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Trends of Cloud Computing in Education

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Hybrid Learning. Theory and Practice (ICHL 2014)

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As an emerging technology, cloud computing has been increasingly and widely used in the field of education. Based upon 132 research studies on education of cloud computing from the Education Resources Information Center database over the recent years, this study selected 42 high-frequency descriptors to conduct co-word analysis of cloud computing in education. The results show that cloud computing in education is mainly concentrated on five areas: conceptual and pedagogical aspects, educational applications, processing of information and resources, pros and cons of cloud computing in education, and database management system integrated with cloud-based services. In addition, it provides a detailed discussion of the impact of cloud computing in these five areas.

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  1. Central China Normal University, 430079, Wuhan, China

    Yinghui Shi, Harrison Hao Yang, Zongkai Yang & Di Wu

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  2. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  3. East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

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Shi, Y., Yang, H.H., Yang, Z., Wu, D. (2014). Trends of Cloud Computing in Education. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Zhang, J., Kwan, R., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning. Theory and Practice. ICHL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8595. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08961-4_12

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