Название: Digitalization of Higher Education using Cloud Computing: Implications, Risk, and Challenges
Автор: S. L. Gupta, Nawal Kishor, Niraj Mishra
Издательство: CRC Press
Серия: Chapman & Hall/ CRC Cloud Computing for Society 5.0
Год: 2022
Страниц: 243
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 17.8 MB

Digitalization of Higher Education using Cloud Computing: Implications, Risk, and Challenges provides an insight into the latest technology and tools being used to explore learning in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). Cloud computing, being an up-and-coming technology, integrates with academia and industry, thereby enhancing the quality of education.

The opportunities and challenges faced by HEIs in recent times due to technological disruptions have forced both academia and industry to realign their strategies for survival and growth. With the acceleration of cloud computing in higher education, it has now become imperative for educators to constantly upskill and reskill in order to meet the requirements of the future of work, particularly in the digital age. Technological advancement is an unstoppable wave and the lack of relevant skills to handle the disruptions in higher education will become a huge challenge if not addressed promptly. This is the new phase of Education 4.0 where HEIs are aligning themselves using cloud computing implications, and thus are preparing both faculties and students to embrace the changes happening in the teaching and learning processes.

This book focuses on multi-faceted strategies to be adopted by HEIs to deal with the emerging issues related to teaching–learning processes using cloud computing, technological interventions, curriculum overhaul, experiential learning, multi-disciplinary approaches, and continuous innovations and digitalization.

Smart phones, laptops, personal digital assistants may be used within education. Such digital devices assist the learner to investigate in line with their own tempo and environment. Due to the improvement in internet connection speeds, connection can be applied in any handheld tool for gaining knowledge. Mobile- assisted language gaining know-how is a new idea. Now many universities are supplying online publications to reach out to more students. These handheld gadgets are used because of the primary device in online certification and online courses. Mobile gadgets exchange pupil and teacher roles in studying. Students can broaden, deliver, talk, engage, and compare with the assistance of cell devices. Audio- based and video- based study contents, plus internet- based contents, Word files, flash documents, and PDFs can all be downloaded on a mobile tool.

For university students of any age, it is beneficial to use technology in many aspects of their lives. Therefore, virtual equipment inside the schoolroom is becoming increasingly vital. Traditional techniques for education are already going through a change to conform to the dreams of twenty- first- century college students and to enhance the professional practice of instructors. The virtual destiny is going on now. Using technology for schooling provokes a student’s interest, will increase their engagement, and results in better knowledge and comprehension. These elements are a challenge for every effective instructor, and these days they may be implemented by employing the use of digital gadgets within the classroom.

Major E- Learning Tools in the Twenty- First Century:

- Prezi
Prezi is a virtual software program for developing interactive presentations. According to their studies, Prezi facilitates you in making presentations that are more effective, more persuasive, more powerful, and more enticing in comparison to those made with PowerPoint. If you haven’t tried the software, we strongly suggest that you test it out and gift it to your students.

- Haiku Deck
A virtual device with whose help you can easily make presentations on your iPad, iPhone, and on the net. The device works online and offers a big database of stock images with which you may create photograph- based slides. Haiku Deck is effective for creating presentations on the go and delivering them from your pocket. Haiku Deck can be additionally integrated into Google Classroom, which is very well known these days.

- Animoto
Video is one of the most attractive mediums of the modern world, which is why you have to incorporate it into your study room. Animoto is one of the virtual tools for classrooms that can be used by each instructor and student for educational purposes...