Blockchain as a baseline technology for community development program of higher education institutions in society 5.0: A literature review

• Main Authors: Guzman, Henry De, Ermita, Philip P.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Big Data; Blockchain; Classification; Cloud computing; Community development; Cryptography; Data analysis; Data management; Electronic documents; Higher education; Higher education institutions; Literature reviews; Quality assessment
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0162499

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are mandated to create a community extension program because it is one of its significant functions. This literature review about blockchain as a baseline technology for Community Development Program for HEI in Society 5.0 (CDPHEIS 5.0) supports the researchers’ previous research “A Community Development Program Framework for Higher Education Institutions in Society 5.0” (CDPFHEIS 5.0). This is the first series of actions conducted after the research to make that framework operational. After thoroughly conducting the study, it was identified that blockchain contributes popularity and functionality to the objective because of its well-known and exciting features. Also, it was assumed that it could be used on other applications such as in CDPHEIS 5.0. The researchers conducted a set of literature reviews for some sixty-two (62) latest published and unpublished journals, books, and articles about blockchain technological applications such as IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Data Management, Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence. Categorization by using e-forms such as Google Forms or Microsoft Forms were utilized. Finding the initial outcomes of categorization through selection and quality assessment of the data encoded in the e-forms was also performed. Any researcher who needs to review myriads of references can use e-forms such as Google Docs and Microsoft Forms to make categorizing easier. After conducting the literature review, the researchers found this process much easier, saving time for more important steps of the study. Based on the results and analysis conducted, IoT is the blockchain technology that might be integrated alongside blockchain itself to implement CDPHEIS 5.0 to achieve the goals of Society 5.0.