Dark & Disruptive: Dude, Where's my Data?

Scalable & Accessible: What an opportunity!

Join us in exploring the ever-expanding world of Cloud Storage & Memory! We encourage you to view this site on your mobile devices, to explore some of mobile apps and activities we present, and to complete your experience with discussion input on the website and in UBC wordpress.

Territorial Acknowledgement

We acknowledge our data is located in clouds hovering over the traditional, unceded territories of the Sinixt, Salish, Shuswap, and Ktunaxa Peoples. We are grateful for the use of the resources required to run these programs.

Did you know....

...1024 Petabytes of data are stored in the Cloud?

Do you believe...

...the 'average' user has 3.6 devices connected to the Cloud?

Do you care...

...the Cloud's carbon footprint parallels that of the aviation industry?

Warm Up Activity

Mentimetre Results

After a week of being live, our OER has revealed most of us have 2-4 connected devices, but one of us is way more connected than the others!

Rationale & Context

The Cloud is a disruptive technology that represents a paradigm shift in how digital technology is accessed, managed, and delivered. It is a response and a tool that shapes the way humans communicate knowledge and information.

Cloud Memory leverages powers of computing resources to allow for increased agility internationally. With cloud memory accessibility, shareability, and versatility increased and data is made more available. It has democratized business by allotting limited natural resources, enabling smaller businesses and schools to harness similar resources to competitors.

"Cloud computing is a kind of Internet-based computing model where computing resources are rent out as utility like electricity over Internet." (Surianarayaran & Chelliah, 2023, p. 19).

Does the Cloud offer illusion of infinite capacity while minimizing privacy, security, data management and the environment?

About Us

Kirsten Gear

Kirsten has been flipping the classroom as a online instructor since 2009 and working as an Teacher Trainer, Language Instructor and Academic Writing Instructor since 1999. She has a Masters in TESOL (2007), a PGCE in Tertiary Teaching & Learning (2010), and will graduate from UBC with a Master's of Educational Technology (MET) in 2025. She has published two peer-reviewed academic journal articles on Webquests (2014) and technology-mediated Self Access Centres (2013). She believes the Cloud is dark because much of the 402.74 million terabytes of data being created each day that cannot be seen.

Steve Acree

Steve has worked in education for almost two decades as a teacher and an administrator. When he began teaching he had a flip phone in his pocket and he has witnessed firsthand the emergence of smart technology and the significance of mobility. Steve developed the post-secondary guidance department in an emerging independent school and currently works closely with alumni to harness connections and emerging trends for his future graduates. While there is much he is still learning, and he has many concerns about cloud privacy and more, he is also excited about the opportunities cloud memory provides.

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