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Cloud Computing and its Impact on Online Education

Duha Khalid Abdul-Rahman Al-Malah1, Ibtisam A Aljazaery2, Haider Th Salim

Alrikabi3 and Hussain Ali Mutar4
1
Northern Technical University, Administrative Technical College, Mosul, Iraq
2
Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Babylon,
Babylon, Iraq
3,4
Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Wasit University,
Wasit, Iraq

E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract. The cloud computing system has a significant role in the distance education field,
because it is an important tributary of virtual education, especially mobile and blended
education. Perhaps, the only challenge that must be overawed is the comprehensive coverage
of rapid access to the Internet. So, the student can benefit from the applications that we will
call from now and onward cloud computing services. There is no need to establish evidence to
emphasize the importance of employing technological innovations to develop educational
practices for developing educational curricula in Iraqi universities, but it is vital to employ
technological innovations in the educational process, and this must be related to overcoming
the problems facing the educational process. Therefore, employment should not be for
technological dazzling that often accompanies technological innovations, but employment
must be a function of urgent needs or demands. In this study, the educational process concept,
with its multiple cloud inputs and outputs, was discussed how the education crisis could be
overcome in all its institutions by resorting to how to employ the electronic cloud in distance
education. This study also examined all the specifications of that environment and the
possibility of their application in colleges and educational institutions.
Keywords. Cloud, Distance education, Database.

1. Introduction
By developing modern technologies available through the web accelerating the flow of information
through, companies or institutions, including educational institutions in open-technology countries,
have moved to make their applications available via the Internet using this technology, which has
benefited many large-scale beneficiaries, including universities. The main goal of establishing an
educational site and center to serve the community of beneficiary students who are studying by
meeting and satisfying their needs for the curriculum. The success and effectiveness of the educational
website are mainly related to the quality of electronic cloud services because the services’ qualities
have expanded to include electronic cloud services for all operations, activities, and facilities to
provide all requirements for the students’ academic community. Its general goal is to deliver the
courses and curricula, shorten the appropriate time and place, and lessen the effort and cost possible
[1-5]. In the developing countries, including our communities, we find that they suffer from many
problems in the computer systems in which they operate due to the presence of obstacles, including:
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1- The inability to provide the appropriate infrastructure for the software and the necessary and
continuous updates.
2- The limited computing resources in number, size, processor, speed, and storage media. It is
eventually a resource, and every resource is characterized by scarcity.
It is imperative to use the resources available to us for optimal use to achieve the goals with high
efficiency and lowest possible costs, for cloud computing is the technology of the era that depends on
the transferring and processing of the storage space of the electronic computer, which is a server
device that is accessed via the Internet. Information technology programs transform from products to
electronic services, just because cloud computing provides a business model that provides unlimited
computing resources such as software platform, data processing, and storage that are virtually
unlimited to work by the business need anywhere and at any time the user requests. Therefore,
providing a job opportunity would work in an open environment without technological problems with
the possibility of easily acquiring equipment and devices and maintaining the management of
technological resources [6-8]. The study dealt with the basic concepts of electronic cloud services,
while it included the benefits of cloud computing for distance education and a blueprint for an
educational system designed to create an educational website. The study also dealt with the results of a
questionnaire and its interpretation and finally included conclusions and recommendations.

2. Study methodology

2.1. The problem of the study

The technical education sector suffers from a problem represented in “how to use hardware and
computer programs and make all the technological resources available to our university students using
the optimal use of the Internet via the electronic cloud.”

2.2. Objectives of the study

The researcher viewed a subject that may be considered a new topic in the education sector, which is
distance education because many countries, including Western, Southeast Asia, North America,
Europe, and Africa, have followed this path.
Cloud computing aims to:

1. Transferring the processing and storage space of the computer. Therefore, the informational,
technological programs are transformed from products to services.
2. Providing a business model that runs unlimited computing resources with open space and
time.
3. Providing educational services to the beneficiary students and graduates with higher degrees
to benefit in terms of development or study in the e-learning (distance) field, just like the case
in the world’s countries.

2.3. The importance of the study

The research is significantly vital on the theoretical side because it could provide a study for the
educational library that researchers have not previously and practically dealt with. Secondly, this
research deals with providing all service capabilities for using electronic devices and equipment that
are not available to the beneficiary students and professors through the use of the electronic cloud. In
turn, it contributes to enriching the educational process and benefiting from Internet services as
follows:

1. Cloud computing has large storage areas.

2. The ability to maintain the security and confidentiality of students’ data.
3. It also provides comprehensive coverage for fast internet access.
4. The need to convince officials and decision-makers of the feasibility of moving to cloud
computing.

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2.4. The hypothetical design of the study

Cloud Computing
Physical devices Operating systems and Cloud database activities and
computing applications services

Distance education and human racial

Applied Professor The beneficiary student

2.5. The study hypotheses

Hypotheses are assumptions that require verification of their validity and are formulated depending on
the hypothetical study model. Therefore, some primary and sub-hypotheses have been clarified
according to the following:

2.5.1. The first primary hypothesis.There is a significant correlation between cloud computing and
distance education in the field of study, from which the following sub-hypotheses can be branched out:
1- There is a significant link between cloud physical devices and distance education.
2- There is a significant correlation between operating systems, cloud applications, and distance
education.
3- There is a significant connection between the cloud database activities and services and
distance education systems.

2.5.2. The second primary hypothesis. There is a significant effect of cloud calculating on distance
education in the field of study. The following sub hypotheses are divided into:
1- There is a significant effect of cloud calculating on the beneficiary student.
2- The existence of a significant effect of cloud computing on the applied professor.

The limits of the study, the fundamental limits of the study are cantered as follows:
A- Knowledge limits, the study covered both cloud computing and e-learning.
B- Spatial limits, the study was completed in the formations of the Northern Technical
University.
C- Temporal limits, the study was conducted during the period 1/8/2020.
D- Human limits; in this study, a survey was adopted based on the students and the teaching
professor’s opinions about the Iraqi universities’ formations as human borders for the current
study.

3. Sample of the study

The research sample was chosen for testing the variables and the hypothetical model in line with the
sound scientific foundations of the field of study to achieve the study’s objectives and directions.
Therefore, colleges and educational institutes in Iraqi universities were chosen where the samples
researched were three universities, and the questionnaire form was distributed by fifteen for each
university. The sample was forty-five, ranging between questioned students and professors, where all
distributed questionnaires were recovered 100%.

3.1. Methods of data collection

Methods of collecting primary and secondary data were adopted to complete the study, both
theoretical and practical. The secondary data were extracted from the sources related to the study

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variables to establish the theoretical frameworks, while the field side was cantered on the primary data
collected through the questionnaire form. It represented the components of cloud computing from
physical devices and systems operating activities and services. As for the remote education variables,
they were represented by the student and teaching dimensions.

3.2. Justifications for conducting the study

The study was applied to three Iraqi universities as a curriculum for the following reasons:
1- The scarcity of application of these two variables in previously educational institutions in the
field of cloud computing and distance education.
2- Iraqi universities have human resources capable of achieving the field of application in the
current study.
3- Paying attention to the need to invest human resources as resources that can achieve an
addition in the cloud computing space in distance education.
4- Laying the fundamental pillars for future studies as a necessity through distance education.

4. The theoretical side

4.1. The concept of the electronic cloud

The electronic cloud is defined as a model that provides easy access to a communal set of devices such
as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services through the Internet that can be prepared to
work quickly and with little effort. It was also known as this technology that relies on transferring files
and electronic resources within an imaginary space with the ability to provide additional storage space
for the computers within the Internet and transfer it to the so-called electronic cloud, which is a server
device accessed via the Internet. Thus, this technology contributes to keeping maintenance problems
away from the companies using it and developing information technology programs. Therefore, the
efforts of the beneficiaries are focused on using these services only [9-11]. The procedural definition
of the electronic cloud is an electronic cloud in which the data is stored in the form of electrical
impulses and accessed via the Internet through a computer or any device that can connect to the
Internet.

4.2. Cloud computing concept

Cloud computing refers to the computer resources and systems available on-demand via the Internet
that can provide several integrated computing services without being restricted to local resources to
facilitate the user. These resources include data storage space, backup and self-synchronization,
programmatic processing capabilities, task scheduling, mail payment, and remote printing. When
connected to the network, the user can control these resources through a simple programming interface
that simplifies and ignores the details and internal processes [12-14]. It is a technology that relies on
transferring the computer’s computing and storage space to the so-called cloud, a server device
accessible via the Internet. Therefore, it transforms information technology programs from products to
services. The cloud computing structure depends on progressive data centers that deliver big storing
spaces for customers [15, 16].

4.3. The concept of distance education

Distance education is a new trend in education that has benefited from developing information
technology and tries to make the best use of new technologies for different geographical locations.
That is why cloud computing is an attractive environment for students, teachers, and researchers.
Having a new technology, it can provide universities, research centers an electronic educational
environment with enormous potential and reasonable prices [17-20].
Students can use educational services outside the campus through their mobile devices from anywhere.
Faculty members can easily access their study materials from their rooms and classrooms.
Additionally, researchers can also find their scientific materials and research models’ needs and share
their work in the cloud easily and quickly.

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4.4. The concept of the educational process

The concept of the educational process was defined as the provision of education service to a large
number of beneficiary students, who are divided into multiple groups, through a group of expert
specialists and professors, using different means and tools, all of them in their nature and components,
and this is divided into different nature and components. At some point, it is determined and scheduled
in advance [9]. If we look at the education process through the system input, we find that the education
process inputs include many resources that can be summarized in the outline shown in Figure (1).

Figure 1. The education processing.

5. Benefits of cloud computing for distance education

5.1. Encouraging cooperation and communication

Cloud computing’s ability to create a spirit of cooperation between learners, teachers, and others in
academia. Because the files are easy to access, diverse users can make adjustments to any manuscript,
such as managing plans or study projects. It will be straightforward for the teacher to propose
amendments to an essay or assignment submitted by the student. All needed to do is access the student
file in the cloud, save his notes, and notify the student by the system. No more paper material, no
multiple email correspondence, everything is integrated into one system for easy access [21-23].

5.2. Material cost

The electronic cloud provides many necessary common resources and services, enabling professors
and students to reduce spending on study materials and methodology. The lecturer can download
lectures to the electronic cloud. Therefore, removing the need for books and paper lectures and
reducing the costs of printing and reproduction. The entire student’s need is a computer that enables
him to access various study materials on the cloud via the Internet. The scientific departments can also
reduce capital expenditures and reduce current operating expenses through cloud computing and
benefit from the expertise of specialized employees without the need to resort to searching for
employees, employing, hiring, training them, and paying their salaries.

5.3. Record keeping

Cloud computing enables teachers and students to examine the cloud records when any disagreement
or problem occurs, as it is possible to simply check the entry records, look at the files uploaded, and
verify whether the coursework was submitted late.

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5.4. Amenities
Cloud computing offers to university teachers and students alike with more convenient and efficient
education knowledge. The cloud keeps all data in one place, from class attendance records to
homework, curriculum browsing, and more. Everyone can access the system and access to different
curricular materials, and this process is of more significant benefit to students who study via the
Internet and need the flexibility to succeed in completing their educational program. Perhaps, in the
future, cloud computing will have a significant impact on the educational environment since it can
provide the learner’s infrastructure and resources to carry out any number of tasks on the cloud while
reducing the cost and also provide them with easy access to the massive amount of information that is
available on the Internet, as shown in Figure (2).

Figure 2. Explains cloud computing and its connection to the Internet.

5.5. Ease of implementation

An educational institution can adapt and publish without purchasing hardware and programs,
software authorizations installation, activity, maintenan services, and cloud computing apps.
purchasing hardware and programs, software authorizations, installation, activity, maintenan

5.6. Capability
The institutions that use cloud computing do not need to add hardware and software with higher
standards and competencies when growing teachers’ numbers. They are not obliged to buy a new
expander to purchase more computers, storage systems, switches, and routers. Cloud computing
service guarantees speed in joining and dealing with modern technologies on the Internet.

5.7. Reaching the maximum capacity of information technology

Cloud computing can allow teachers to reach the highest efficiency of software that may attract
students to follow their daily lessons, especially for small educational institutions,

5.8. Teacher redeployment

By dropping or removing updates required by fixed servers and other computing problems that reduce
costs, time, money, or developing applications, IT departments can focus on higher-value tasks and
focus on core competencies.

5.9. Measurability
It means that using cloud computing resources and properties can be measured. This must be
completed for each student and applied daily, weekly, monthly, and annually [24].
Second: What are the uses of cloud computing, and what its applications which are used in distance
education:

1- Software as service applications: Here, the teacher does not need to buy equipment or
software, download, update, or delete because what is required is only to subscribe to the
service and enter it via the Internet via an Internet browser.

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2- Platform as a service: It is a set of software and product development tools hosted on the
“platform as a service” infrastructure.
3- Infrastructure as a service: It is an extension of the computational environment where the
teacher can control more infrastructure parts. By serving the infrastructure, students have
access to the virtual server in the Data Funding Service Centre. The teacher can deploy and
run the software, including operating systems and distributed applications [25].

6. Types of cloud computing

Private cloud represents private networks for using a specific party, providing complete data
monitoring, and ensuring security and data quality. It may be run by a third party and accessed at work
or home far from the workplace.
 Shared community cloud: The community cloud infrastructure is shared by many
organizations that usually have similar necessities and interests and the same field of work,
and access to the cloud can take place from the workplace that shares this service.
 Public cloud: It is available to the general students and is built on a commercial basis and is
usually owned by companies selling cloud services. This allows the teacher to develop and
work on specific software or exploit a specific resource from service in the cloud with
minimal material resources than the large expenses usually associated with owning those
services.
Hybrid cloud: The cloud infrastructure has a composite of two or more clouds, whether private or
public, linked to unified standards or unique technology that enables them to allow data and
applications to be transferred from one cloud to another [5].

7. Description of the proposed system

In this research, a software platform called cloud computing services was designed, and the
infrastructure needed to run cloud computing applications was designed, a model for application
programs for the Internet, software download services, and an electronic library. Teachers were given
specific powers to access the platform’s computing services and recover students’ passwords by email.
For each student, to maintain complete confidentiality in cloud computing, the proposed system
contains a set of inputs, namely:

1) The software platform service screen and the main program interface.
2) Software download service screen.
3) Storage service screen.
4) The electronic library screens.
5) Cloud manager screen.
6) Password recovery screen.
7) Contact us screen.

The following must also be taken into account in the entries:

1- Accuracy and accuracy of the outputs.

2- That the inputs are sufficient to give the required output.
3- Taking into account the coordination of the backgrounds and aesthetics in the platform
screens.
4- Using drop-down lists in programming to reduce the input process.
System schematic: It is a chart that shows or describes the activities carried out by the system, and it is
a form that starts with a symbol password that represents the beginning state and ends with a symbol
that represents the end state. Some, using arrows, illustrate the transition from one activity to another.
This chart also shows comparisons of the activity that accepts two cases in a specific form as in chart
(1) [7].

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The sequence of objects and the front end have a role in the procedural operations, which clarify the
messages exchanged and the required effects between the objects in the operation process of the
system, as shown in Figure (3) and Figure (4).

Figure 3. The flow comparisons of an activity that accepts two states

in a given form.

teacher system student

1-Sign in

2-Enter the
page
4-feedback
3-save files 5-open the web

6-work on the front

Figure 4. Explains the exchange of messages and the required effects

between the objects in the process of operating the system

8. Presentation and interpretation of the questionnaire results

First: Presenting the results of the questionnaire, explaining the strengths and weaknesses in each
educational field. This paragraph includes a description of the main study variables and their diagnosis
because cloud computing is adopted as an independent variable, and e-learning is an accredited axis at
the Northern Technical University, and for this purpose, appropriate statistical analyses have been
used. After the researcher found the average of the weighted mean and the percentage weights of the
paragraphs within each axis and each separately, to show the strength and weakness side of each
dimension, the results are as follows:

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Describe and diagnose the research variables of the cloud computing axis variables, table (1): The
arithmetic means and standard deviations of the research sample responses for the cloud’s physical
dimension, Tables 2 to 4.
The study hypothesis test: The first primary hypothesis test states that there is a significant
correlation between cloud computing and distance education:
H0: There is no significant correlation between cloud computing and distance education.
H1: There is a significant correlation between cloud computing and distance education.
The following sub-hypotheses stem from it

1- There is a significant correlation between cloud physical devices and distance education.
2- There is a significant correlation between the operating system, cloud applications, and
distance education.
3- There is a significant correlation between cloud database activities and services and distance
education.

Table 1. The arithmetic means and standard deviations of the research sample responses for the
physical dimension of the cloud.
Paragraphs Arithmetic Standard Percentile
mean deviation weight
1- Simple device features in cloud computing and accessibility for
4.4333 0.30430 76.888
any device that supports distance education.
2- Sharing information sources through a central database that
provides great flexibility in terms of time and space in dealing 4.5..3 0.344.0 75.112
with distance education
3- The cloud computing reduces some of the burdens of
maintaining and developing the devices that support storing
3.0335 0.5.053 81.334
lectures and creating a session that includes all the facilities
available for reading the lecture by the student
4- Achieve faster processing of lectures by the presence of the
4.5554 ...4330 75.556
electronic cloud
5- High control over storage flexibility for databases 4.3000 0.33040 72.444
6- Low costs of devices used in education and the ability to
4.4000 0.40.3. 76.444
distribute tasks to devices not available to the professor
Cloud physical devices 4.4.34 0..330. 76.296

Table 2. The arithmetic means and standard deviations of the operating system and cloud
applications dimension.
Paragraphs Arithmetic Standard Percentile
mean deviation weight
1- Allow operating systems and cloud applications to deal with
4.3335 0.43334 69.334
traditional operating systems in computers and mobile devices
2- High flexibility in dealing with Internet browsers 4.3335 0.4530. 73.334
3- Cloud computing reduces some of the burdens and problems
of maintaining and developing software applications and 4.0335 0.43430 65.334
operating systems that support distance education databases.
4- The possibility of benefiting from the software expertise of
4.3 0.44344 68
the cloud service provider
Operating system and cloud applications 4.35 0.3.305 69

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Table 3. The arithmetic means and standard deviations of the activities and services of the cloud
database.
Paragraphs Arithmetic Standard Percentile
mean deviation weight
1- The possibility of an update on the lectures from deletion,
4.3 0.33533 54
modification, and addition
2- Realization of the synchronization feature so that students can
4.3443 ...3045 69.778
view the lecture simultaneously
3- Allows joint work between groups of students and the
4..554 0.34440 71.556
possibility of deletion and modification of the lecture
4- Work guarantee around the clock 4.4554 0.3445. 67.556
5- Enhance flexibility by holding new sessions so that the
professor can make the necessary arrangements for presenting 4.4000 0.33045 76
the lecture within hours
6- The ability to update lectures from deletion, modification, and
4.5554 0.533.. 75.556
addition
Cloud database activities and services 3.6513 0.5.4.4 72.74

Table 4. Shows the order of dimensions of cloud computing.

Dimensions Arithmetic Standard Percentile Arrangement
mean deviation weight of dimensions
Cloud physical devices 4.4.34 0..330. 76.296 First
Operating system and
4.3.00 0.3.305 69 Second
cloud applications
Cloud database activities
3.6513 0.5.4.4 72.74 Third
and services
Cloud Computing 4.3430 0...530 50.34

Description and diagnosis of the variables of the distance education axis, Table 5.
Table 5. The arithmetic means and standard deviations of the distance education axis.
Paragraphs Arithmetic Standard Percentile
mean deviation weight
1- It reduces the burden and technical problems,
making it easier to control the presentation of the 4..... 0.3333. 70.222
educational session smoothly
2- Cloud computing supports cognitive awareness
4.0443 ..00.33 61.778
among students working on the Internet
3- Cloud computing supports the regular teamwork
4..554 0.34440 71.556
of both the student and the professor
4- Cloud computing allows the top management to
see what the educational level has reached 4.4554 ..034.3 67.556
remotely
Distance Learning 4.4443 0.5.300 67.77

The study hypothesis test: The first primary hypothesis test states that there is a significant correlation
between cloud computing and distance education, Table 6:
H0: There is no important relationship between cloud computing and distance education.
H1: There is an important association between cloud computing and distance education.
The following sub-hypotheses stem from it
1- There is an important correlation between cloud physical devices and distance education.
2- There is an important correlation between the operating system, cloud applications, and
distance education.
3- There is a significant correlation between cloud database activities and services and distance
education.

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Table 6. Correlations representation.

Correlations
Cloud Operating system and Cloud database Cloud
devices cloud applications activities and services Computing
Distance Pearson Correlation 0.539** 0.615** 0.650** 0.766**
education Sig.(2-tailed) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
N 177 177 177 177
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

The second primary hypothesis test: It states that there is a significant impact of cloud computing on
distance education, Tables 7 to 10:
H0: There is no major effect of cloud computing on distance education.
H1: There is an important effect of cloud computing on distance education.
The sub-hypotheses stem from it are:
1- There is a major impact on the physical devices of cloud computing on distance education.
2- There is a significant impact on the operating system and cloud computing applications on
distance education.
3- There is a significant impact of cloud computing activities and database services on distance
education.

Table 7. Represents a schedule for analysis of variance.

ANOVA
Model Sum of Squares Df Mean Square F Sig. R2
1 Regression 32.276 1 32.276 248.473 0.000a 0..45
Residual 00.540 .5. 0..40
Total ...003 .53
a. Predictors: (Constant), X
b. Dependent Variable: Y

Table 8. The impact of cloud computing on distance education.

Coefficients
Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients T Sig.
B Std. Error Beta
1 (Constant) 0.434 0.0.0 --- ..333 0..00
X ..053 0.034 0.533 ...534 0.000
a. Dependent Variable: Y

Table 9. The impact of cloud computing dimensions on distance education.

In depended Distance education
variable depended
variable F R2 B Impact indication
Cloud physical devices 5..333 0.03 0.3.. moral
Operating system and cloud applications .03.054 0.454 0...4 moral
Cloud database activities and services .04.043 0.304 0...0 moral

Table 10. Represents the order of priority for the effect of the explanatory sub-variables on
the adopted variable
No. Explanatory sub-variables The effects Impact significant order
. Cloud physical devices %3... Moral Third
0 Operating system and cloud applications %...4 Moral First
4 Cloud database activities and services %...0 Moral second

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9. Conclusions
First: the axis of cloud computing
1- After showing physical cloud devices, it was indicated that the obtained arithmetic
mean is 3.8148, and the standard deviation is 0.59905, and the percentage weight is
76.296, which is greater than 60%, indicating that there is a strong indication of this
dimension. This dimension received the first order, as shown in Table (4). The third
paragraph of this dimension also obtained the highest percentage weight with an
arithmetic mean of 4.0667 and a standard deviation of 0.75, as shown in Table (1).
2- After the cloud database activities and services, it was obtained an arithmetic mean of
3.6513 and a standard deviation of 0.71358, and its percentage weight was 72.74,
which is greater than 60%, which indicates that there is a strong indicator for this
dimension. This dimension has been ranked second, as shown in Table (4). The first
paragraph of this dimension also obtained the highest percentage weight, with an
arithmetic mean of 3.9 and a standard deviation of 0.96766, as shown in Table (3).
3- The operating system and cloud application dimension obtained an arithmetic mean of
3.4500 and a standard deviation of 0.61607, and the percentage weight was 69, which
is greater than 60%, which indicates that there is a strong indication of this dimension.
It obtained the third rank, as shown in Table (4). The second paragraph also obtained
the highest percentage weight for this dimension with an arithmetic mean of 3.6667
and a standard deviation of 0.87905, as shown in Table (2).
Second: Distance education axis.
It was obtained an arithmetic mean of 3.3889 and a standard deviation of 0.71620, and its
percentage weight was 67.77, which is greater than 60%, and this is a strong indication of this
axis. The third paragraph of this axis had the highest percentage weight, with a mean of
3.5778 and a standard deviation of 0.98832, as shown in Table (5).
Third: The first primary hypothesis was accepted, which states a significant correlation
between computational computing and electronic education. It rejected the null hypothesis
since the Pearson correlation coefficient’s value was significant and equal to 0.766 because of
the significant value of sig. It is equal to (0.000), and it is less than 0.01 and with 99%
confidence, as shown in Table (6). As for the sub-hypotheses, the following inference is
explained:
1- A significant correlation between cloud physical devices and e-learning, where the
correlation value was equal to 0.539 because the sig is the significant value. It is equal
to (0.000), which is less than 0.01 and with a confidence of 99%.
2- A significant correlation between the operating system, cloud applications, and e-
learning, where the correlation value was equal to 0.615 because of the significant
value of sig. It is equal to (0.000), which is less than 0.01 and with a confidence of
99%.
3- A significant correlation relationship between the activities and services of cloud data
and e-learning, where the value of the correlation was equal to 0.650 because of the
significant value of the sig. It is equal to (0.000), which is less than 0.01 and with a
confidence of 99%.
Fourth: Accepting the second central hypothesis, stating a significant effect of cloud
computing on e-learning and rejecting the null hypothesis. The F test results indicate the
presence of an effect of cloud computing on e-learning, where the calculated F value reached
248.473 at a significant level of 0.05, and the value of P was 248.473. The value is equal to
(0.000), which is less than 0.05. It indicates the existence of an impact of cloud computing on
e-learning, as shown in Table (7).

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Fifth: The value of R2 equals 0.587, which means that the computing cloud has explained
58.1% of the changes that occur to e-learning, as shown in Table (7).
Sixth: The effect value of (B) is equal to 1.074, which means that increasing the cloud
computing variable and one of the standard deviations will lead to an increase in electronic
learning by 1.074% of the standard deviation unit, as shown in Table (8).
Seventh: The impact of the dimensions of cloud computing on e-learning is:
1- Table (9) indicates that the value of R2 is equal to (0.29) and this means that the
physical cloud devices have explained (29%) of the changes that occur to e-learning,
and the value of B = 0.451) means that the variables of physical devices increase
cloud, one unit of standard deviations will lead to an increase in electronic learning by
45.1% of a standard deviation unit.
2- Table No. (9) indicates that the value of R2 is equal to (0.378), which means that the
operating system and cloud applications have explained (37.8%) of the changes that
occur to e-learning, and the value of B = 0.553) means that the increase in system
variables operating and cloud applications, one standard deviation unit will lead to an
increase in electronic learning by 55.3% of a standard deviation unit.
3- Table (9) indicates that the value of R2 is equal to 0.423; this means that the activities
and services of cloud databases have explained 42.3% of the changes that occur in
marketing performance, and the value of B = 0.552 cloud database activities and
services. Each unit of standard deviations will increase electronic learning by 55.2%
of a standard deviation unit.
Eighth: The priority of the effect of the sub-variables of the independent variable on the
dependent variable was arranged as follows:
A. The cloud operating system and cloud applications, their impact was 55.3%, which is
the first.
B. Cloud database activities and services, the effect was 55.2%, which is the second.
C. Cloud physical devices; their impact was 45.1%, which is the third.
Ninth: The process of managing and controlling the site is carried out by an authorized person
skilled in information technology and ways to benefit from the contents of the electronic
cloud.
Tenth: Experts and workers in the technical field in higher education institutions have agreed
that there is no transmission effectiveness unless there is a high speed in transferring data via
the Internet.

10. Recommendations
1- The researcher considers providing physical cloud devices because it reduces some of
the burdens of maintenance, a development that supports storing lectures and setting
up sessions that include all the facilities available for reading the lecture by the
student.
2- The researcher emphasizes the introduction and activation of the cloud computing
database system, allowing joint work between groups of students and the possibility of
deletion and modification.
3- The researcher believes that activating the cloud operating system and cloud
applications leads to high flexibility in dealing with Internet browsers without
problems.
4- The researcher confirms that cloud computing supports the organized teamwork of
both the student and the professor in e-learning.

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5- The researcher considers increasing the variables of cloud computing because an

increase of one unit leads to an increase in the percentage of e-learning through the
effect of cloud computing dimensions.
6- The researcher affirms the necessity of implementing a free software platform for
cloud computing services to be used for its applications in education.
7- The researcher believes that the site should be developed according to the needs that
may appear in the future.
8- The researcher considers the necessity of studying the necessary infrastructure for
cloud computing applications and the possibility of integrating it with e-learning to
serve the technical education process.
9- The researcher sees the possibility of implementing a model for application programs
on the Internet that support cloud computing services.
a. The researcher sees the possibility of giving a specific storage space to each
student and modifying it in the event of increased use.
b. The researcher stresses the need to provide a competent person authorized to
examine and audit the site, the storage process, and the process of entering the
educational site with the presence of a password to maintain the confidentiality of
information, download lectures, and receive answers to questions of student’s
users.
10- Providing all the requirements needed by the educational process through its
connection to the Internet.
11- The use of cloud computing reduces the suffering of higher education institutions,
represented by the lack of clear digital development plans.
12- Reducing the rate of emergence of a malfunctioning system resulting from not bearing
the pressure resulting from the increasing demand for infrastructure capabilities.
13- The increase in the desire of experts and workers in the technical field in higher
education institutions to switch to virtual cloud services has increased by half to
enhance the presence on the Internet and increase confidence in the system.
14- The establishment of a special building for information systems requires huge sums
and may be an obstacle to the development of digital education, as it helps with
thermal emission and energy consumption.

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