CS&IT education was
acknowledged in time as one of the pillars of society development. Through the
partnerships between education Institution, government and industry, researchers
and students have proven their contribution to the transformation of society
and the entire world economy.
With the evolution of technology, the number
of services which migrate from traditional form to the online form grows as
well. For these specific services, an adequate providing form must be found in
the online best environment.
As a response to these pressures, the
universities must perform changes in order to be service oriented and in order
to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of all internal operations and of
all interactions with us. At the organization level, Cloud Computing may be
considered an extension of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and an alternative to the use of IT for
educational environment.
Using
Cloud Computing in CS&IT education
The potential and efficiency
of using Cloud Computing in computer education has been recognized by many universities
among which we US University of California, Washington State University’s
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, higher education
institutions from UK, Africa , U.S and others. Cloud Computing offers to
universities the possibility of concentrating more on teaching and research
activities rather than on complex IT configuration and software systems ,
through a fast IT implementation. Our research reduce complexity Cloud
Computing.
In addition, cloud solutions
can be used to support cooperative learning and socially oriented theories of
learning, using computer technologies to support collaborative methods of
instruction. That Research of Cloud computing offers many benefits to
e-learning solutions by providing the infrastructure, platform and educational
services directly through cloud providers and by using virtualization,
centralized data storage and facilities for data access monitoring). In order
to ensure success in e-learning, universities use metrics systems adapted to
measure the effectiveness of e-learning solutions based on the cloud.
Currently, there are many
practices and examples regarding the use of cloud computing. For instance, in
Commonwealth, many colleges and universities had collaborated at the formation
of Virginia Virtual Computing Lab. By including the cloud services, North
Carolina State University achieved a substantially decreasing of expenses with
software licensing and at the same time to reduce the campus IT staff from 15
to 3 employees with full working schedule . Another example is Kuali Ready , a
community-source project chartered to provide a business continuity planning
service and it is also an example of higher education institutions organizing
themselves to provide cloud services. Kuali Ready is a good early example of
some key principles that are emerging to guide cloud developments.
Within the present
economical context, the use of Cloud Computing becomes a necessity and not an
option for many universities in PK. The IT leaders from higher education (from online
survey) have considered that improving IT services is the most important
decision factor, while only 38% gave the same importance to costs
reduction.
Main
Benefits, Risks and Limitations
Benefits
·
Access to applications from anywhere
·
Support for teaching and learning
·
24 hours access to infrastructure and
content
·
Opening to business environment and advanced
research
·
Software free or pay per use
·
Protection of the environment by using green
technologies
·
Increased openness of students to new
technologies
·
Improve security opportunities
·
Increasing functional capabilities
Limitations
·
Speed/lack of Internet can affect work
methods
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Security and protection of sensitive data
·
Not all applications run in cloud
·
Risks related to data protection and security
and accounts management
·
Organizational support
·
Standards adherence
·
Security and protection of sensitive data
Cloud
Architecture for MUST University
Thinking, planning, and
working in the cloud requires universities to cope with specific challenges of
cloud environment (Bristow et al., 2010) such as uncertain definitions,
privacy, contractual and jurisdictional issues, risk and nonperformance, interoperability,
network capacity, architecting, staff
and perceptions.
A
Cloud Adoption Strategy for CS&IT edu.
Migrating towards cloud
needs a well- defined strategy that supports Cloud Computing capabilities.
Representing an important part of the MUST dept. CS&IT strategy, migration
must be aligned to this. The success of the strategy implementation depends on
the existence of a service-oriented architecture at the level of the
institution that offers the necessary infrastructure for cloud implementation.
suggest a migrating strategy
towards cloud, formed of the following stages :
a) developing the knowledge
base about Cloud Computing;
b) evaluating the present
stage of the university from the point of view of the CS&IT needs,
structure and usage;
c) experimenting the Cloud
Computing solutions;
d) choosing the Cloud Computing solution;
e) implementation and
management of the Cloud Computing
solution.
Conclusions
Despite its critics and
drawbacks, it seems that Cloud Computing is here to stay. Universities have
begun to adhere to this initiative and there are proofs that indicate
significant decreasing of expenses due to the implementation of cloud
solutions.
The aim of our work was to
identify the particularities of using Cloud Computing within CS&IT
education. Mainly, we have considered the risks and benefits of cloud
architecture and proposed a cloud adoption strategy proper for universities. An
analysis of the data and the main activities that exist within a university was
the starting point for innovations.
Reference
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