Web Based Learning Eco-System Using Cloud Campus

The philosophy behind any Education system is learning by experimentation. It is natural that education organizations would want to experiment with different kinds of applications and platforms. Under the traditional system using conventional classroom teaching, this is expensive and difficult to implement. A Combination of LMS, Cloud Computing and Virtual classroom facility offers greater flexibility to experiment with newer applications and platforms. The low cost of Cloud Computing associated with ubiquitous availability makes it a suitable candidate to level the playing field in education across many organizations of National Agricultural Research System of India. Cloud computing is gradually occupying the front stage and its core concepts appear to be sinking in all the fields including agricultural education. A E-learning ecosystem supported by learning management system, cloud infrastructure & virtual classroom facility would be a major boon for teacher and student community, where they can scale up and scale down as per their requirement. As the machine images run at server, the maintenance and administration becomes very easy. The content developed for the courses would be immediately available to the students anywhere and anytime by which one can implement Educational Resource Planning (EdRP). This cloud based e-learning eco system would be very useful to Teachers-Student community and it takes the education to the next level. Cloud was found to be highly acceptable for students with minimal knowledge in technical area of computer science.