Social Networking based E-Learning System on Clouds
Rajni Jindal, Alka Singhal · International Journal of Computer Applications · 2012
With the recent advancements in the modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT), e-Learning has emerged as a new paradigm for learning in the modern world.There are many dimensions such as pedagogical, technological, ethical etc which are to be satisfied by the e-learning service provider to become a better option in compare to the traditional learning techniques.Among all the dimensions, technological and pedagogical dimension are among the critical dimensions, as they address issues concerning content analysis, audience analysis, goal analysis, performance analysis and infrastructural analysis.This paper proposes an E-learning Social networking site which is maintained by Cloud providers.Blending the two technologies, Social networking and Cloud computing, provides a business model for E-learning where construction of e-learning system is entrusted to cloud computing suppliers and social networking helps to improve the teaching quality and content.