cloud computing at naemt 2014

MODELS FOR ADOPTING AND UTILIZING OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN TEACHING

AND LEARNING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Blessing F. Adeoye, PhD.Faculty of Education

Department of Technology EducationUniversity of Lagos

[email protected]

Presented at NAEMT 2015Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Introduction Highly dependent on ICT; however, there are some

challenges with the use of ICT.

Financial, and infrastructure prohibit development of reliable network communications, data centers, and local ICT-related activities.

Electricity power problems that are epileptic in delivery and attract unbearably high bills.

These have in turn creates a poor performance in business and academic activities.


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Solutions

ICT alone cannot rectify the challenges.

Cloud computing has become an emerging new computing paradigm for delivering technology and computing services (Mell & Grance, 2009).


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Purpose (To Explore) The extent to which cloud computing

applications and services can be used to help breach the digital divide that currently exists among tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The level of adoption and classroom utilization, and some aspects of the distinctiveness of cloud computing.


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Arguments The challenges faced by educational

institutions in Nigeria regarding the use of 21st century technology tools CANNOT be rectified through only the integration of ICT.

They can be rectified through the infusion

of cloud computing initiatives for learning, teaching, data storage/backups, resource sharing, and management of resources.


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Common Cloud computing examples

Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft SkyDrive in the case of Office).

Google Drive is a pure cloud computing service, with all the apps and storage found online.

Apple iCloud's service is primarily used for online storage and synchronization of mail, contacts, and calendar.

Hybrid services like Dropbox and SugarSync work in the cloud because they store a synched version of files online/files with local storage.


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Efforts at leveraging of Cloud computing framework for integration in Nigerian Universities Ugwoke, Okafor, Onwusuru, and

Udeze, (2014) observed that the fundamental problems of tertiary institutions in Nigeria stems from lack of foresight and expertise in the usage of 21st century ICT models and frameworks.

They therefore argued that the near collapse of educational institutions in Nigeria can be revamped through the infusion of cloud computing initiatives.


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Utilization of Cloud computing

Enables wise and strategic use of technology that significantly reduces the cost.

Provides resources and capabilities of IT via services offered by Cloud Service Provider (Ajith & Hemalatha 2012).

It has various characteristics as shared infrastructure, self-service, pay-per use model, dynamic, virtualized, elastic and scalable.

Benefitted where lots of collaboration and safety of data is needed.


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Cloud Computing Service Models


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Cloud Computing Service Model or DP


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Practical Application of Cloud Computing

Network Teaching Platform Reduction in Computing Resources Collaboration with Colleagues and

Experts Globally Easily Accessible Support Teachers in Professional

Development Reduction on the Use of Electricity Reduction of Expenses