Title :
Collaborative Web Labs as a Service: Challenges and opportunities
Author :
Bochicchio, Mario A. ; Longo, Antonella
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Innovation Eng., Univ. of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Abstract :
Collaborative Web Laboratories are the last frontier of virtual environments in education. As Internet speed grows up and academic networks reach more students and researchers, universities take interest in sharing laboratory services to increase the spectrum of offered facilities. The aim of the paper is to discuss the opportunities and issues to manage and deliver Collaborative Web Laboratories as a Service in an academic scenario.
Keywords :
Web services; cloud computing; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; groupware; virtual instrumentation; Internet; Web service; academic networks; collaborative Web laboratories; collaborative learning tools; education; laboratory service sharing; software as a service; universities; virtual environment; Availability; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Organizations; Remote laboratories; Security; 3.0.b Collaborative Learning Tools; 3.2.b. Computer science education; 5.3.h Web-based interaction; N.1.d Virtual Labs;
Conference_Titel :
Global Online Laboratory Consortium Remote Laboratories Workshop (GOLC), 2011 First
Conference_Location :
Rapid City, SD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1944-8
DOI :
10.1109/GOLC.2011.6086782
