TY - GEN
T1 - Blockchain Technology to Support Smart Learning and Inclusion
T2 - 8th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2020
AU - Oyelere, Solomon Sunday
AU - Bin Qushem, Umar
AU - Costas Jauregui, Vladimir
AU - Akyar, Özgür Yaşar
AU - Tomczyk, Łukasz
AU - Sanchez, Gloria
AU - Munoz, Darwin
AU - Motz, Regina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In support of an open ecosystem for lifelong and smart learning, this study evaluates the perception of educational stakeholders such as pre-service teachers and blockchain developers about the feasibility of the blockchain technology in addressing the numerous gaps in the implementation of smart learning environment. This research was designed within the international project, Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion (SELI). A total of 491 pre-service teachers and 3 blockchain developers from these countries participated in the study. The study data was collected from a questionnaire and interview. Descriptive statistics and content analysis was performed on the collected data. Results from this study indicates that Blockchain technology in the educational field is rarely known, and the frequency of use is quite low. The pre-service teachers surveyed, for the most part, are unaware of the degree of effectiveness of blockchain technology in education. Blockchain developers are of the opinion that Blockchain is still new to many people and resources for education based application are very rare, even if it is there, yet not many are open-source.
AB - In support of an open ecosystem for lifelong and smart learning, this study evaluates the perception of educational stakeholders such as pre-service teachers and blockchain developers about the feasibility of the blockchain technology in addressing the numerous gaps in the implementation of smart learning environment. This research was designed within the international project, Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion (SELI). A total of 491 pre-service teachers and 3 blockchain developers from these countries participated in the study. The study data was collected from a questionnaire and interview. Descriptive statistics and content analysis was performed on the collected data. Results from this study indicates that Blockchain technology in the educational field is rarely known, and the frequency of use is quite low. The pre-service teachers surveyed, for the most part, are unaware of the degree of effectiveness of blockchain technology in education. Blockchain developers are of the opinion that Blockchain is still new to many people and resources for education based application are very rare, even if it is there, yet not many are open-source.
KW - Inclusion
KW - Open learning ecosystem
KW - Smart learning environment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85085476458
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-45697-9_35
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-45697-9_35
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85085476458
SN - 9783030456962
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 357
EP - 366
BT - Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3, , WorldCIST 2020
A2 - Rocha, Álvaro
A2 - Adeli, Hojjat
A2 - Reis, Luís Paulo
A2 - Costanzo, Sandra
A2 - Orovic, Irena
A2 - Moreira, Fernando
PB - Springer
Y2 - 7 April 2020 through 10 April 2020
ER -