Business Information Systems and Internet of Things in Educational Sector

Business Information
System
(Educational Sector)
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Identifying & evaluating the characteristics or significance globally of the Internet of Things.3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Analysing the organisational opportunities as well as the challenges which are posed by the
educational sector by Internet of Things.....................................................................................5
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
Applying the value chain or virtual value chain to evaluate how value is created as well as
delivered in the business by the Internet of Things.....................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
The concept of business information system can be stated as a system that is utilized in
order to provide different organisational information so to have effective conduct of business
operations as well as in efficient way. The BIS adopts technology or the use of computer system
like software & hardware with the set procedures and data. The human resource is highly
responsible in context to have technological expertise fro developing & designing the
documentation system for the firm (Barata and Cunha, 2017). The present report includes a
discussion upon the educational sector which is adopting the business information system into its
practice so to provide education to the students as well as providing them a better learning
experience for their future. The report includes a discussion over the identification as well as the
evaluation of different characteristics along with a global level significance related to internet of
things in educational field. Also, the report includes a deep insight upon the evaluation of
business opportunities as well as the challenges that are posed to the educational sector through
the internet of things. The application of value chain as well as the virtual value chain is being
also considered in context to evaluate the creation & delivery of values within business through
internet of things. The internet of things is being stated as the physical objects that are embed
with sensors or processing ability with some software & different technologies. This helps in
connecting & exchange of data with different devices as well as systems over the communication
networks & internet. The educational sector adopts internet of things in respect to develop the
teaching as well as student learning so that a student can have career growth & development
could be happen in a professional way.
TASK 1
Identifying & evaluating the characteristics or significance globally of the Internet of Things
The concept of Internet of things is being considered as a network of different different
devices that are being attached with the support of software as well as electronics. This needs for
a proper network connectivity that focuses to modify & compile various forms of information.
The internet of things is being executed in different industries like travel with teaching &
telecommunication or many more. Discussing about the internet of things within the educational
sector, it is the major reason which the internet of things has enhanced the sector of education
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itself through providing higher value to the educational environment as well as learning
structure. In present time there is a presence of various smart schools that uses the internet of
things which facilitates the work smoothly so to encourage the higher level of personalized
learning. The smart devices that are being used within the campus generally is the Wi-Fi
networks so to receive different instructions & circulate the data. There is also a computational
internet of things system in many schools or colleges that supports & keeps proper track of their
main resources. This provides assistance in developing the smart learning plans through
designing the secure premises which aims at enhancing the information access as well as many
others. The Internet of things is the advanced technique that is regarded as a latest method of
managing classrooms. There are different characteristics as well as significance of internet of
things software's within the educational sector. One to one learning is one of the usage of internet
of things in the sector of education (Chen and et. al., 2017).
In present time the learning is not only limited to the combination of different texts or
images but is now more wider than this. There is a presence of different text books that are web
based application in respect to add additional as well as attractive materials with an aim of
encouraging students to learn with those animations & assessments with the videos or other
interactive materials in their process of learning. This has provided help to the students in having
the wider concept to attain knowledge on new concepts for deeper understanding as well as
developing effective communications with their friends & teachers. The internet of things
supports the students in making discussing for real world issues in their classroom sessions that
are being guided by the educational faculties so to find out the solutions of such problems.
Security is also an application within the education sector. There are numerous students who are
there in the class within the institution & monitors each & every activity that is not easy for them
to do. Students within an institution could become the culprit of numerous risks as well as needs
highly smart security as compared to the rest of the people & places of work. The internet of
things provides value to all these problems as well as develops the security of schools & colleges
along with other learning institutions as well. There is an existent of various technologies like 3D
positioning by which the students could be able to monitor the whole day. The presence of
students could be reported at any time. There are various alternatives that provides the distressed
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