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China-Finland EduCloud Platform Towards Innovative Education

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Education for innovation development is emphasized looking at the future of education. Cloud computing is regarded as the key trigger and enabling technology to advance innovative education. This paper specifies an intelligent Cloud-based platform for innovative education under the term of EduCloud. We give an overview and discuss the challenges facing future education, especially in the cases of China and Finland. We define innovative education and EduCloud-relevant concepts. We give an overview of Cloud computing and present EduCloud platform. We also describe current practices and initiatives in innovative education in the China-Finland arena.

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Zhou, J. et al. (2018). China-Finland EduCloud Platform Towards Innovative Education. In: Satoh, S. (eds) Image and Video Technology. PSIVT 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10799. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92753-4_14

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