Abstract

Background/Objectives: Tremendous growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have positively affected the field of E-Learning (EL). However, recently the education mode is shifted from the traditional classroom towards EL due to widespread COVID-19. The selection of suitable EL tool and security of EL data and environment are still the key challenges that need to be addressed. The objective of this paper is to guide the EL Practitioners in the selection of suitable EL tool and to provide a detailed framework for maintaining privacy and security of EL data and environment. Purpose: This study aims to help EL practitioners in the selection of suitable EL tool and to provide a secure framework for the security of EL data and environment. Method: Realtime statistics are gathered and analyzed to visualize the impact of COVID-19 on education around the world. The increasing demand for EL during COVID-19 is analyzed, and a detailed taxonomy is provided to make the EL practitioners aware of existing distance learning solutions. A comparison of commonly used EL tools is provided that will help in the selection of EL tools according to institutional requirements. A Blockchain-based EL framework is proposed that will help EL designer in managing the security of EL data and environment. Conclusion: The proposed framework is expected to provide a promising solution for developing a fair and open learning online education environment and will overcome the deficiencies caused by school closures during COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19; Blockchain; Security; Privacy; E-Learning; Digital Curriculum

Highlights

  • E-Learning (EL) is one of the popular modes of interactive learning that is free from the limitation of time and space

  • In the section below we provide a broad picture of COVID-19 and its impact worldwide

  • The educational system is shifted to the EL platform in which interactive learning is provided to students using the internet

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Introduction

E-Learning (EL) is one of the popular modes of interactive learning that is free from the limitation of time and space It is a good source of promoting quality education by getting the benefits of external resources and encouraging self-learning among individuals. It faces a lot of challenges such as complications of EL assessment, lack of assessment standards, the authenticity of EL certificates and most importantly, lack of security [1,2,3]. As the economies and ICT infrastructure of many countries is not sufficient for this rapid paradigm shift from the traditional classroom mechanism to EL. One of the key challenges that need to be addressed to make this EL process affective is incorporating sufficient end- to-end security mechanisms during the EL process [4,5,6,7]

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