Digital Erasmus+

Cloud technologies and their use in education

A five-day course on cloud computing for schools and public institutions: what the cloud offers and how to adopt it without compromising reliability, privacy, security or institutional values. It goes through control, quality, ownership, interoperability, standards and governance, and closes with two public-sector case studies.

5 days
Certificate of attendance
EN

Who it is for

Workers, researchers and technicians
Students from all areas
Teachers of primary, secondary and vocational schools
Adult education teachers
Teacher trainers, careers officers, educational guides and counsellors
Headteachers, principals and managers of schools and of organisations offering adult or vocational education

What you will learn

Understand what institutions gain by delivering ICT services through cloud computing
Adopt the cloud with confidence, without compromising core requirements and institutional values
Assess reliability and resilience, privacy, security, standards and development
Understand how hybrid clouds help overcome common objections to cloud deployment

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Explain the benefits and main concerns of cloud computing in public institutions
Evaluate a cloud solution for reliability, security, privacy and standards
Identify the governance and cultural changes the cloud requires
Relate the course to real public-sector cloud projects

Programme, day by day

Day 1What cloud technologies are

Introductory meeting: practical arrangements, timetable and venue
Icebreakers and introduction to the course
What cloud technologies are
Common concerns about cloud computing
Control of the cloud: ownership and accountability
Security: intrusions, information, privacy and intellectual property

Day 2Reliability, quality and ownership

Reliability and resilience, especially for critical applications
Quality, consistency and service-level agreements
Ownership of shared resources and data governance

Day 3Interoperability, portability and standards

Interoperability with existing systems
Portability: avoiding dependence on a few vendors
Standards and best practices still being developed

Day 4Vendors, governance and culture

Competing platforms and proprietary approaches
Governance: new organisational approaches
Institutional culture and resistance to change

Day 5Case studies and closing

Case study: a municipal government near Paris
Case study: a district police force in England
Final workshop
Certificates ceremony

How the course runs

Predominantly active methodology
Case studies and practical examples
Group work
Activities built around the participants' personal and professional interests

Certificate of Attendance, issued by BragaMob, and Europass Mobility, issued by your school and completed with us. Accommodation, meals, transfers and cultural integration activities can be added to the course: your quote lists each service you choose. Dates on request.

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