Cloud based laboratory for distance education

Ristov, Sasko; Gušev, Marjan; Donevski, Aleksandar

doi:10.1109/mipro.2014.6859659

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“…The advancement of cloud computing technology has provided access to remote IT resources such as storage and servers (Zhang et al 2010). Thus, collaboration between universities can make it easier to share the maintenance and updating of IT resources such as virtual laboratories (Ristov et al 2014).…”

Section: Improvementsmentioning

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Critical issues, challenges and opportunities for cloud-based collaborative online course provision

Aldoayan

Sahandi

John

et al. 2021

IJLT

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The number of online courses offered worldwide by higher education institutions has been growing rapidly. There are a number of issues that affect student learning, such as the experience of academic staff and students in online courses, the design of course structures, creation of suitable teaching resources, and the study culture. One possible way to address them is to adopt a cloud-based collaborative environment between universities. This paper presents the results of a study that explores the issues that universities should consider before establishing such an environment. Two surveys were conducted sequentially. In the first survey, 16 heads of online courses at UK universities were interviewed. In the second, two questionnaires were used to gather the perspectives of over 250 academics and students with regard to cloud-based online courses. The research identified a number of issues which were categorised into challenges and opportunities. The challenges relate to education, operation, quality, legal matters and security. The opportunities identify potential benefits from the perspectives of universities and students. The paper also indicates a future plan for the outcome of this research.

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confidence: 99%

“…Virtual laboratories can be developed using the cloud, thereby reducing the complexity of managing and renewing physical resources. Students can access these laboratories anytime and from anywhere to run their experiments, at a fraction of the cost of using physical resources (Ristov et al 2014).…”

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Critical issues, challenges and opportunities for cloud-based collaborative online course provision

Aldoayan

Sahandi

John

et al. 2021

IJLT

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“…These articles (13/52) have tended to focus on either implementing CC in HEIs or developing e-learning systems [141], [145], [148], [150], [156], [158], [159], [161], [164], [171], [172], [178], [181], and other studies have tended to focus on developing mobile learning systems (3/52) [167], [175], [182]. One or two articles have introduced the concept of distance and virtual education ''laboratories'' (8/52) [132], [137], [140], [146], [147], [151], [169], [173]. Some papers have proposed tailor-made or bespoke architectures for specific requirements, (5/52) [143], [144], [162], [163], [165].…”

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Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review

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Cloud computing (CC) is a recently developed computing paradigm that can be utilized to deliver everything-as-a-service to various businesses. In higher education institutions (HEIs), CC is rapidly being deployed and becoming an integral part of institution experience. CC adoption in HEIs is accompanied by numerous scientific contributions that address the topic from different perspectives. A systematic review of these heterogeneous contributions, which provide a coherent taxonomy, can be considered interesting for HEIs to identify opportunities to use CC in its own context. Therefore, this systematic literature review aims to analyze existing research on adopting and using CC in HEIs, review background research to develop a coherent taxonomy and provide a landscape for future research on CC in HEIs. The outcomes of this paper include a coherent taxonomy and an overview of the basic characteristics of this emerging field in terms of motivation and barriers of adopting CC in HEIs, existing individual and organizational theoretical models to understand the future requirements for extensively adopting and using CC in HEIs, and factors that influence the adoption of CC in HEIs at individual and organizational levels. Considerable information is available in relation to adopting and using CC in HEIs. This review will enhance this information by offering an in-depth analysis of the existing data to bridge any gap and expand on existing literature.

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“…Virtual laboratories can be improved by using the cloud, thereby renewing physical resources and reducing the complexity of management. The cloud-based virtual laboratories will be available 24/7 [18]. These benefits can attract universities to migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud [15].…”

Section: Cloud Computing In Higher Education Institutionsmentioning

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A Conceptual Framework for Cloud-based Collaborative Online Course Provision

Aldoayan

Sahandi

John

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 9th International Conference on Educational and Information Technology

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A cloud-based collaborative environment for online course provision between universities can facilitate a cost-effective, efficient and enriched education enabling good student experience. However, there are a number of challenges and issues that should be taken into consideration prior to adopting the collaborative environment. They relate to management and administration, cost, collaborative Virtual Learning Environment, ownership, development of courses and teaching resources, as well as culture. To address these challenges a conceptual framework is proposed for this environment which highlights key issues and associated relationships between them. The framework contains five main elements, including Quality, Legal, Security, Operation and Education. The framework illustrates the relationship between the elements. A prototype is also discussed which was designed to test part of the framework. CCS Concepts • Social and professional topics → Computer supported cooperative work • Social and professional topics → Computing education Keywords Cloud-based collaborative online course provision; cloud-based collaborative environment; Relationship between elements; prototype for cloud-based collaborative environment;

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Cloud based laboratory for distance education

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Critical issues, challenges and opportunities for cloud-based collaborative online course provision

Critical issues, challenges and opportunities for cloud-based collaborative online course provision

Cloud Computing Adoption in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review

A Conceptual Framework for Cloud-based Collaborative Online Course Provision

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