Social Cloud for Information Technology Skills: An experience with Universities in Ecuador

Instruction in technical disciplines require hands-on laboratories. Such labs are difficult to find and maintain for administrative and cost reasons. The use of a new ecosystem of practical education is necessary. Here, we present a model and architecture of e-learning for hands-on information techn...

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Autores: Luna Encalada, Washington, Castillo Sequera, José Luis|||0000-0002-9131-1618
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/62683
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/62683
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2017.2697740
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Massive Open Online Courses
Social Cloud
Information Technology
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Bring Your Own Device
Informática
Computer science
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Sumario:Instruction in technical disciplines require hands-on laboratories. Such labs are difficult to find and maintain for administrative and cost reasons. The use of a new ecosystem of practical education is necessary. Here, we present a model and architecture of e-learning for hands-on information technology (IT) learning. We use virtual technology and cloud computing access from any computer or student-owned device. The model has been experimentally tested. The results demonstrate the validity of the model that permits the transmission of practical skills in a fashion similar to face-to-face training, but with the advantage that only virtual resources are needed.