The Educational Cloud, Problems and Perspectives
Giovanni Dimauro, Michele Scalera, Giuseppe Visaggio
Cloud technology is rapidly spreading in educational
institutions, sometimes replacing the in-house infrastructure
with cloud services. This development seems driven primarily
by the promised economic benefits and wider, efficient and
accessible resources for students and teachers. The educational
impact of this change, however, remains unclear. While
traditional learning technically can be integrated or perhaps
replaced by learning in the cloud, we also need to identify and
formalize new strategies for the delivery and effective use of
these resources and for measuring the educational benefit. In
this paper technologies and pedagogical aspects of introduction
of the cloud model in teaching and learning, are proposed the
results of an investigation into the scientific literature of the last
three years that outlines the areas in which research is most
active. The papers taken into consideration show a strong
interest in the implementation of educational activities on the
cloud model, also by developing countries. We found many
research proposals but little real research and, therefore, little
evidence. This implies that we are far from ready solution to be
applied in the teaching processes. What is certain is that a new
space has been opened to carry out interesting research, both
basic and industrial. Full Text
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