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Jumping Into The Cloud: Privacy, Security And Trust Of Cloud-Based Computing Within K-12 American Public Education, Erik Carl Bennett
Jumping Into The Cloud: Privacy, Security And Trust Of Cloud-Based Computing Within K-12 American Public Education, Erik Carl Bennett
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The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how faculty view Cloud-based computing, how they perceive issues of privacy, security, and trust when using Cloud-based systems in schools, and what differences, if any, exist between their at home use of Cloud-based computer systems and their use of these and similar systems at work. Educators who took part in this study (a) demonstrated a relatively good understanding of the Cloud; (b) perceived the issues of privacy, security, and trust as related to Cloud-based computing as a serious matter, which strongly influenced their acceptance of the Cloud, and …