Cloud computing as a catalyst in STEM education

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 38-51

  Kumar, Vikas ^a   Sharma, Deepika ^b  

^a SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cloud Computing; Collaborative Computing; Elasticity; STEM Education; Virtual and Remote Laboratories

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CURRICULA; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING; HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS; REAL-TIME COLLABORATION; REMOTE LABORATORIES; STEM EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY MEDIATED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS);

EID: 85012225908     PISSN: 15501876     EISSN: 15501337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/IJICTE.2017040104     Document Type: Review

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