Abstract
In the trials of utilization of technology for the society, efforts have shown benefits of the ICT use in facilitating education from different perspectives based on different waves of technological change. The recent development in technologies has also resulted in change of user behavior and usage patterns towards different areas of life, and consequently in the area of education. A new wave of change has started and is expecting to proliferate with stronger connectivity and interoperability of various devices, named as the Internet of Things (IoT). The internet of things is expected to give strong impacts on different areas of life including healthcare, transportation, smart homes, smart campus, and more. Consequently, there are inherent benefits to the education environment that are not yet well established in literature. The paper studies the potential benefit and impact of the IoT evolution concept in both the physical and the virtual learning environment and suggests a paradigm with use case scenarios. The results of an experimental evaluation on the aspects of applying IoT technology in education are presented and discussed in order to verify the set of related hypotheses.
Highlights
The recent development in device connectivity and interoperability opened the way for the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), [1]
It is necessary to assess the importance of teaching IoT technology into undergraduate engineering level and as such, we evaluate the flexibility that IoT give in conducting the learning activities and accessing the learning resources, and measure the importance of IoT course during early levels of engineering education
H1: Students have a fair idea about IoT and some of its aspects and applications
Summary
The recent development in device connectivity and interoperability opened the way for the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), [1]. This paper aims to answer questions like how does the IoT technology and its applications affect the education environment. It is important to study the potential benefit and impact of the IoT evolution concept in both the physical and the virtual learning environment. It is important to analyze the usage of the internet of things in virtual educational environments and e-learning systems in a smart campus [3]. The usage in the smart city paradigm is apparent where increased connectivity and interoperability increase the services given to the citizen. Common to the applications, is the targeting of the new users who are interested in utilizing the technology for education, as these users are digital natives by definition [4]. It is to discover and build on the new paradigm for the educational purposes
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