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Cloud Computing in Education

Tara Reimche Jennifer Deyenberg

A Challenge of Scale?

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34,980

587,600

Administrators

Educators

Students

Agenda

• What is cloud computing? • Cloud in the classroom • Empowering Innovation,

Managing Risk • Cloud Computing Guide

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Agenda

Defining Cloud Computing

Depends on who you are!

What is Cloud Computing?

Depends on your perspective!

Cloud Computing Definition

Cloudologists • Service based • Scalable and elastic • Shared • Metered by use • Broad access

Everyone Else • Internet-based services

Cloud Computing Definition

Cloud-Based Service Models

Software as a Service Hosted Applications

Non-IT

IT Software Development Platform

Virtual Remote Servers

Platform as a Service Software Development Platform

Infrastructure as a Service Remote Virtual Servers

Cloud Deployment Models

• Single jurisdiction Private

• Group of jurisdictions • Province-wide Community

• Everyone Public

• Combination of above Hybrid

• On-Premise • Internally supported • Known physical location • Local installation/licensing

• Off-Premise • 3rd party support • May be unknown physical location

Types of off-premise: • Hosted • Cloud

On-Premise vs. Off-Premise Computing

What We Heard – CASS Event

• Many different definitions • What are the risks of misunderstandings?

• Reduced cost/capital expenditures

• Acquire capabilities without staffing

• Scalability • Transfer of some risks (staffing,

disaster recovery)

Benefits - IT Benefits - IT

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• Security • Operational Risks • Vendor Risks • Data/Application Integration • Identity management

Risks - IT Risks - IT

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Risks - IT Risks - Legislative and

Regulatory Compliance Privacy Legislation in Canada Jurisdiction

Scope Privacy Law Who the Act

applies to Applies to Alberta School Jurisdictions *

Federal

PIPEDA - Personal Information and Protection and Electronic Documents Act

Private Sector No

Privacy Act Federal government departments

No

Provincial (Alberta)

FOIP - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Public bodies and agents of the government

Yes

PIPA - Personal Information Protection Act

Private sector - Alberta

No

If we go to the cloud? What can it look like in the classroom?

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Cloud Based Services in the Classroom

• Potential educational benefits of cloud – Personalization of learning – Increased access and mobility – Ability to share and publish instantly – Agility/flexibility to innovate – Collaboration – Real world experience

Educational value

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Web 2.0

The Cloud

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Where Does It All Go?

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http://collaborationone.wetpaint.com/page/Space+Adventure

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http://www.zimmertwins.com/node/1218909

What are the:

Risks?

Rewards?

How do we make

decisions?

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Not all decisions are the same.

• 1-3 months • Web 2.0 tools

Systems of Innovation

• 1-3 year lifespan • Report card, parent portals

Common Systems

• 7+ year lifespan • Financial, HR, SIS

Core Systems

• Local decision making to empower and accelerate innovation – Set guidelines to manage risk

• Accountability rests with senior leadership – Risk management – Equitable access – Common learning platform

What We Heard – CASS Event

What we heard

This conversation is not working

Education IT

New ideas

New practice

New models

New needs

Fixed budget

Fixed resources

Existing stuff

Too risky…

Skills gap

Changing Expectations

What We Hear

Cost

Risk

Benefits

It’s time for a better conversation.

Context

We’re in IT together

Advice

• Share what you’ve heard • Cloud computing guide

Next Steps

Advice Thank you!

Tara Reimche tara.reimche@gov.ab.ca Business Analyst, Technology Planning School Technology Branch, Alberta Education

Jennifer Deyenberg jennifer.deyenberg@gov.ab.ca Project Coordinator, Technology Standards and Strategic Relationships School Technology Branch, Alberta Education