The Views of Teacher Candidates on Using Cloud Technologies in Education

Abstract

This study aims to describe the views of student IT teachers' and the factors which affect their priorities to use cloud services progressively. The study is conducted by qualitative research approach. The data obtained from the department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology students are collected by structured form for the use of cloud technologies. The data is analyzed by content analysis method. According to the findings, student teachers use cloud systems for file sharing and they do not use cloud systems because they do not need them or they do not know them mostly; cloud systems' main advantage is the flexibility of use independence from time and space and their main disadvantage are the security issues and the fact that they rely on the internet connection; cloud systems' main benefits for educational purposes are the flexibility and cost of use, and the fact that they support connection and collaboration between different users; participants think cloud services may have benefits on personal development of individuals' information literacy knowledge and can improve teaching skills and on connection and collaborative work with various people and finally student teachers are in the opinion that cloud services are more appropriate for application-project courses and both group and individuals' instruction. Due to cloud services' benefits on education, adopting them into education system is important to reach the developed education level. Therefore, teachers should be trained among those innovative technologies by IT teachers who are the core element for this process.

Survey Analysis of University Teachers in Ukraine Regarding the Use of Google Workspace for Education

“…In our opinion, the emergence of cloud technologies is a natural step in the development of the information society. In everyday life, they are constantly used to share and store files of various types, as indicated in the work [3]. Due to cloud technologies, including Google Workspace for Education, the staff and students of educational institutions get access to modern tools and communication channels, which allows them to communicate easily and to perform the assigned tasks together [10].…”

“…Another disadvantage of cloud services is availability. Since cloud technologies are based on the use of the Internet, users may experience certain difficulties when connecting and working with services [3]. In case there is no Internet connection due to repairs or damaged means of transmission, work will be suspended altogether.…”

“…The use of cloud technologies in educational activities allows obtaining numerous advantages. For teachers and students, it means access to a large number of free or low-cost services, personalized learning [2], gradual increase in learning opportunities, scalability of the learning environment depending on the wishes of students/teachers, ensuring collaboration and communication between participants of the educational process, development of digital competencies, provision of group work, and individual training [3]. On the other hand, educational institutions can save money, maximize green potential [4], implement separate areas of the internal system of education quality assurance [26], they can ensure electronic document circulation within the institution due to the shared access to documents, etc.…”

“…The transition to the specified education models forced universities to look for costeffective digital platforms that will sufficiently provide communication, interaction, and exchange of educational content via the Internet [2]. Most of these platforms are based on the use of cloud technologies, which are considered an important factor in improving the quality of education [3]. In this context, researchers highlight the advantages of using cloud computing in education [4]; they study the factors that influence students' willingness to use cloud computing services for learning [5].…”

Developing Computer Literacy of Bilingual Students via CLIL Methodology

“…The analysis of the current state of pedagogical science revealed a contradiction between, on the one hand, the necessity to provide the developing of computer literacy of bilingual pupils over the course of professional training within the modern Russian higher education system and, on the other hand, low grade of improvement and implementation of bilingual education technologies in the higher education level (Korucu, 2017).…”