A Content Oriented Smart Education System based on Cloud Computing

Abstract

Cloud computing has attracted a great deal of attention in the education sector as a way of delivering more economical, securable, and reliable education services. This paper proposes and introduces a cloud-based smart education system for e-learning content services with a view to delivering and sharing various enhanced forms of educational content, including text, pictures, images, videos, 3-dimensional (3D) objects, and scenes of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The proposed system consists of six main features that are required for deploying cloud-based educational content services: 1) a cloud platform that provides an infrastructure for the realization of a cloud-based educational media service environment, 2) a compatible file format that enables it to provide media content through various types of devices, 3) an authoring tool that enables teachers to create various types of media content, 4) a content viewer that displays different types of media on multiple platforms, 5) an inference engine that provides students with individualized learning content, and 6) a security system that manages privileged user access and data encryption in the cloud for dependable educational content services. We believe that the proposed system should provide a new and innovative solution for cloud-based educational media services by supporting a cloud-based service environment with a totally integrated system.