Handbook of Research on Cloud-Based STEM Education for Improved Learning Outcomes

Section 1: Trends and Advances of Cloud-Based Teaching and Learning
1 Strategic Planning for Cloud Computing Adoption in STEM Education: Finding Best Practice Solutions - Alan S. Weber
2 Cloud Computing as a Catalyst for Change in STEM Education - John P. Sahlin Cand and Kim Lobera
3 The Emergence of Cloud Portfolio in Higher Education - Pooja Gupta

Section 2: Development of Education Cloud Platform
4 Strategies and Practice of Cloud-Based Learning Environment Implementation - Anwar Hossain Masud and Xiaodi Huang
5 Designing, Developing, and Evaluating a Cloud-Based Laboratory for Online STEM IT Students - Dongqing Yuan and Brandon Cross
6 Addressing Transport Layer Issues in Cloud Computing: A STEM Perspective - Claudio Estevez
7 Cloud-Based Social Media as LMS: A Fit for STEM in Developing and Newly Developed Economies - Matthew A. Eichler and Las Johansen Balios Caluza
8 A Cloud-Based Learning Platform: STEM Learning Experiences with New Tools - Rocael Hernandez Rizzardini and Christian Gütl
9 Context-Aware Cloud Computing for Personal Learning Environment - Feng Chen, Ali Al-Bayatti and Francois Siewe
10 Free and Open Source Cloud Computing Technology - Lee Chao

Section 3: Teaching and Learning in the Cloud Environment
11 Cloud Computing for Teaching and Learning: Design Strategies - Bay Arinze, Cheickna Sylla and Onuora Amobi
12 Engaging Students in Conducting Data Analysis: The Whole-Class Data Advantage - Virginia Oberholzer Vandergon, John M. Reveles, Norman Herr, Dorothy Nguyen-Graf, Mike Rivas, Matthew d’Alessio, and Brian Foley
13 Hands-On Learning of Cloud Computing - Marta Beltrán
14 Screencasts in Mathematics: Modelling the Mathematician - Robin Hankin
15 Support for Cloud-Based Mobile Learning - Kritika Verma, Sonal Dubey and M. A. Rizvi
16 Cloud Computing: An Agent of Promoting Interdisciplinary Sciences, Especially Information Science and I-Schools – Emerging Techno-Educational Scenario - Prantosh Kr. Paul

Section 4: Security and Access Control in Cloud Computing
17 Assessing Security with Regard to Cloud Applications in STEM Education - Ihssan Alkadi
18 Security Issues Related to Cloud Applications in STEM Education - Yong Chen

Section 5: Management and Evaluation of Classes Supported by Cloud Platform
19 Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud - Alexander Mikroyannidis, Alexandra Okada, Andre Correa, and Peter Scott
20 Cloud-Based Continuous Formative Assessment (CFA) - Norman Herr, Marten Tippens, Mike Rivas, Virginia Oberholzer Vandergon, Matthew d’Alessio, and John Reveles
21 Improving the Effectiveness of Research Supervision in STEM Education: Cloud-Based Multimedia Solutions - Tony Rickards
22 Designing a Cloud-Based Assessment Model: A New Zealand Polytechnic Case Study - Tony Rickards and Aaron Steele
23 Cloud Services in UK Higher Education: A Feasibility Study for Providing IaaS in the Computing and Library Services of a UK University - Alexandros Chrysikos, James McDowell, and Rupert Ward
24 A Media Interpretation of the Negative Impact of Cloud Technologies - Michael S. Tang and Arunprakash T. Karunanithi
25 The Significance of Situation Awareness in Education: Being Aware of What We Learn - Pio Alfredo Di Tore and Felice Corona