Exploring the Educational Transformations: A Systematic Literature Review on the Influence of the Internet of Things in Higher Education

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https://doi.org/10.4108/eetiot.4999

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internet of things, systematic literature review, teaching and learning, collaboration and connectivity, higher education

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The rapid growth of the Internet of Things innovations stimulates higher educational institutions to invest in and adopt these technologies to support and enhance their learning and teaching strategies. This study aims to investigate the influence of the Internet of Things on teaching and learning in higher education, performing a systematic literature review. Therefore, this research focuses on the following research questions: R-Q1: What are the benefits of the Internet of Things for teaching and learning in higher education? R-Q2: What are the limitations of the Internet of Things for teaching and learning in higher education? The systematic literature review, including the search strategy, the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and the review of the titles, keywords, and abstracts, identified a total of 31 results, mainly journal and conference articles. The findings from the extracted articles in this review were grouped into eleven themes: adoption, personalized learning, learning efficiency, intelligent teaching, collaboration and connectivity, creativity, health and safety monitoring, latency time, security and privacy, quality and ethics, and financing issues. The findings suggest that the Internet of Things can enhance the learning quality, improve the gained knowledge, and reduce costs in higher education. Therefore, adopting a consistent Internet of Things implementation strategy is essential to address identified limitations in higher education.

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V. Paliktzoglou and O. Vlachopoulou, “Exploring the Educational Transformations: A Systematic Literature Review on the Influence of the Internet of Things in Higher Education”, EAI Endorsed Trans IoT, vol. 11, Nov. 2024.

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