Harnessing clouds for e-learning: New directions followed by UNED

Author

Caminero, Agustín C. ; Robles-Gómez, Antonio ; Ros, Salvador ; Hernández, Roberto ; Pastor, Rafael ; Oliva, Nuria ; Castro, Manuel

Author_Institution

Dept. de Sist. de Comun. y Control, Univ. Nac. de Educ. a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

4-6 April 2011

Firstpage

412

Lastpage

416

Abstract

In this paper, we present our work on enhancing the technological infrastructure at Spanish National University for Distance Education (UNED, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) with cloud computing principles. This includes the development of (1) virtualized environments to allow students to do practical exercises easily in the field of networks and communications; and (2) load forecasting techniques to improve on the usage of the technological infrastructures of UNED, so that the Quality of Service (QoS) experienced by users is kept and power consumption is minimized.

Keywords

cloud computing; computer aided instruction; distance learning; National University for Distance Education; QoS; UNED; cloud computing; e-learning; load forecasting technique; quality of service; technological infrastructure; virtualized environment; Cloud computing; Computer architecture; Computers; Electronic learning; Engineering education; Power demand; cloud computing; e-learning; load forecasting; power consumption; quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-642-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773169

Filename

5773169