Leveraging Cloud Computing for Education System Support - a Case Study of Faculty Feedback System Using Google Apps
Leveraging Cloud Computing for Education System Support - A Case Study of Faculty Feedback System Using Google Apps
Vijayalakshmi Ravi
SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce viji.ra@gmail.com Abstract
Due to the recession last year, cost containment has been a major focus in the education sector. At the same time, there has been a rising demand for cost-effective, robust software applications that will support the education system providing learning and administrative services. This paper speaks about how the deployment of cloud computing enables IT professionals in the education sector to meet these new challenges. Today’s students are more technologically savvy and have a great aptitude to use web based applications. Educators need to efficiently create, store and share learning resources among their peers and students that provide them easy access and are available anywhere, anytime on the web. Apart from teaching, educators also need to manage and monitor the quality of the education delivered in an institution. The system deployed to manage an institution also should have a user friendly interface so that no training is required to use them. Also, the educational institutions are constrained by cost containment and are required to ensure compliance with regulations specially pertaining to security that in turn, can put added strain on their educational infrastructure and staff. The system should have the capability to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the student’s records. Based on the foregoing, Cloud Computing has emerged as the optimal solution to meet the requirements of cost containment, ubiquitous access and real time availability of service with a web based architecture for accessing data securely and providing scalability to meet the growing demand. An education system support based on cloud computing will eventually help in efficiently managing the education system in an institution. This paper explores the possibility of
Vijayalakshmi Ravi
SIES (Nerul) College of Arts, Science and Commerce viji.ra@gmail.com Abstract
Due to the recession last year, cost containment has been a major focus in the education sector. At the same time, there has been a rising demand for cost-effective, robust software applications that will support the education system providing learning and administrative services. This paper speaks about how the deployment of cloud computing enables IT professionals in the education sector to meet these new challenges. Today’s students are more technologically savvy and have a great aptitude to use web based applications. Educators need to efficiently create, store and share learning resources among their peers and students that provide them easy access and are available anywhere, anytime on the web. Apart from teaching, educators also need to manage and monitor the quality of the education delivered in an institution. The system deployed to manage an institution also should have a user friendly interface so that no training is required to use them. Also, the educational institutions are constrained by cost containment and are required to ensure compliance with regulations specially pertaining to security that in turn, can put added strain on their educational infrastructure and staff. The system should have the capability to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the student’s records. Based on the foregoing, Cloud Computing has emerged as the optimal solution to meet the requirements of cost containment, ubiquitous access and real time availability of service with a web based architecture for accessing data securely and providing scalability to meet the growing demand. An education system support based on cloud computing will eventually help in efficiently managing the education system in an institution. This paper explores the possibility of
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