Impact of Cloud on E-Learning

The Cloud computing environment is rising as a natural platform to provide support to online systems. Therefore, there is a need to redefine and redesign the whole educational system which meets the current educational need in the light of cloud. The advent of computers with sophisticated software has made it possible to solve many complex problems very fast and at a lower cost. This paper introduces the characteristics of the current E-Learning and then analyses the concept of cloud computing and describes the architecture of cloud computing platform by combining the features of E-Learning. The authors have tried to introduce cloud computing to e-learning, build an e-learning cloud, and make an active research and exploration in this area. The present scenario of e-learning has certain limitations to it, in order to overcome those limitations there is a paradigm shift in internet based e-learning to the cloud environment.