Title: The application of virtualisation technologies to organisation of individualised training of students on computerised audiences

Authors: Vladimir Maximov; Alexander Karasik

Addresses: Faculty of Informatics, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, Mashinostroiteley, 11, Ekaterinburg 620012, Sverdlovsk Region, Russia ' Faculty of Informatics, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, Mashinostroiteley, 11, Ekaterinburg 620012, Sverdlovsk Region, Russia

Abstract: The paper considers the issues of the application of virtualisation technologies to organisation of individualised preconfigured portable educational environment of the student, providing access to the necessary tools and operating environment in accordance with the scenario of exercises and the initial data of an individual variant of the job. Offers an approach to effective management of virtual machines in terms of the computer audiences of educational institutions and describes implementing the proposed approach software, allowing to reduce labour costs for administering the computer park by technical staff of the educational institution.

Keywords: virtualisation; information-educational sphere; VMware; virtual machines; individualised learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2014.063104

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 2014 Vol.24 No.3/4, pp.343 - 361

Published online: 19 Jul 2014 *

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