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Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Facilitate ICT in Education: Design and Evaluation

Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Facilitate ICT in Education: Design and Evaluation

Yannis Siahos, Iasonas Papanagiotou, Alkis Georgopoulos, Fotis Tsamis, Lefteris Nikoltsios
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466661028|ISBN10: 146666102X|EISBN13: 9781466661035
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6102-8.ch001
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Siahos, Yannis, et al. "Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Facilitate ICT in Education: Design and Evaluation." Educational Technology Use and Design for Improved Learning Opportunities, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6102-8.ch001

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Siahos, Y., Papanagiotou, I., Georgopoulos, A., Tsamis, F., & Nikoltsios, L. (2014). Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Facilitate ICT in Education: Design and Evaluation. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Educational Technology Use and Design for Improved Learning Opportunities (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6102-8.ch001

Chicago

Siahos, Yannis, et al. "Implementing a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure to Facilitate ICT in Education: Design and Evaluation." In Educational Technology Use and Design for Improved Learning Opportunities, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6102-8.ch001

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors present the methodology and the results of their effort towards the introduction of cloud services as a means to simplify the adoption of ICT in education using Free/Open Source Software. A hybrid cloud infrastructure is established in order to provide Linux and optionally MS-Windows desktop environments with the Software as a Service cloud model. Legacy and modern school PCs function as stateless devices. To achieve this, their “Sch-scripts” application performs an unattended installation of the Linux Terminal Server Project software to a school computer that also hosts centrally maintained virtual machines. Classroom management is accomplished using their “Epoptes” application. Administration is only required in the school server while the educational software is provided with the Software as a Service model either in online form or through repositories that automate software installation. Four-hundred-twenty schools have already implemented this architecture and 117 responded to the evaluation survey. The statistical analysis of these answers confirms the design principles, which include minimal cost, as well as reusability of obsolete equipment, ease of administration, centralized management, patches and educational software provisioning, classroom management, and above all, facilitation of the educational procedure.

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