As technology improves,several modernization efforts are taken in the process of teaching and learning.An effective education system should maintain global connectivity,federate security and deliver self-access to its...As technology improves,several modernization efforts are taken in the process of teaching and learning.An effective education system should maintain global connectivity,federate security and deliver self-access to its services.The cloud computing services transform the current education system to an advanced one.There exist several tools and services to make teaching and learning more interesting.In the higher education system,the data flow and basic operations are almost the same.These systems need to access cloud-based applications and services for their operational advancement and flexibility.Architecting a suitable cloud-based education system will leverage all the benefits of the cloud to its stakeholders.At the same time,educational institutions want to keep their sensitive information more secure.For that,they need to maintain their on-premises data center along with the cloud infrastructure.This paper proposes an advanced,flexible and secure hybrid cloud architecture to satisfy the growing demands of an education system.By sharing the proposed cloud infrastructure among several higher educational institutions,there is a possibility to implement a common education system among organizations.Moreover,this research demonstrates how a cloud-based education architecture can utilize the advantages of the cloud resources offered by several providers in a hybrid cloud environment.In addition,a reference architecture using Amazon Web Service(AWS)is proposed to implement a common university education system.展开更多
基金supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research,Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University,KSA,Project Grant No.2019/02/10478,Almotiry O.N and Sha M,www.psau.edu.sa.
文摘As technology improves,several modernization efforts are taken in the process of teaching and learning.An effective education system should maintain global connectivity,federate security and deliver self-access to its services.The cloud computing services transform the current education system to an advanced one.There exist several tools and services to make teaching and learning more interesting.In the higher education system,the data flow and basic operations are almost the same.These systems need to access cloud-based applications and services for their operational advancement and flexibility.Architecting a suitable cloud-based education system will leverage all the benefits of the cloud to its stakeholders.At the same time,educational institutions want to keep their sensitive information more secure.For that,they need to maintain their on-premises data center along with the cloud infrastructure.This paper proposes an advanced,flexible and secure hybrid cloud architecture to satisfy the growing demands of an education system.By sharing the proposed cloud infrastructure among several higher educational institutions,there is a possibility to implement a common education system among organizations.Moreover,this research demonstrates how a cloud-based education architecture can utilize the advantages of the cloud resources offered by several providers in a hybrid cloud environment.In addition,a reference architecture using Amazon Web Service(AWS)is proposed to implement a common university education system.