“What should be done to achieve greater use of cloud computing by higher education institutions”

Alajmi, Qasim; Sadiq, Ali Safaa

doi:10.1109/iemcon.2016.7746083

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“…They supply teachers and students with useful methods from computing resources for laboratories and lectures based on specific learning needs. Teachers can design and implement virtual computers (also called Virtual Machines or VMs) with pre-installed software to deploy computing laboratories quickly [9][10][11]. Secondly, cloud computing is cost-effective and therefore useful when resources are unavailable or scarce, and academics gain a positive and valuable experience from using it.…”

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A Hybrid Virtual Cloud Learning Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sorour¹,

Kamel²,

Abdelkader³

2021

Computers, Materials &Amp; Continua

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the educational systems worldwide, leading to the near-total closures of schools, universities, and colleges. Universities need to adapt to changes to face this crisis without negatively affecting students' performance. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to identify and help solve to critical challenges and factors that influence the e-learning system for Computer Maintenance courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper examines the effect of a hybrid modeling approach that uses Cloud Computing Services (CCS) and Virtual Reality (VR) in a Virtual Cloud Learning Environment (VCLE) system. The VCLE system provides students with various utilities and educational services such as presentation slides/text, data sharing, assignments, quizzes/tests, and chatrooms. In addition, learning through VR enables the students to simulate physical presence, and they respond well to VR environments that are closer to reality as they feel that they are an integral part of the environment. Also, the research presents a rubric assessment that the students can use to reflect on the skills they used during the course. The research findings offer useful suggestions for enabling students to become acquainted with the proposed system's usage, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for improving student achievement more than the traditional methods of learning.

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A Hybrid Virtual Cloud Learning Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sorour¹,

Kamel²,

Abdelkader³

2021

Computers, Materials &Amp; Continua

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“…A survey conducted by Alajmi and Sadiq (2016) demonstrate that cloud computing continues to play an increasingly significant role in higher education in the modern world. Higher education is embracing cloud-computing services due to economic advantages, increase productivity, and improve learning strategies and knowledge penetration.…”

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“…However, there is a debate on different issues such as privacy, integrity, and ownership of data. Moreover, there is a lack of new security techniques to adopt cloud computing in the universities [11]. Militaru et al (2016) explored the factors that lead to cloud computing adoption in higher education based on the TAM framework by surveying 96 students at a university in Romania.…”

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“…As a result, HEIs administrators, either globally or locally, are asking IT staff to implement CC strategies, thus driving the trend of the higher education sector's increased adoption of CC [6]. Some benefits of CC for HEIs over traditional technologies are mobility, efficiency [6], economics, enhanced availability [10], increased productivity, scalability, and penetration of knowledge all over the world [11]. Moreover, common goals for CC include developing IT infrastructure in HEIs and increasing the access www.ijacsa.thesai.org of university staff and students to a wider range of learning resources [12].…”

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Cloud Computing: Empirical Studies in Higher Education A Literature Review

Elgelany¹,

Gaoud²

2017

ijacsa

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Abstract-The advent of cloud computing (CC) in recent years has attracted substantial interest from various institutions, especially higher education institutions, which wish to consider the advantages of its features. Many universities have migrated from traditional forms of teaching to electronic learning services, and they rely upon information and communication technology services. The usage of CC in educational environments provides many benefits, such as low-cost services for academics and students. The expanded use of CC comes with significant adoption challenges. Understanding the position of higher education institutions with respect to CC adoption is an essential research area. This paper investigated the current state of CC adoption in the higher education sector in order to enrich the research in this area of interest. Existing limitations and knowledge gaps in current empirical studies are identified. Moreover, suggested areas for further researches will be highlighted for the benefit of other researchers who are interesting in this topic. These researches encourage institutions of education especially in higher education to adopted cloud computing technology.

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“…A wide array of traditional educational platforms today is becoming obsolete and least suitable and worthy for fitting the requirements of consistent educational advancements [1], [2]. These conventional educational platforms are also becoming unable to go in-line with the variations of the learning demand in time and for this matter, the developments in the computer networking systems have brought revolutionary opportunities for it.…”

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The Effectiveness of Cloud-Based E-Learning towards Quality of Academic Services: An Omanis’ Expert View

Alajmi¹,

Kamaludin²,

Arshah³

et al. 2018

ijacsa

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Abstract-The purpose of this paper is to understand the importance, relevance and the need of implementing CloudBased E-Learning (CBEL) in Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Oman. The paper maintains its emphasis on addressing the effectiveness of the cloud based e-learning system and also takes into account the activities of comparing and contrasting the before and after effects of the implementation of the CBEL on higher educational sector in Oman. Method: The methodological approach of this paper follows qualitative approach of data collection and the data analysis techniques used in this paper are interpretivist approach and thematic analysis. Results and Findings: The data analysis techniques used in this research paper helped in understanding and gathering meaningful insights relating to the need and significance of implementing CBEL in educational sectors.

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“What should be done to achieve greater use of cloud computing by higher education institutions”

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

A Hybrid Virtual Cloud Learning Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Hybrid Virtual Cloud Learning Model During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cloud Computing: Empirical Studies in Higher Education A Literature Review

The Effectiveness of Cloud-Based E-Learning towards Quality of Academic Services: An Omanis’ Expert View

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