CLOUD BASED APPLICATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: SCOPE & NEED
Mukund Anant Kulkarni, Kamal Miyalal Alaskar · Research Journal of Social Science & Management · 2015
Now-a-days Cloud Computing is widely used in various fields of sercice industry. Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. In other words, Cloud computing provides everything in the form of service as per convenience. Higher education is one of the most important service sectors having direct impact on National Growth. Therefore, it is required to enhance higher education continuously with new technologies. Cloud Computing can satisfy several needs of higher education in less cost and more effective way. It will be useful in reducing investment in infrastructure, software licenses, etc. Cloud based application can be useful for enhancing actual education. This application can be useful for staff, students and Management. This application can be useful for Effective teaching and learning, Communication between teacher and students, sharing notes, videos and other type of study material, administration of Educational Institute and quality assessment of higher education.