The Cloud Computing Movement Will
Continue.
Investing
in purchase-and-install software is falling by the wayside as institutions catch
onto the value of using "cloud" applications that are housed (and accessed)
online. Not only are these options more affordable and easier to implement, but
they also include vast storage capacity that can be used for, say, portfolio
assessments. "Using cloud computing, schools can create large collections of
loosely-sorted data (such as school records, written documents and even video
recordings)," said Bob Spielvogel, CTO at EDC, a Newton, MA-based nonprofit
that creates programs to address educational challenges, "and then utilize that
information to track project activity and conduct portfolio assessments across
the student's entire college career." With these and other uses gaining ground
in the higher education space, expect cloud computing's popularity to grow in
2011.
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