2021 ACSW – AWS Educate and teaching in the cloud

Abstract

Many of the major public cloud providers generously support students’ use of cloud resources. I will outline my experience teaching a third year computer science paper that studies cloud computing. The assignments and labs make use of the AWS Educate Classroom platform, which has been a highly valuable resource. I will also describe the broader context of AWS Educate, and the benefits it can provide to students. I plan to move into multi-cloud teaching, and will discuss what I have so far learnt regarding Microsoft Azure’s similar offerings.

Featuring
Associate Professor David Eyers, University of Otago