Service-based Grid Architectures to support the Virtualization of Learning Technology Systems

Author(s):  
Gerard Gleeson ◽  
Claus Pahl

E-Learning has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years, due mainly to the fact that content and tool support can now be offered at a widely affordable level. As a result, many e-learning platforms and systems have been developed. Client-server, peer-to-peer and recently Web services architectures often form the basis. Drawbacks of these architectures are often their limitations in terms of scalability and the availability and distribution of resources. This chapter investigates grid architectures in the context of e-learning as a proposed answer for this problem. The principles and technologies of Grid architectures are discussed and illustrated using learning technology scenarios and systems.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Gil ◽  
Elio Sancristobal ◽  
Sergio Martin ◽  
Antonio Colmenar ◽  
Gabriel Diaz ◽  
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Author(s):  
Guido Dedene ◽  
Monique Snoeck ◽  
Manu De Backer ◽  
Wilfried Lemahieu

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Rachael Njeri Kibuku ◽  
Daniel Orwa Ochieng ◽  
Agnes Nduku Wausi

Some universities in Kenya have taken up e-learning to flexibly deliver learning and bridge the educational access gap. Despite the benefits that e-learning offers to the e-learners, there are challenges that they must cope with. The aim of this paper is to present the challenges that emerged from a research that was undertaken in two Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs). It also presents the coping strategies that e-learners used to overcome the challenges. The research used the constructivist version of Grounded Theory (GT) methodology. It used in-depth interviews and participant observations to gather data from the e-learners, e-tutors, e-learning managers and e-learning platforms. Therefore, the research yielded qualitative data which was analyzed using Atlas.ti software. Data was analyzed thematically to establish the patterns of challenges and the equivalent coping strategies. The results are presented using the Gioia technique and the discussion used the vignettes technique from participants in order to preserve their voice. The challenges that emerged relate to: e-content, coursework, internet access, e-learning technology, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and training, interaction and collaboration, personal issues, teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses and the tutorials. Recommendations on how to tackle these challenges have also been suggested. An understanding of these challenges is important to the e-learning players so that they can adopt interventions to mitigate them and hence improve interaction and collaboration. The results presented in this paper are part of the larger research whose main objective was to develop an e-learning theory for interaction and collaboration.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Riasatul Habibah ◽  
Unik Hanifah Salsabila ◽  
Windi Mega Lestari ◽  
Oqy Andaresta ◽  
Diah Yulianingsih

In everyday life we are used to dealing with technology, but it is different today. Since the covid-19 virus came to the world, especially the Indonesian state, Indonesian education has been carried out differently. During this pandemic, education was carried out by utilizing learning platforms that actually existed but were rarely used, but for now of course it is a new thing for some education circles because they are not familiar with technology in education. There are so many platforms that can be used for online learning that can be used by all educational institutions including children in elementary schools, namely there is a google classroom which is a form of e-learning that uses WebCT, YouTube, WAG, Edmodo, Zoom, Googlemeet and there are many other supporting applications. This study aims to determine the use of online learning technology during the Covid-19 pandemic using the Google classroom, YouTube, WAG, Edmodo, Zoom, and Googlemeet platforms. And the results of research using the interview method, literature and literature study show that technology has many roles and benefits in the world of education, especially when learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. By conducting interviews with teachers and students, it can be concluded that the learning media technology that is mostly used by elementary schools is WAG and also google classroom.Keywords: covid-19, platform google classroom, online learning, WAG.


Author(s):  
Haider TH. Salim ALRikabi ◽  
Duha Khalid Abdul-Rahman Al-Malah ◽  
Ban Hassan Majeed ◽  
Ahmed Z. Abass

continue learning. Technology has become not only an activity but also a fundamental tool. Moreover, technology becomes the core media that allows education to happen. In Iraq Blended Learning used to overcome the pandemic and counting education Therefore, the use of computers and digital applications became part of daily life and for long hours. Therefore, properly designed digital educational activities linked to social media have become a powerful educational tool aimed at finding ways of effective learning. The use of interactive activities contributed to the growth of self-learning motivation and the building of a healthy mind capable of finding a way out for the advancement of educational reality when crises occurred. It has become impossible to do without mobile devices, because of the attractive features they have and the multiple advantages they provide in teaching mathematical, medical, and engineering sciences in universities of our study relied on comparing the most important educational platforms with the best operation for managing virtual classes and the auxiliary tools they contain, including adding materials, assignments, tests, and electronic attendance records with archiving classes and migrating students to the advanced stages, as it relied on the electronic administration mechanism. All of these procedures take place through the availability of the Internet.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
E. V. Karmanova ◽  
V. A. Shelemetyeva

The article is devoted to the implementation of gamification methods in the educational process. The characteristic features of light and hard gamification are presented. The appropriateness of using gamification when applying e-learning technology is considered. Classification of courses based on hard gamification taking into account the technological features of development is proposed: courses-presentations, courses — computer games, VR/AR courses. The article also illustrates the use of various game elements of easy gamification using the example of the module “Level up! — Gamification” of the Moodle LMS. The capabilities of this module can be used in an electronic course by any teacher who has the skills of working with the Moodle.The authors present the analysis of the development of a training course in sales techniques using hard and light gamification technologies, where the course development was assessed for its complexity, manufacturability, and resource requirements. The results of the analysis showed that the development of courses using hard gamification requires much more financial and time-consuming than the development of courses using light gamification.The article evaluates the results of the educational intensiveness intense “Island 10–22”, held in July 2019 in Skolkovo, in which 100 university teams, teams of research and educational centers, teams of schoolchildren — winners of competitions, olympiads, hackathons (“Young Talents”) participated. The results of the intense confirmed the effectiveness of the use of light gamification methods in adult training. Thus, the conclusions presented in the article reveal a number of advantages that light gamification has in comparison with hard gamification.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Yuhendri L.V

The development of information technology has spawned the innovation of learning technology, one of which is the application of E-learning that develops along the paradigm of learning changes. Implementation of E-learning in addition to providing benefits are also still faced with various problems that become challenges in the application of E-learning resulting in a variety of perceptions that develop in society. This article aims to describe the opportunities, challenges, and implementation of E-learning in Indonesia. This paper is a literature review by using relevant sources related to theoretical and empirical reviews of E-learning challenges, opportunities, and implementation. Sources of theoretical reviews use books, other documents on E-learning, while for empirical reviews using research results published in scientific journals.


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