Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study
Cloud-based computational environments can offer elastic and flexible services to wide audiences. Małopolska Educational Cloud was originally developed to support the day-to-day collaboration of geographically scattered schools with universities which organized online classes, led by university teac...
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| author | Łukasz Czekierda Filip Malawski Robert Straś Krzysztof Zieliński Sławomir Zieliński |
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| description | Cloud-based computational environments can offer elastic and flexible services to wide audiences. Małopolska Educational Cloud was originally developed to support the day-to-day collaboration of geographically scattered schools with universities which organized online classes, led by university teachers, as an amendment to face-to-face teaching. Due to the centralized management and ubiquitous access, both the set of services provided by MEC and their usage patterns can be adjusted rapidly. In this paper we show how – during the COVID-19 pandemic – the flexibility of Małopolska Educational Cloud was leveraged to speed up the transition from in-class to remote teaching, both in the classes and schools which were already involved in the MEC project, and newly added ones. We also discuss the actions that were required to support the smooth transition and draw conclusions for the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16edaeb8a54744bd929476357e4873252022-12-22T04:01:34ZengPolish Academy of SciencesBulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences2300-19172021-07-01694https://doi.org/10.24425/bpasts.2021.137934Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case studyŁukasz Czekierda0Filip Malawski1Robert Straś2Krzysztof Zieliński3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3764-776XSławomir Zieliński4AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandAGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandAGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandAGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandAGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandCloud-based computational environments can offer elastic and flexible services to wide audiences. Małopolska Educational Cloud was originally developed to support the day-to-day collaboration of geographically scattered schools with universities which organized online classes, led by university teachers, as an amendment to face-to-face teaching. Due to the centralized management and ubiquitous access, both the set of services provided by MEC and their usage patterns can be adjusted rapidly. In this paper we show how – during the COVID-19 pandemic – the flexibility of Małopolska Educational Cloud was leveraged to speed up the transition from in-class to remote teaching, both in the classes and schools which were already involved in the MEC project, and newly added ones. We also discuss the actions that were required to support the smooth transition and draw conclusions for the future.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/120280/PDF/02_02100_Bpast.No.69(4)_27.08.21_druk.pdfcloudcovid-19 pandemiccollaborationremote teachingonline classes |
| spellingShingle | Łukasz Czekierda Filip Malawski Robert Straś Krzysztof Zieliński Sławomir Zieliński Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences cloud covid-19 pandemic collaboration remote teaching online classes |
| title | Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study |
| title_full | Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study |
| title_fullStr | Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study |
| title_short | Leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic – a case study |
| title_sort | leveraging cloud environment flexibility to smoothen the transition to remote teaching during covid 19 pandemic a case study |
| topic | cloud covid-19 pandemic collaboration remote teaching online classes |
| url | https://journals.pan.pl/Content/120280/PDF/02_02100_Bpast.No.69(4)_27.08.21_druk.pdf |
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