Teaching cloud computing without tying students to a single vendor is harder than it sounds. Dr. Michael MacLeod at Austin Community College found a solution in Chameleon, and the results speak for themselves: 14 courses, 420 students, and a curriculum that's still growing. Read more in the blog.

Teaching cloud computing effectively requires hands-on experience, but establishing local datacenters or using commercial cloud providers presents significant barriers for students. Chameleon Cloud provides the perfect solution, offering real cloud infrastructure experience without access limitations or costs, enabling comprehensive cloud computing education across European universities.

This month, we're featuring an interview with Professor Prasad Calyam, a distinguished educator and researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In the interview, he shares insights on effectively utilizing innovative tools like testbeds for teaching, offering valuable recommendations based on his own experiences.

This month we present an interview with Aniruddha Gokhale, Full Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Vanderbilt University who is using Chameleon to teach classes on cloud computing, computer networks, and distributed systems. Professor Gokhale discusses the challenges of teaching with testbeds, explains how he managed to overcome it in his own teaching, and shares recommendations on how to best leverage the power of testbeds in the classroom.

Interested in using Chameleon for education? Illinois Institute of Technology’s TA and PhD candidate Melanie Cornelius and Dr. Zhiling Lan use Chameleon for undergraduate and graduate students in their Intro to Parallel Programming and Parallel and Distributed Processing classes. Learn all about how the course is structured, incorporating Chameleon into assignments, and tips for using Chameleon for education.

This post from Chameleon user, Massimo Canonico, outlines educational slide decks that will be particularly helpful for those who wish to incorporate Chameleon into their curriculum.