Cloud computing to change education

Grazed from ITWeb. Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud computing has the power to change the way students learn and the way staff teach, especially in rapidly transforming regions such as Central and Eastern Europe. To prepare students for a world based on technology, education institutions across the region are adopting Microsoft Office 365 to serve a variety of their cloud computing needs.

Goals met through their focus on technology include:

• Improved communication. Office 365 enables students and staff to communicate across timezones and countries with the click of a mouse. As more and more young people become accustomed to real-time communication and “always on” technologies, Central and Eastern European schools are using Microsoft Lync Online to enrich their learning environments and student outcomes…

• Increased productivity. Office 365 helps schools eliminate inefficiencies in e-mail management with Microsoft Exchange Online and improve knowledge sharing, internal collaboration and document management with Microsoft SharePoint Online.
• Cost benefits without compromise. Office 365 enables IT departments to spend more resources focusing on mission-critical projects instead of performing costly maintenance. Since Office 365 offers the rich capabilities and familiar experience of Office as a cloud service that’s backed by Microsoft, IT administrators aren’t forced to compromise on privacy or security…

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