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 Volume 12, Issue 1 (January 2025), Pages: 125-131

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 Original Research Paper

Challenges of IoT integration in education: A case study of students at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan

 Author(s): 

 Areej Derbas 1, *, Adnan Hnaif 2, Salah Al-Saleh 3, Ismail Al Zyoud 4, Haneen A. Al-Khawaja 5

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Sociology, School of Art, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
 2Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
 3Faculty of Information Technology, Zarqa University College, Al-Balqa Applied University, Zarqa, Jordan
 4Faculty of Art, Department of Sociology, University of Jordan, Amman, 130, Jordan
 5Department of Financial Technology and Banking, Faculty of Business, Ajloun National University, Ajloun, Jordan

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5840-3883

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.01.012

 Abstract

This study investigated the challenges university students face when using the Internet of Things (IoT) in education at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan. It also examined whether these challenges varied by gender and college affiliation. The research was conducted during the second semester of the 2023-2024 academic year with a randomly selected sample of 200 students from different colleges and academic levels. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire distributed electronically via the university's e-learning platform (Moodle). The findings highlighted significant challenges, such as technical problems, inadequate infrastructure, lack of training, security risks, and issues with the reliability of IoT-based assessments. The challenges differed based on gender and college type: male students and those in scientific colleges reported more issues related to infrastructure, security, and assessment reliability, while female students and those in humanities colleges identified more technical difficulties. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing these challenges to successfully integrate IoT technologies into education.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 IoT challenges, University education, Technical difficulties, Security vulnerabilities, Infrastructure issues

 Article history

 Received 2 September 2024, Received in revised form 20 December 2024, Accepted 6 January 2025

 Acknowledgment

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

Informed consent was obtained from all participants, and their anonymity and data confidentiality were maintained throughout the study.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Derbas A, Hnaif A, Al-Saleh S, Al Zyoud I, and Al-Khawaja HA (2025). Challenges of IoT integration in education: A case study of students at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(1): 125-131

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