Blockchain Innovations in Education: Empowering Students with Smart Contracts

Abstract:—A lot of people are interested in how blockchain
technology can be used in education because it has the potential
to change everything. The main point of this study is to
investigate how the Internet of Things (IoT), smart contracts,
and blockchain technology can be used to give students more
power in the classroom. Traditional school systems have a lot of
problems when it comes to being open, safe, and effective. When
old-fashioned ways of keeping records and managing data are
used, wrong information, fraud, and not being able to access
data are possible outcomes. In the past, though, studies have
been done on separate parts of these technologies. This work
suggests a complete plan to fix current issues in the education
field that makes use of how blockchain technology, smart
contracts, and the IoT can work together. The study uses a
mixed-methods approach, which means that it uses both
qualitative and quantitative evaluations. The results show that
there is an effect that is good for student empowerment because
it makes it easier for students to get to learning materials and
generally lowers the amount of work that needs to be done.
Keywords:— Education Technology, Blockchain, Smart
Contracts, Internet of Things, Student Empowerment