Abstract
The advent of cloud computing (CC) in recent years has attracted substantial interest from various institutions, especially higher education institutions, which wish to consider the advantages of its features. Many universities have migrated from traditional forms of teaching to electronic learning services, and they rely upon information and communication technology services. The usage of CC in educational environments provides many benefits, such as low-cost services for academics and students. The expanded use of CC comes with significant adoption challenges. Understanding the position of higher education institutions with respect to CC adoption is an essential research area. This paper investigated the current state of CC adoption in the higher education sector in order to enrich the research in this area of interest. Existing limitations and knowledge gaps in current empirical studies are identified. Moreover, suggested areas for further researches will be highlighted for the benefit of other researchers who are interesting in this topic. These researches encourage institutions of education especially in higher education to adopted cloud computing technology.
Highlights
Education plays a prime role in society’s life
With the evolution of technology, many universities have migrated from traditional forms of teaching to online “e-learning” services, and they rely upon information and communication technology (ICT) services to do so
The findings showed that the educational institutions promote cloud computing (CC) adoption by increasing the awareness of knowledge management
Summary
One of the most promising paradigms for education is electronic learning (e-learning). E-learning can be defined as “All forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, which are procedural in character and aim to affect the construction of knowledge with reference to individual experience, practice, and knowledge of the learner. Information and communication systems, whether networked or not, serve as specific media (specific in the sense elaborated previously) to implement the learning process” [1]. Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a considerable role in the development of societies. With the evolution of technology, many universities have migrated from traditional forms of teaching to online “e-learning” services, and they rely upon information and communication technology (ICT) services to do so. To support e-learning, these educational institutions must have an adequate IT infrastructure and massive investment, which is difficult to acquire in times of profound recession. Some universities already face difficulties in providing different IT services for their academics and students [3]
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