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What is School on the Cloud

Chapter 1
Handbook of Research on Educational Design and Cloud Computing in Modern Classroom Settings
The School on the Cloud is a novice application of Cloud Computing to education that offers to its students a series of very important competences, which allows them to face the developing pedagogical requirements. The School on the Cloud is a new and different school that has been born recently, is partly operating now and is going to stay with us at least in the foreseeable future.
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From Ground to Cloud: The School on the Cloud
Kostis Koutsopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece & EUROGEO, Greece)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3053-4.ch001
Abstract
As technology has become an agent of immense change, it has forced upon the education system Cloud Computing, which in the form of School on the Cloud will have significant future ripple effects. In moving from ground (present conditions) to Cloud (future conditions), there is a need to examine the educational enhancements and the future ramifications of this technology. The description of these effects represents the goal of this chapter, by reviewing the major aspects of the future of Cloud Based Education and by presenting the approach and the results of a foresight exercise, which have led to the development of a series of future scenarios related to the future roles of the major education stakeholders.
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Chapter 3
School on the Cloud: Paradigm Shifts and Educational Changes
The School on the Cloud is a novice application of Cloud Computing to education that offers to its students a series of very important competences, which allows them to face the developing pedagogical requirements. The School on the Cloud is a new and different school that has been born recently, is partly operating now and is going to stay with us at least in the foreseeable future.
Published in Chapter: School on the Cloud: Paradigm Shifts and Educational Changes; From: Handbook of Research on Educational Design and Cloud Computing in Modern Classroom Settings
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