دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی استفاده از خدمات محاسبات ابری در فرایند یادگیری الکترونیکی - اشپرینگر 2017

Abstract

During the recent years, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a significant role in the field of education and e-learning has become a very popular trend of the education technology. However, with the huge growth of the number of users, data and educational resources generated, e-learning systems have become more and more expansive in terms of hardware and software resources, and many educational institutions cannot afford such ICT investments. Due to its tremendous advantages, cloud computing technology rises swiftly as a natural platform to provide support to e-learning systems. This paper focuses on the research on the application of cloud computing in e-learning. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the current state and the impact of the use of cloud computing for elearning. Thus, at first the paper introduces concepts of e-learning and cloud computing infrastructure with their key characteristics. The paper analyzes also challenges facing e-learning systems deployment. In follow the paper considers cloud-based e-learning solutions by focusing on the raisons of the convenience of cloud computing for elearning. Therefore cloud computing benefits are introduced as a solution for these challenges. Finally, the paper presents some solutions of cloud computing in e-learning and describes the most common architecture adopted. Issues in implementing cloudbased e-learning systems and some potential ways to overcome them are also discussed.

6 Conclusion and future works

In conclusion, ICT are being used increasingly by educational institutions to provide efficient learning services using e-learning systems. These institutions face a wide range of challenges in implementing these systems such as costs, data storage, software and hardware resources, and a lack of technical resources. Cloud computing rises swiftly as a natural platform to provide support to e-learning systems and it is the core technology of the next generation of e-learning.

In this paper, we focused mainly on the application of cloud computing in elearning. The research study gave an overview of the concepts of e-learning and cloud computing with theirs structure, benefits and challenges, and presents the impact on using cloud computing for e-learning.