A Novel Framework for Cloud Computing Enabled Laboratory

In engineering and technology education, the computer laboratories play's a vibrant role. Hands-on practical experience through laboratory work has long been recognized as an essential part of the computer science / information technology education. Successful computer science hands-on activities need a full range of resources. Traditionally, the experiments were conducted in computer laboratory classrooms or workshops. The traditional laboratories are often restricted by various reasons such as manpower, facility cost, time restriction, limited resources and limited space. In this paper researcher purposed a cloud based computer laboratory (CBCL) and its work flow. A user with basic computing machine may access the institute campus cloud laboratory over the institute WiFi /LAN Network anytime in campus. The CBCL has a pre-configured cloud server, Log-In portal and real time interface, with virtual machine with uninterrupted power supply. In CBCL, student can register and access the resources and may interact with lab assistant/teacher. The main objective of this paper is to introduce an approach for cloud computing based solutions to the development of CBCL Pedagogy. The proposed CBCL pedagogy in this paper is a four-phase model for effective and efficient teaching.