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- Title
THE BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF KOSOVO.
- Authors
Beqiri, Edmond
- Abstract
Higher education is one of the pillars of the development of society. Through collaboration between universities, government and industry, researchers and students have witnessed their contribution to the transformation of society and the entire world economy. Various research is being developed to improve current IT infrastructure, especially in the field of education. Cloud computing can be a welcome alternative to higher education universities and institutes. IT industry has a better choice and flexibility by building highly-intensive computer infrastructure, created only once and utilizing this infrastructure several times. With the help of cloud computing, platform and applications, user utilization can be either inside the campus or outside of the campus, or a combination of both depending on the institution's needs. Historically, the education sector has a continuous symbolic relationship with technology. While on the one hand, education has been a cradle for many technological innovations, on the other hand technology has played a key role in the development of education and education. Informatics, in particular, has played an unrivaled role in transforming education into a more cooperative and more interactive process. The education sector is one of the cornerstones of socio-economic development. it's widely acknowledged that education contributes to reducing poverty and economic growth, which at the same time leads to a better standard of living. This also enables an individual to participate in wealth-generating activities, leads to job creation, and the overall development of society. The education sector, like other sectors, has also had negative and falling moments, where some countries have lowered their education budget. However, governments are making genuine efforts to ensure that education remains one of the top priorities, so the sector in question is on a steady rise. This is mainly because education is considered to be a pillar in the economic sphere. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo and the private sector are investing in the education sector to reinforce the future educational supply opportunities. In addition to the apparent use of technology in the organized education segment, technology has also penetrated into the unorganized segment. Training programs, private tutors, bloggers and professional audio programs are some of the services that are being offered through the use of technology in the unorganized segment. In the absence of regulations, this sector has so far had a non-uniform use of technology. The purpose of this paper is to identify the features of using Cloud Computing in higher education in Kosovo. Mainly, the risks and benefits of Cloud architecture have been taken into account and a Cloud Computing framework for educational institutions is proposed. The study also provides the elements for a Cloud Computing adaptation strategy, suitable for universities. The research discusses various topics for Cloud, Cloud Computing types, service delivery models, and similar concepts. The rest part of the paper discuss the benefits and limitations of Cloud Computing in higher education institutions. This research investigates the potential benefits of using Cloud Computing in learning environments to overcome the learning limitations and the current service delivery system.
- Subjects
HIGHER education; SOCIOECONOMICS; CLOUD computing; ECONOMIC development; INFORMATION science
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 40, Issue 3, p599
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article