Impact of IoT in the education sector

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3/9/2022

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Until recently,
education remained
largely the same:
buy books, show up
to class, write down
notes, study, and
take the tests you
need to pass. How
students were
taking in new
information did
evolve over the
years to involve
laptop computers for
note-taking, online
books and even
participating in class
over electronic
devices. Then the
COVID-19
pandemic introduced a world of technological education solutions that turned the industry upside
down and fully online and remote.

The internet of things, or IoT, has disrupted the education sector and helped improve the safety and
connectivity of students, teachers and administrators. This article dives into the technology that
changed the world and the impact IoT has had on the newest generation of learners.

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IoT in education has provided breakthrough learning opportunity.

Technology in education
Business Insider noted in February 2022, that technology has streamlined not only the
communication among educational institutions but also leveled up the lessons teachers are offering
their students, how they keep track of resources, and introduced personalized education for students.

What does personalized education look like? When a student opts to engage online with a class and
its professor, the data that is shared, such as how quickly the student can get through the reading
assignment and answer questions, as well as how they collect research to complete projects, can
inform the professor on the unique learning ability of each student. These data points can help keep
an increasingly online classroom engaged so each learner still feels seen, heard, and cared for.
These technologies can even be automated depending on how robust the platform is that the
educator is using.

This technology can impact grades from kindergarten to senior classes in college, and it doesn't stop
with students, but reaches their guardians as well. A caretaker can choose to get more involved with
their child's education with apps like ClassDojo that allow caretakers to see their children's school
days through pictures and captions. In a world where more families are operating as two-income
households to stay afloat, these connectivity apps can help parents feel supported and grant them
access to information so they can better guide children at home.

The impact of IoT on education

An experiment published in Education and Information Technologies in 2022 found that the negative
impact on young children with exposure to IoT was minimal. It helped children in several ways, we
will explore these reasons to follow.

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The first implication of early-age IoT exposure is the chance to learn ubiquitously. Autonomous
learning is a huge part of setting children up for success later in life — one example would be in
college where there is no parental figure to make sure they do their work on time or at all. Learning
how to problem solve on their own can help both academically and socially. While the first exposure
to IoT for children is usually through online gameplay, those experiences do advance the relevant
skills in a way that playing with dolls or building blocks could not in the past.

Secondly, these children will grow to understand the difference and connection between the physical
and virtual world. In raising a generation of children who could be essentially raised by technology,
parents have the opportunity to explore what the digital world could look like for their children as well
as how these features are different from that of their physical reality.

A research article by Jackie Marche in Sage Journals discovered that the study child, Amy, over two
months of observation, was able to develop agency on how she wanted to play and learn. The study
found that by being offered both physical and digital opportunities for play and learning, she was able
to experience more complexity in her day-to-day compared to only choosing one type of learning
pattern.

Business Insider noted that more than a quarter of the parents surveyed (31%) said their children
have had a smartphone between the ages of 6 and 10. These digitally native children have no choice
but to transform education with their use of the IoT.

A connected future with Perle

We are proud supporters of education and the future it holds for its students. To future proof this
sector for the next generation of learners, we offer Fiber Media Converters to enhance the bandwidth
capacity and extend fiber links over greater distances for educators. We have helped education
institutions from Purdue to Pennsylvania State University, and we can help your school as well.
Check out our education page for success stories and more information.

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