Comprehensive Study of Cloud Based Digitization in Education: Issues and Challenges

Abstract

Higher education sector has been transformed over the last decade. Various emerging technologies e.g., mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops), advanced analytic,cloud-based IT, etc. changing business operation models in all sectors e.g.,School, Colleges, Universities,Corporate learning.Before the outbreak of Covid-19 changes were at a slow pace and limited to comparatively small set of educational entities. But After Covid-19 outbreak, all universities, colleges, school, Corporate Learning, Lifelong Education moved from traditional classroom learning to online learning and teaching.Due to pandemic and lockdown educational entities leveraging benefits of existing platforms like Google Classroom, Microsoft Classroom, Zoom, etc.
Cloud computing technology allows it user, easy access and use of required services and information stored at remote location pay-per-use, via internet. It is a pool of shared resources e.g., storage, network infrastructure, application and services over distributed environment. Today many organizations based on education, healthcare and banking domain are moving towards cloud to provide various services to their clients on the pay-per -use basis.Cloud computing services are divided into three parts: infrastructure, software, and platform as a service. Cloud computing provides many advantages to users e.g., cost benefits, low maintenance, security benefits, flexibility. Low cost and maintenance features of Cloud computing make it one of the most worthwhile, practical option for Education Domain. Some major cloud service providers are Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft etc.
In this research paper we are presenting a comprehensive study of technology used at each level of education e.g., school, Colleges, Universities and Corporate Learning, challenges faced at each levels and possible resolutions.