Cloud computing in education

Summary form only given. Cloud Computing as an emerging technology is a new paradigm in Information Technology and can dramatically change our everyday life. The presentation summarizes the basics of cloud computing, namely the main idea, the definition, the cloud model composed of essential characteristics, service models and deployment models. In the second part of the presentation the new perspectives of cloud computing based education are discussed. Some higher educational institutions do not have sufficient hardware or software to provide the students full learning environment and experience. This problem is particularly important in various fields of Engineering Education. Cloud computing provides Service as a Service(SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) which allow the students to access the latest technologies with a low budget. The last part of the presentation includes some tips for planning Platform as a Service (PaaS), SaaS and Iaas and reflects some security problems.