1. Rajiv Malkan Lone Star College – Montgomery Conroe, Texas
The Forecast is Cloudy: Cloud Computing and its Application for Collaborative Learning
Rajiv Malkan
Lone Star College – Montgomery
Conroe, Texas

2. Agenda Introduction What is Cloud Computing? Why Cloud?
Cloud Computing Issues
Collaborative Learning
Cloud Applications – Classroom
Demo- How to use cloud applications
Questions

3. Introduction Audience – what you would like to learn today?
Is forecast really cloudy?
Globalization – its impact on teaching and learning

4. What is Cloud Computing?
IBM TV – Cloud Ad

5. What is Cloud Computing?
Salesforce – Video

6. What is Cloud Computing?
In a nutshell
Software as a Service (Saas)
Hardware as a Service (HaaS)
Infrastructure hosted elsewhere
Pay as you go
Low upfront cost
Scalable - Elastic
No installation – No equipment
Access – via a browser

7. You know…

8. Do you know…

9. Do you know…
Acrobat.com

10. Why Cloud Computing? Browser based
Data/Application resides in a cloud – not locally
Any place, any time – 24/7 around the globe
Free or Low cost of entry
Build scalable applications
Collaborate – any place, any time

11. Cloud Computing Issues?
Privacy
Data Access
Control of Data

12. Learning Distance – asynchronous learning Collaboration
Real world work in teams - globally
Teams learn from each other
Team members share ideas
Critical thinking skills
Develops interpersonal skills
Fosters responsibility towards learning

13. Collaborative Learning
Using Cloud Computing Concepts
Question – How?
Tried Chats
Podcasts
There is no money
Start collaborating - using cloud computing software

14. Collaborative Learning
How do I get started?
Audio
Tools to share files or screens

15. Collaborative Learning
How do I get started?
Audio
Applications
Web Conference

16. Collaborative Learning
How do I get started?
Applications
Share Documents
Google Docs -
Buzzword –
Share Slides

17. Collaborative Learning
How do I get started?
Applications
Share Calendar
Google calendar -
Share Life
Facebook –
MySpace –
Share Photos
Flickr –

18. Collaborative Learning
How do I get started?
Applications
Wikis
Blogs
Podcasts

19. Demo
How can you use cloud applications?

20. Questions

21. Contact Rajiv Malkan, Ph.D Professor, CIT
Lone Star College – Montgomery
3200 College Park Dr.
Conroe, TX 77384
(Office)
Skype, IM, Twitter, - rmalkan