Effect of Blockchain on Education: A Systemic Literature Review

Abstract

Education is a significant part of the human life that is changes with time as the world goes through technological advancements. One of these technologies is blockchain that is being integrated into different fields like finance, agriculture and education. The purpose of this paper is to write a review on the work that has been done in the education sector in the last five years. Firstly, after all levels of the selection procedure, 24 articles were chosen to respond to the research questions. Secondly, the exploration of blockchain in the education sector is discussed in detail and how this technology can be of great advantage in the future. Thirdly, taxonomy of blockchain’s use in education is conferred. Lastly, the challenged and gaps of this specific topic were discussed.