Internet of Things - New paradigm of learning. Challenges for business

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new technology paradigm envisioned as a global network of machines and devices capable of interacting with each other. It can change everything - including ourselves because technology and accompanying digital transformation change a character and a way of the current learning process. On the one hand, it refers to a man that acquires more and more advanced digital skills and competencies supported by smart education systems. On the other hand, it refers to smart machines based on artificial intelligence (AI) which analyse people’s opinions, decisions and behaviour, thanks to which they acquire knowledge and learn their emotions. As a result, they perform activities that used to be characteristic only for people. In such an approach, education becomes a natural activity at the same time being a natural sequence of remaining in the ecosystem of mutual connections. But it is also a source of dangers of informational rubbish bin and post-true messages that could spoil a real learning effort. Undoubtedly, it creates a great number of new challenges facing enterprises which while combining innovative technologies with their core resources will build their own ecosystem of Smart Business Intelligence. The aim of the paper is to identify and explore possibilities of IoT as a new paradigm for learning, with particular focus on its significance for business.