How Cloud Frameworks Support Blended Learning Environments

Abstract

New generation learners expect an innovative way of acquiring knowledge during their education. This has led to the discovery of brand-new pedagogical teaching policies like blended learning, which in turn demand the use of latest technology inevitably to accomplish it. A composition of cloud technology and blended learning contributes a noteworthy learning content delivered to the new gen learners and teachers. This chapter confronts contemporary cloud solutions for diverse learning activities to be implemented in K-20 classrooms and on educational campuses. It discusses the existing cloud frameworks such as mobile edge computing, fog computing, cloudlets, and hybrid frameworks, as well as outlines their suitability for different blended learning tasks. The suitable cloud technologies for augmented and virtual reality applications have also been given for various courses.