Cloud Computing in Learning

Magdy S. Aqel

Instructional technology department

Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) masaaq@hotmail.com

2011

•What is Cloud Computing?

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•What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. (Mell &Grance.2009)

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•What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing can be described as on-demand

computing, for anyone with a network

connection. Access to applications and data

anywhere, any time, from any device is the

potential outcome. The consumer-level cloud is

agood starting point for this – sites like Flickr

and Facebook act as digital repositories for data

and we can access this data from any internet-

enabled device.( Powell,2009)

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•WHY CLOUD COMPUTING? www.microsoft.com/educloud

• With cloud computing, your institution can get powerful software and computing resources when and where you need them. It gives system managers more flexibility to manage scale and cost in ways that are largely invisible to users and that also account for risk management, peak demand, and long-term planning needs. Education institutions can respond to their district’s, college’s, or university’s needs with more agility, and help ensure that students, teachers, faculty, parents, and staff have on-demand access to essential information, using any device from anywhere.

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•WHY CLOUD COMPUTING?

using the internet to allow people to access technology-enabled services. Those services must be ’massively scalable…(Geelan,2008)

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•Armbrust etl(2010) *Software as a service (SaaS)

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•Cloud computing and web 3.0

• Web 3.0 means that SaaS apps can be

developed, deployed, and evolved far more

quickly and cost-effectively than traditional

software of the client-server era. The dramatic

reset in economics should help CIOs finally

break through the innovation backlog created

by the cost and complexity of maintaining

client-server apps.

(Benioff ,2008)

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•Benefits(Mircrosoft.com)

• Cost. You choose a subscription or, in some

cases, a pay-as-you-go plan—whichever works

best with your organization’s business model.

• Flexibility. Scale your infrastructure to

maximize investments. Cloud computing allows

you to dynamically scale as demands fluctuate.

• Accessibility. Help make data and services

publicly available without jeopardizing

sensitive information

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•Cloud computing App.

•Adobe

•Microsoft

•Google

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•Adobe

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• Adobe educational products for cloud computing (adobe.com,2011) • Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro

• Students and teachers

• Adobe ColdFusion® 9 Enterprise Edition

• Adobe Connect™ 8

• Adobe Contribute® CS5

• Adobe Creative Suite 5 K–12 School Site Licenses

• Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 4

• Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 4

• Adobe Font Folio® Education Essentials

• Ovation™

• Adobe Presenter 7

• Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.5

• Adobe Visual Communicator® 3

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•Microsoft

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•Software and services from Microsoft

• Microsoft Live@edu

• Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite

• Microsoft Exchange Online

• Microsoft SharePoint Online

• Microsoft Office Communications

• Online Microsoft Office Live Meeting

• Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services.

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

• Microsoft Office Web Apps

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•Windows Azure Compute Windows Azure offers an internet-scale hosting environment built on geographically distributed data centers. This hosting environment provides a runtime execution environment for managed code. A Windows Azure compute service is built from one or more roles. A role defines a component that may run in the execution environment; within Windows Azure, a service may run one or more instances of a role. A service may be comprised of one or more types of roles, and may include multiple roles of each type.

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•Google

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• Google Apps. For education

• Google applications may considered as good

example for cloud computing in learning .

• More than 10 million students use Google

Apps.(google.com)

• Apps for Universities

• Apps for K-12 schools

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•collaboration apps.

• Google Docs

• Google Video

• Google Sites

• Google Groups

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•Google Docs

Create and share a variety of online documents,

from word processing and spreadsheets to

forms and presentations -- all with mobile

access

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•Google Video

Securely share videos that anyone can comment

on, tag and rate. Get 10GB free with every

domain.

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•Google Sites

Effortlessly build shared websites that include videos, images, gadgets and documents

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•Google Groups

Students and faculty can create their own moderated forums and mailing lists featuring strong sharing and management controls

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•communication apps.

• Gmail

• Google Calenda

• Google Talk

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•Gmail

• Get 7GB of storage, protect against spam and

viruses, stay connected with built-in IM, voice

and video chat, IMAP and POP message access,

and more

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•Google Calendar

• Share calendars and schedule people, groups, rooms and resources easily, even from your mobile device

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•Google Talk

• Free instant messaging, calling (VOIP), voicemail and file transfer make staying in touch a breeze

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•Successful Deployments for Educational Institutions • Islamic University of Gaza

• •Utah State University

• •University of Southern California

• •University of South Florida

• •Boise State University

• •Watershed School

• •Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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•Conclusion

• Using cloud computing may help collaborative learning and reduce the cost of software in learning.

• Google offers some application for education that may help both universities and school in students knowledge sharing and communication.

• Also there are many educational institutions which use cloud computing in learning, so we can take the advantages in our institutions

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•References

• Microsoft(2010). Cloud computing in education. A Microsoft U.S. Education white

paper April 2010.Retrived 25-12-2010 from www.microsoft.com/educloud

• Mell P.and Grance T.(2009). Effectively and Securely Using the Cloud Computing

Paradigm. Retrieved 5-1-2011.available

from:http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/contact.htm

• Powell J.(2009). Cloud computing – what is it and what does it mean for education?,

Retrieved 5-1-2011 .available from: http://

erevolution.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2009/08/clouds-johnpowell.doc

• Armbrust etl.(2010). Clearing the clouds away from the true potential and obstacles

posed by this computing capability. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage,

vol. 53 , no. 4.

• Geelan J.(2008) Twenty one experts define cloud computing.

Virtualization.Electronic Magazine, article. Retrieved 5-1-2011. available from

http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/612375.

• Benioff M.(2008). Welcome to Web 3.0: Now Your Other Computer is a Data Center.

Retrieved 5-1-2011.available from: http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/08/01/welcome-to-

web-30-now-your-other-computer-is-a-data-center/

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•Web sites • http://www.microsoft.com/education/solutions/cl

oudcomputing.aspx

• http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/university.html

• http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/googleapps_deploymentguide.pdf

• http://www.adobe.com/education/products/

• http://it.usu.edu/aggiemail/

• http://getgoogle.usc.edu/

• http://mail.usf.edu/emailsignup/

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• http://www.boisestate.edu/google/

• https://sites.google.com/a/watershedschool.org/apps/

• http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments.aspx?id=12092

• http://www.iug.edu.ps

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