Purpose

The purpose of this study is to measure the perceptions and use of cloud services by the students of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The specific objective of this study is to know what perceptions students have about cloud services, why and how they use cloud for academic activities.

Design/methodology/approach

For understanding the use of cloud services among the students of Dhaka University, a quantitative survey was carried out to collect data. Printed questionnaires were distributed among the students in different departments and university library. Both open- and close-ended questions were included in the questionnaire. A total of 329 students responded in this survey and the response rate was 85.5%. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.

Findings

Findings revealed that students are generally aware of cloud services and majority of the respondents use cloud for different purposes. Students used cloud for storage, back up and collaboration purposes and some of Google features are widely used by majority of the students for academic purposes.

Originality/value

To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first time an effort has been made to measure the use of cloud services among the students of University of Dhaka. This study will help to raise cloud service awareness among the students and encourage the authorities to adopt appropriate strategies and policies to resolve cloud adoption in university setting. Specially, Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Dhaka University can take some initiatives in this case.

中文翻译：

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对云服务的感知和使用：对孟加拉国一所公立大学学生的实证研究

目的

这项研究的目的是衡量孟加拉国达卡大学的学生对云服务的理解和使用。这项研究的特定目标是了解学生对云服务有什么看法，为什么以及如何将云用于学术活动。

设计/方法/方法

为了了解达卡大学学生对云服务的使用，进行了定量调查以收集数据。在不同系和大学图书馆的学生中分发了印刷的调查表。开放式和封闭式问题均包含在问卷中。共有329名学生在此次调查中做出了回应，回应率为85.5％。使用“社会科学统计软件包”对收集的数据进行了分析。

发现

调查结果表明，学生通常了解云服务，并且大多数受访者将云用于不同的目的。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。.。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。更多次只几不同的时候。”。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。学生们将云用于存储，备份和协作目的，并且大多数学生已将Google的某些功能广泛用于学术目的。

创意/价值

据作者所知，这是第一次尝试在达卡大学的学生中衡量云服务的使用。这项研究将有助于提高学生对云服务的认识，并鼓励当局采取适当的策略和政策来解决在大学环境中采用云的问题。特别是，达卡大学教学卓越中心可以采取一些措施。