DocumentCode :
600802
Title :
WebLab-Deployer: Exporting remote laboratories as SaaS through federation protocols
Author :
Orduna, Pablo ; Larrakoetxea, X. ; Bujan, D. ; Angulo, Ignacio ; Dziabenko, Olga ; Rodriguez-Gil, L. ; Lopezde-Ipina, D. ; Garcia-Zubia, Javier
Author_Institution :
DeustoTech - Deusto Inst. of Technol., Univ. of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
fYear :
2013
fDate :
6-8 Feb. 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
During the last decade, remote laboratories have been extensively used as a primary learning tool in many universities around the world. However, today most of the remote laboratories are still only used by the same institution that provides or even develops them, or by direct partners in federated environments. There are two ways to support this type of federation: a) using a federated authentication system such as Shibboleth or b) installing a remote laboratory management system that supports federation natively. In both cases, the consumer institution must go through a process of deployment or complex configuration. This contribution explores providing access to laboratories using a Cloud Computing approach, considering the federated environments that do not have laboratories attached as a SaaS (Software as a Service) system. This approach not only makes adoption by other institutions easier, but also benefits from the existing features provided by Cloud Computing, such as elasticity to reuse the same resources for different institutions to balance the load.
Keywords :
authorisation; cloud computing; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; laboratories; resource allocation; SaaS system; Shibboleth; WebLab-Deployer; cloud computing approach; complex configuration; consumer institution; federated authentication system; federation protocols; load balancimg; primary learning tool; remote laboratory management system; software as a service; Cloud computing; Educational institutions; Protocols; Remote laboratories; Software as a service; cloud-computing; remote-laboratories;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6345-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6344-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2013.6502911
Filename :
6502911
Link To Document :
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