Cloud services within a ROLE-enabled Personal Learning Environment

The ROLE project (Responsive Open Learning Environments) is focused on the next generation of Personal Learning Environments (PLE). In this paper, we first describe the engineering process used to create either a new widget bundle, a group of applications or service widgets. The widgets integrated in a ROLE PLE consist of two cloud-based services, a social networking and a mind-mapping tool, where learners can perform and collaborate on learning activities. We also modified other widgets to create a complete learning experience. The whole platform is running on a cloudcomputing infrastructure and one of the services is using a cloud-based database. Additionally, we describe the initial experiences from using this cloud education environment in Galileo University, Guatemala, in a web-based course with students from three different Latin-American countries. We measured emotional aspects, motivation, usability and attitudes towards the environment. The results demonstrated the readiness of cloud-based education solutions, and how ROLE can bring together such an environment from a PLE perspective

A comparative study of cloud services use by prospective IT professionals in five countries

Individuals and organizations utilise the cloud technology and its services in various ways. Cloud-based services are becoming increasingly popular, while there is no adequate knowledge offered for their secure use in the education for future IT professionals. It is important to understand how security and privacy issues are perceived and handled by male/female users and IT professionals of different cultures. The authors aim at presenting and scrutinizing information about cloud services’ use by prospective IT professionals in five countries, namely China, Finland, Greece, Nepal, and the UK. In particular the authors, wanting to find out what are the future IT professionals’ conceptualisations and awareness, collected data from male and female IT students in higher education, who use (or not) cloud services. The authors further illustrate the research findings by proceeding to a comparative analysis considering different perspectives such as: gender, education background, national culture (values and culture), and IT-related knowledge. The final research outcomes reveal attention-grabbing information for future IT professionals’ skills, knowledge, and digital competencies. For the IT professionals and software quality engineering communities the latter comprise a body of realistic knowledge, worthy of note when designing curricula for security technology by accommodating practical and accessible solutions (e.g., cryptography-based cloud security) for developing and enhancing the IT professionals’ role

Big Five Technologies in Aeronautical Engineering Education: Scoping Review

The constant demands that technology creates in aerospace engineering also influence education. The identification of the technologies with practical application in aerospace engineering is of current interest to decision makers in both universities and industry. A social network approach enhances this scoping review of the research literature to identify the main topics using the Big Five technologies in aerospace engineering education. The conceptual structure of the dataset (n=447) was analyzed from different approaches: at macro-level, a comparative of the digital technology identified by cluster analysis with the number of co-words established in 3 and 8 and, a keyword central structure (n=8) at micro-level. The articles were categorized by the type of digital technology and, those related to the educational context (n=86) were co-word analyzed to study the relationships between basic and applied research. A total of 18 selected studies were analyzed from a design-based research approach. Findings reveal that Big Data, IoT (2002-2008) and, cloud computing (2010-) were initially applied in the aerospace engineering field. Only Cloud computing (2012) and, Big Data (2017) were transferred towards more educational research. Cloud computer appears related to collaborative work and classroom education. Big data is related to computer-aided design in engineering education. Only Web 2.0 (n=3) is used in the teaching of aeronautical engineering, without any interaction identified in the basic research. Most of the selected studies addressed the undergraduates students and the instructional approach strategy with the result of the potential for improved student learning

Using cloud technologies for training in computer science engineering students

Цілі дослідження: визначити вплив хмарних технологій на засоби навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Завдання дослідження: визначити місце і роль інформатичних дисциплін у формуванні компетентностей майбутніх інженерів; визначити вплив хмарних технологій на методику навчання інформатики; вирізнити поняття хмаро орієнтованих ІКТ та хмаро орієнтованих ІКТ навчання; виділити хмаро орієнтовані засоби навчання студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Об’єкт дослідження: навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей у ВНЗ ІІІ-IV рівня акредитації. Предмет дослідження: використання хмарних технологій у навчанні студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Використані методи дослідження: аналіз державних стандартів, статистичних даних та наукових публікацій. Результати дослідження. На основі статистичних даних визначено актуальність підготовки студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Проаналізовано освітньо-кваліфікаційні характеристики та навчальні плани і визначено вплив інформатичних дисциплін на формування компетентностей майбутніх інженерів. Проаналізовано вплив хмарних технологій на фундаменталізацію навчання інформатики. Визначено поняття хмаро орієнтованих ІКТ та хмаро орієнтованих ІКТ навчання. Виділено хмаро орієнтовані засоби навчання студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Основні висновки і рекомендації: 1) застосування хмарних технологій як перспективного напряму розвитку мобільних ІКТ сприятиме фундаменталізації навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей; 2) доцільним є використання середовища Google Apps for Education як провідного та системотвірного хмаро орієнтованого засобу навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей.Research goals: to determine the impact of cloud technologies on computer science learning tools for engineering students. Research objectives: to determine the place and role in the formation of disciplines computing competence of engineers; to determine the impact of cloud technology to method of study computer science; the notion of point cloud-based ICT and cloud-based ICT training; identify cloud-based learning tools engineering students. Object of research: teaching computer science engineering students in universities of III-IV accreditation levels. Subject of research: the using of cloud technologies for training engineering students. Research methods used: analysis of state standards, statistics and publications. Results of the research. Based on the statistical data defined relevance of training engineering students. Analysis of educational qualification characteristics and curricula and the influence on the formation of disciplines computing competence of engineers. The influence of cloud technologies to fundamentalization teaching in computer science. The concept of cloud-based ICT and cloud-based ICT training. Highlight a cloud-based learning tools for engineering students. The main conclusions and recommendations: 1) the use of cloud technology as a promising direction of development of mobile ICT contribute fundamentalization training in computer science engineering students; 2) it is reasonable to use the Google Apps for Education as a leading cloud-based tools for training in computer science engineering students

A Case Study on Academic Services Application Using Agile Methodology for Mobile Cloud Computing

Recently, Mobile Cloud Computing reveals many modern development areas in the Information Technology industry. Several software engineering frameworks and methodologies have been developed to provide solutions for deploying cloud computing resources on mobile application development. Agile methodology is one of the most commonly used methodologies in the field. This paper presents the MCCAS a Web and Mobile application that provide feature for the Palestinian higher education/academic institutions. An Agile methodology was used in the development of the MCCAS but in parallel with emphasis on Cloud computing resources deployment. Also many related issues is discussed such as how software engineering modern methodologies (advances) influenced the development process

Teaching Software Engineering in the Cloud: Applying Cloud Computing Services in E-Business Education

Teaching Business Information Systems topics at academic institutions can profit a lot from applying the theoretical knowledge in hands‐on exercises in‐ and outside the class room employing standard software. Most software vendors provide academic licenses for their products which can be utilized by academic institution. The installation and maintenance of software products especially at Universities of Applied Sciences is usually not feasible due to staffing, knowledge, and funding restrictions. Cloud services lower these “barriers of entry”. This paper provides a show case which demonstrates how cloud services can be combined in a course setting teaching “E‐Business” in an undergraduate course at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. During exercises in a PC lab and on their own devices, the usage of Cloud services allowed students to gain practical experience in working with an industry standard collaborative code versioning system (git)

The use of cloud computing in the blended learning system programming

В роботі представлено досвід використання хмарних обчислень у навчанні системному програмуванню. Розглянуто умови застосування комбінованого навчання у підготовці фахівців з програмної інженерії. Розглянуто структуру та принципи роботи хмаро орієнтованої віртуальної лабораторії з системного програмування.The paper presents the experience of using cloud computing in education system programming. Defined the conditions of use blended learning in training of software engineering. Presented the structure and principles of cloud-oriented virtual laboratory of system programming

Model of using Google Apps in the blended learning of computer science for engineering students

Метою даного дослідження є проектування моделі використання Google Apps у комбінованому навчанні інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Завданнями дослідження: визначити сучасні вимоги до навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей; обґрунтувати доцільність використання хмарних технологій у навчанні інформатики майбутніх інженерів; обрати хмарні засоби, що найбільш відповідають програмі навчання інформатики; розробити модель використання хмарних засобів у комбінованому навчанні інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Об’єкт дослідження: навчання інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей. Предмет дослідження: використання Google Apps у комбінованому навчанні інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей. В результаті дослідження обґрунтовано вибір Google Apps як провідного та системотвірного хмаро орієнтованого засобу навчання інформатики майбутніх інженерів, побудовано модель використання Google Apps у комбінованому навчанні інформатики студентів інженерних спеціальностей.. Research goal: to design model of using Google Apps in the blended learning of computer science for engineering students. The objectives of the study: to determine the current requirements for teaching computer science engineering students; to prove the feasibility of using cloud technology in computer science education of future engineers; choose cloud means best suited to science education program; develop a model using cloud-based tools in blended learning of computer science for engineering students. Object of study: learning of computer science for engineering students. Purpose of the study: use Google Apps in the blended learning of computer science for engineering students. In the studies of the choice of Google Apps as a leading cloud-based and systemic formative learning tool for future informatics engineers; design a model of using Google Apps in the blended learning of computer science for engineering students

Integration of cloud based learning in project oriented design based learning

The School of Engineering at Deakin University has been practicing design based learning as one of its engineering learning principles for further development in the learning and teaching process. It has been exploring the student and industry perspectives in this regards and has embarked in the development of a new framework for a project oriented design based learning approach for the development of the engineering curriculum. Along with this change in the engineering curriculum Deakin University also has been going through a major change in the delivery of education. The policy shift has been initiated through Live the Future: Agenda 2020 which focusses on Cloud and Located Learning. This change in policy has had an impact on delivery framework for the project oriented design based learning model which has been incorporated through the use of lecture videos, a learning management system called Cloud Deakin and online tutorials through the eLive system

Cloud Computing Based Computing System for Women's Higher Education in Isolated Areas

A new chapter in information technology is opened by cloud computing in computer science and engineering education. Understanding the importance of using cloud computing (CC) in institutions of higher learning is the aim of this research. This analysis shows some of the benefits that cloud computing can provide to higher education, assesses some of the most significant challenges that academics may encounter as a result of its implementation, and suggests some initial steps toward its adoption while mitigating the risks associated. Enterprise apps have migrated in large numbers to the cloud in recent years. One of the challenges posed by cloud applications is the challenge of allocating resources to the application to ensure a service level along dimensions like performance, availability, and dependability. To do this, a system based on the infrastructure of governmental bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, and other providers of social services has been established. The results of this analysis demonstrate that it is possible to use a few variables, including administrative bodies and governments, internal stakeholders, cloud suppliers, firm attributes, socio-political changes, IT framework, and others, to understand how CC adoption methodologies are used in higher education institutions. In addition to providing insight into how cloud providers, advisers, governments, and academics see various market demands and how they respond to these expectations while expanding services provided by CC in higher education institutions, this analysis opens opportunities for future research. The implications for practice can aid decision-makers in utilizing CC services legally