| Abstrakt: |
Cloud computing and virtualization have been one of the hottest global trends in nowadays world. Basically, in the world of business, life and education, cloud computing has been seen as something that is highly beneficial. In simple words cloud provides whatever you need as a service by the aid of digital technology and internet. This can be summarized as "X as a Service". In reality, cloud services might originate in one place but actually run on a stand-alone laptop or cell phone, or on a server somewhere in cyberspace. It's also possible for a single service to be running on some combination of devices. Classical Education which has been applied for the last centuries has been evolving in the recent years. Most of the countries already started the active use of personal computers in the education with intelligent boards. Some countries like Turkey claimed the use the tablet computers in the primary and higher education making a great change in the education. Within three to five years nearly all developed countries integrates some kind of tablets in the pre university education. So the future students of the universities have an education highly integrated with technology. Which means universities should involve and use the technology more than ever in the near future especially in engineering education. Cloud services can be used for engineering education to use the latest technology and improve the quality and excellence of the education by means of different. This papers explains, defines and gives a roadmap for the use "Education as a Service" in the universities especially for the engineering departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
