Abstract
The transition towards innovative cloud computing technologies will allow universities to reduce the costs of purchasing software licenses and expensive computer parks with large amounts of memory and disks, since the programs used in training sessions, as well as all the results of work done, can be stored in the cloud. The transfer of educational services to the cloud will facilitate switching to a format of "learning everywhere and all the time". This article considers the pedagogical possibilities of cloud technologies, which confirm the expediency of use in the education process. The definition of cloud computing is discussed. In addition, the main task of the research was considered: using cloud technologies as a tool in the organizing education process. The experience of using open source software in training is given. The basic methods of using cloud technology in the learning process are presented.
Highlights
Contemporary computing experiments aimed at solving a great number of important practical tasks require the usage of huge computer capacities
The ideal goal of cloud computing lies in granting remote dynamic access to end-users for services, computing resources and applications via the internet
The concept of cloud computing has largely altered the traditional approach to delivery, management and integration of applications
Summary
Contemporary computing experiments aimed at solving a great number of important practical tasks require the usage of huge computer capacities. Tasks requiring computing capacities include: precise long-term forecasts of climate changes, genetic engineering, physical processes, chemical reactions and modeling of financial calculations; the auto industry, oil- and gas extraction; pharmacology; circuitry engineering; new materials synthesis; geological cataclysms, and many others. Integration of contemporary information technologies into education enables users to achieve plans only in the case of stable, safe and productive functioning of the entire IT infrastructure (Pang, 2009). It has to meet the increasing requirements of increased productivity and fail-safety with constant increase of the processed information volumes. The most effective means of satisfying those requirements is IT development relying on cloud-based computing, which represents one of the most promising innovative IT trends
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