Usage of Cloud Computing in Education

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Published: 2018-01-30
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Dr. Vidhyalakshmi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.65301/aimt.2018.7.I.729
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ICT, Cloud in education, benefits of cloud, challenges of cloud adoption

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Vol. 7 No. I (2018): Jan - May

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Cloud computing is expanding in rapid pace and is being used in all business activities. Cloud adoption has always been beneficial irrespective of the business sector in which it is used. This is due to the subscription based payment and demand based provisioning. Optimal advantages of cloud adoption can be leveraged when the software requirement usage is not perennial. Education is one sector which has also benefitted due to cloud adoption. Education is a field in which the use of software is the combination of both regular and periodic usage. The periodic usage will be session or semester based. The specialized software will be used for a period of three to four months in a year. In this scenario, rather than purchasing perpetual licensed software, colleges can opt for cloud based usage software or platform. Even though cloud inclusion is beneficial, it also has few demerits due to the inherent Internet based working. This paper discusses about the prospects of cloud usage in education along with its barriers and possible solutions.

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