Role of Cloud Computing in School Education

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Author(s): Vikas Kumar (Central University of Haryana, India)and Aashish Bhardwaj (Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, India)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Diverse Teaching Strategies for the Technology-Rich Classroom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence A. Tomei (Robert Morris University, USA)and David D. Carbonara (Duquesne University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0238-9.ch008

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Government and non-government organizations throughout the world are investing a lot in education because it is a primary tool to reduce poverty and crime in society. Still, the drop-out rates in primary as well as K12 education creates big worries for upcoming demands. This requires new strategies to make education motivating and improve student's commitment in learning. Student learning needs to be more flexible in time and place with interesting assignments and engagements. Technology can play a vital role in this and can enrich the student leaning in many ways. However, with the advent of new educational tools, their affordability and access has become a significant concern for the schools. The cost factor for adopting technology in education can be addressed by cloud computing technology. School education on cloud computing platform will facilitate the low-cost technology access with inherent features like flexibility, privacy, scalability, provisioning, reliability, and security. Cloud computing-based school education infrastructure will inculcate the participation and self-evaluation skills in the students. This chapter reviews the educational attainment and educational challenges in indifferent countries including the choice of subjects in K12 education for students as well as the technology options available for the students. It then outlines the school education improvement strategy with integration of cloud computing benefits in the school education system.

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