Systematic Literature Review of Fourth Industrial Revolution on Higher Education: Implications for Higher Education Sustainability

Abstract

The current research aims to clarify the relationship between the sustainability in higher education and the fourth industrial revolution through acknowledging the factors contribute to the sustainability of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in higher education, defining the effect of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) on higher education, particularly in terms of sustainability, and the challenges that higher educational institutions face in implementing Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies. It utilizes the PRISMA guidelines; a selection process narrowed down 127 initially identified articles to 39 relevant studies for in-depth analysis. The results of the research confirms that the characteristics of the 4th industrial revolution have been reflected on higher education and hence require its speedy response for it to cope with the digital innovations and  the integration of advanced technologies including the artificial intelligence, blockchain and internet of things into educational frameworks to ensure the the sustainability of 4IR in higher education institutions .Moreover, it elucidates that Higher education teaching has changed significantly due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the traditional teaching methods have been revolutionized through the application of technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and machine learning (ML).