An Architecture Paradigm for Providing Cloud Services in School Labs Based on Open Source Software to Enhance ICT in Education

Int. J. Cyber Ethics Educ. Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.4018/ijcee.2012010105

Yannis Siahos, Iasonas Papanagiotou, Alkis Georgopoulos, Fotis Tsamis, Ioannis V. Papaioannou

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The authors present their experience and practices of introducing cloud services, as a means to simplify the adoption of ICT Information Communication and Technology in education, using Free/Open Source Software. The solution creates a hybrid cloud infrastructure, in order to provide a pre-installed Ubuntu and Linux Terminal Server Project virtual machine, acting as a server inside the school, providing desktop environment based on the Software as a Service cloud model, where legacy PCs act as stateless devices. Classroom management is accomplished using the application "Epoptes." To minimize administration tasks, educational software is provided accordingly, either on-line or through repositories to automate software installation including patches and updates. The advantages of the hybrid cloud implementation, include services that are not completely dependent on broadband connections' state, minimal cost, reusability of obsolete equipment, ease of administration, centralized management, patches and educational software provisioning and, above all, facilitation of the educational procedure.

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一种基于开源软件的学校实验室云服务架构范式，以增强教育ICT

作者介绍了他们引入云服务的经验和实践，作为使用免费/开源软件简化教育中ICT信息通信和技术采用的一种手段。该解决方案创建了一个混合云基础设施，以提供预安装的Ubuntu和Linux终端服务器项目虚拟机，作为学校内部的服务器，提供基于软件即服务云模型的桌面环境，其中传统pc作为无状态设备。教室管理使用应用程序“Epoptes”完成。为了尽量减少管理任务，相应地提供教育软件，在线或通过存储库自动安装软件，包括补丁和更新。混合云实现的优势包括:不完全依赖宽带连接状态的服务、最低成本、过时设备的可重用性、易于管理、集中管理、补丁和教育软件供应，最重要的是，简化了教育过程。

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