It explored the extent to which cloud computing applications and services can be used to help breach the digital divide that currently exists among tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Also, explored the level of adoption and classroom utilization, and some aspects of the distinctiveness of cloud computing.

1. MODELS FOR ADOPTING AND UTILIZING
OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN TEACHING
AND LEARNING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN
NIGERIA
Presented at NAEMT 2015
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Blessing F. Adeoye, PhD.
Faculty of Education
Department of Technology Education
University of Lagos
docadeoye@gmail.com

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Introduction
 Highly dependent on ICT; however, there are some
challenges with the use of ICT.
 Financial, and infrastructure prohibit development
of reliable network communications, data centers,
and local ICT-related activities.
 Electricity power problems that are epileptic in
delivery and attract unbearably high bills.
 These have in turn creates a poor performance in
business and academic activities.

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Solutions
ICT alone cannot rectify the
challenges.
Cloud computing has become
an emerging new computing
paradigm for delivering
technology and computing
services (Mell & Grance, 2009).

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Purpose (To Explore)
 The extent to which cloud computing
applications and services can be used
to help breach the digital divide that
currently exists among tertiary
institutions in Nigeria.
 The level of adoption and classroom
utilization, and some aspects of the
distinctiveness of cloud computing.

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Arguments
 The challenges faced by educational
institutions in Nigeria regarding the use of
21st century technology tools CANNOT
be rectified through only the integration of
ICT.
 They can be rectified through the infusion
of cloud computing initiatives for learning,
teaching, data storage/backups, resource
sharing, and management of resources.

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Common Cloud computing
examples
 Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft SkyDrive in
the case of Office).
 Google Drive is a pure cloud computing
service, with all the apps and storage
found online.
 Apple iCloud's service is primarily used for
online storage and synchronization of mail,
contacts, and calendar.
 Hybrid services like Dropbox and
SugarSync work in the cloud because they
store a synched version of files online/files
with local storage.

7. Efforts at leveraging of Cloud computing
framework for integration in Nigerian Universities
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 Ugwoke, Okafor, Onwusuru, and
Udeze, (2014) observed that the
fundamental problems of tertiary
institutions in Nigeria stems from lack
of foresight and expertise in the usage
of 21st century ICT models and
frameworks.
 They therefore argued that the near
collapse of educational institutions in
Nigeria can be revamped through the
infusion of cloud computing initiatives.

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Utilization of Cloud computing
 Enables wise and strategic use of technology
that significantly reduces the cost.
 Provides resources and capabilities of IT via
services offered by Cloud Service Provider (Ajith
& Hemalatha 2012).
 It has various characteristics as shared
infrastructure, self-service, pay-per use model,
dynamic, virtualized, elastic and scalable.
 Benefitted where lots of collaboration and
safety of data is needed.

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Cloud Computing Service
Models

10. Cloud Computing Service Model or DP
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Practical Application of Cloud Computing
 Network Teaching Platform
 Reduction in Computing Resources
 Collaboration with Colleagues and
Experts Globally
 Easily Accessible
 Support Teachers in Professional
Development
 Reduction on the Use of Electricity
 Reduction of Expenses