Abstract
Biomimetics is a discipline that seeks solutions emulating the designs and processes in nature, comes from the words bio that means “life,” and mimesis means “imitate”. This discipline is also known as biomimicry, which is the science that studies nature as a source of inspiration for innovative technologies. In this sense, the ecological approach, combined with technology such as social networks and cloud computing, can open a new way of understanding online learning. Based on the above, this article presents an e-learning ecosystem in order to put into operation virtual computing laboratories using an ecological approach. This ecosystem helps to deeply understand online learning interactions and how they affect the quality of learning, with an analogy of a natural ecosystem, based on the three models of cloud computing services, known as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). This ecosystem will allow interacting with all kinds of resources and services on-demand with massive, ubiquitous and open access, so that they satisfy the new concepts of immersive and global education, and do not register technological barriers.
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Luna-Encalada, W., Guaiña-Yungan, J., Molina-Granja, F. (2021). E-Learning Ecosystem’s to Implement Virtual Computer Labs. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D. (eds) Learning Technology for Education Challenges. LTEC 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1428. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81350-5_7
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