Dr. Kent Palmer recently presented his research on developing a
Cloud-based Cyberlearning Environment for Introductory Computing
Programming Education at the International Conference on
Advanced Learning Technologies. Dr. Palmer’s research focused on
using the Google App Engine to develop cyber learning objects
that would be hosted in the cloud. Apps were developed for
teaching both Python and Java programming. This research was
done in collaboration with researchers at Southern Polytechnic
State University, University of Cincinnati, and Albany State
University. The cloud based learning objects allow students to
engage in class activities from nearly any location and at
anytime. Since the objects are hosted in the cloud and ran on
remote severs, students are able to work on nearly any device
that supports a web connection. So a student can engage in class
activities from their smart phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop
computer. As long as they have a web browser they do not need to
install additional software.