Cloud computing and education: A state-of-the-art survey

González-Martínez, José Antonio; Bote‐Lorenzo, Miguel L.; Sánchez, Eduardo Gómez; Cano-Parra, Rafael

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.017

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“…Furthermore, the architecture has been designed to enable the integration of non-SaaS tools deployed in cloud infrastructures. This allows the possibility of having a wide range of non-SaaS tools available for integration as well as of scaling the tools if it is necessary to cope with the load generated by students [5]. Following the previous scenario, the educator can now choose to add an external tool in Moodle, which uses GLUE!…”

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Towards Teacher-Managed Deployment and Integration of Non-SaaS Tools in Virtual Learning Environments

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Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World

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Abstract. Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) such as Moodle or Sakai are now commonplace in many educational settings, but the limited set of built-in tools (e.g. chats or forums) is often mentioned as a drawback. While successful solutions to integrate Software as a Service (SaaS) tools are reported in the literature (e.g. IMS Basic LTI and GLUE), there are other non-SaaS tools with potential for education that cannot be integrated in VLEs. These include single-user standalone tools that are run on local computers without a web-based interface (e.g. Matlab), but also virtual machines and laboratories that are common in Computer Science-related disciplines. This paper addresses the integration of these non-SaaS tools in VLEs, proposing an architecture to help teachers to select and configure non-SaaS tools using existing integration approaches from VLEs, but that also relies on cloud infrastructures for provisioning and deploying these tools transparently to the end users.

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Section: Architecturementioning

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Towards Teacher-Managed Deployment and Integration of Non-SaaS Tools in Virtual Learning Environments

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Gómez‐Sánchez

Bote‐Lorenzo

et al. 2015

Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World

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“…We used the following search string: ("cloud" OR "SaaS") AND ("education" OR "teaching" OR "learning") AND ("provider" OR "business model"). The purpose of this literature review was to find descriptions of the business model elements for EaaS and not to conduct a literature review on EaaS in general, as Gonzalez-Martínez, Bote-Lorenzo, Gomez-Sanchez and Cano-Parra [4] already published a structured literature review on the topic. While Gonzalez-Martínez, Bote-Lorenzo, Gomez-Sanchez and Cano-Parra [4] describe EaaS in general, e.g., tools and examples, we focus on business models for EaaS.…”

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“…It may lead to benefits such as lower costs, flexibility, scalability, accessibility, etc. [1][2][3][4][5][6], and help to improve the quality of teaching and efficiency of learning [1]. Chang and Wills [1] showed in a case study, that students feel more motivated and interested in learning in an EaaS setting.…”

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Emerging Business Models in Education Provisioning: A Case Study on Providing Learning Support as Education-as-a-Service

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Abstract-This study aims to give a deeper understanding on emerging business models in the context of education. Industry 4.0/the Industrial Internet in general and especially recent advances in cloud computing enable a new kind of service offering in the education sector and lead to new business models for education: Education-as-a-Service (EaaS). Within EaaS, learning, and teaching contents are delivered as services. By combining a literature review with a qualitative case study, this paper makes a three-fold contribution to the field of business models in education: First, we provide a theoretical definition for a common understanding of EaaS. Second, we present the state-of-the-art research on this new paradigm. Third, in the case study we describe a "best practices" business model of an existing EaaS provider. These insights build a theoretical foundation for further research in this area. The paper concludes with a research agenda for further research in this emerging field.

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“…In general, cloud computing is a distributed computing paradigm that enables access to virtualized resources including computers, networks, storage, development platform or applications [1][2]. Recently, cloud computing for education has attracted more attention [3][4].…”

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A New Multiple Criteria Decision Making Method and its Application in Cloud Computing for Education

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2015

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Abstract-Cloud computing can extend the traditional education framework. In education, cloud can provide students and teachers with tools to deploy computing resources on-demand for lectures and labs according to their learning needs. But how to select a perfect cloud server is a key point, which is considered as a multiple criteria decision making problem. So, in this paper, intuitionistic fuzzy set is first introduced to express the decision maker's views. Intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) includes a membership function and a non-membership function. More importantly, a new operator with choquet integral is developed to deal with assessment of education using cloud computing. Meanwhile, score function and accuracy function are demonstrated to obtain the final result. Finally, we develop this method to apply in a case study to show its applicability.

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Cloud computing and education: A state-of-the-art survey

Cited by 282 publications

References 41 publications

Towards Teacher-Managed Deployment and Integration of Non-SaaS Tools in Virtual Learning Environments

Towards Teacher-Managed Deployment and Integration of Non-SaaS Tools in Virtual Learning Environments

Emerging Business Models in Education Provisioning: A Case Study on Providing Learning Support as Education-as-a-Service

A New Multiple Criteria Decision Making Method and its Application in Cloud Computing for Education

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