review what the cloud computing infrastructure will provide in the educational sector, especially in the universities where the use of computers are more intensive and what can be done to increase the benefits of common applications for students and teachers. Keywords Cloud computing
Virtualization SaaS
V. Paranjape (&) CTA, CS Deptt, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India e-mail: [email protected] V. Pandey Department of Information Technology, Gyan Ganga College of Technology, Jabalpur, India e-mail: [email protected]
V. Kumar and M. Bhatele (eds.), Proceedings of All India Seminar on Biomedical Engineering 2012 (AISOBE 2012), Lecture Notes in Bioengineering, DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-0970-6_29, Ó Springer India 2013
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Introduction Cloud computing has emerged as an important factor for fulfilling educational computing needs. The term includes both the applications delivered as services over the Internet and the hardware and systems software in the datacenters that provide those services [1]. Another definition is given in (Cloud Computing, retrieved [2]): Cloud computing uses the Internet and central remote servers to maintain data and applications which is broken down into three segments: ‘‘applications’’, ‘‘platforms’’, and ‘‘infrastructure’’. The cloud is the term for networked computers that distribute processing power, applications, and large systems among many machines. The concept of cloud computing offers the educational sector a way to increase IT capacity and add on the fly capabilities without investing in new infrastructure, new training, or licensing new software. There is no need to setup, configure, and manage large physical installations of hardware and networks. This technology allow
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