Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?
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This document discusses how cloud computing could provide benefits to educational institutions. It defines cloud computing as networked computers that provide on-demand resources and services. Cloud computing is needed due to constant software/hardware upgrades, budget cuts, and rapid IT changes. There are three main types of cloud services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). The document proposes a cloud model for educational institutions to provide resources to students, researchers, and developers. Potential advantages include decreased costs, flexibility, scalability, and optimized resource utilization.
Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?
- 1. Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?
- 2. What is Cloud Computing? Clusters of distributed computers which provide on-demand resources and services over a networked medium.
- 3. Why needed? • Continuous upgrades of software and hardware. • Current difficult economic conditions. • Budget cut of educational institutions. • High rate at which IT technology changes.
- 4. Cloud Services • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Software as a Service (SaaS)
- 5. Cloud Services • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Remote delivery of a full computer infrastructure. e.g., virtual computers, servers. • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Software as a Service (SaaS)
- 6. Cloud Services • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Platform as a Service (PaaS) Services are provided remotely. e.g., operating system, database, Web servers. • Software as a Service (SaaS)
- 7. Cloud Services • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Software as a Service (SaaS) Applications are delivered through the Internet as a service.
- 8. Cloud Model for Educational Institution IT service users of a university:
- 9. Cloud Model for Educational Institution Cloud model for users:
- 10. Cloud Model for Educational Institution • Provide students and staff with software and hardware. • Provide researchers and postgraduate students with the required special software and hardware to run experiments.
- 11. Cloud Model for Educational Institution • Provide Web developers with the development tools needed to write and host Web applications.
- 12. Advantages of Cloud • Decreased Costs. • Flexibility. • Location Independence. • Scalability and Speed. • Optimal Resource Utilization. • Reduce Carbon Footprint. • Minimize licensing new software.
- 13. Cloud Storage Providers Most of the biggest IT companies. • Amazon • Google • IBM • Microsoft. • And many others.
- 14. The University of Westminster: case study A case study by the author states that almost £1,000,000 was saved and university’s email system was more reliable by using Google Cloud Storage.
- 15. Cloud Concerns • Security and privacy. • Vendor lock and failures. • Reliability.
- 16. Thank you.