Attendance system based on the Internet of Things for supporting blended learning

A number of learning systems have been developed in recent years to provide secure attendance systems for blended learning; however, most have not been very successful. Furthermore, alongside increasing the level of awareness of the need to deploy interoperable physical and virtual learning services for each university that supports the idea of blended learning, there exists an immediate need for the establishment of clear standards and guidelines for the successful integration of all physical and virtual attendance systems that relate to blended learning services. The importance and motivation for designing a new attendance system based on the Internet of Things that supports blended learning at Taif University in Saudi Arabia is discussed in this paper with respect to three perspectives: security, which includes identity; the Internet of Things, comprising physical and virtual objects; and blended learning, containing Blackboard system. Not many systems abide guidelines for all of these perspectives; thus, the proposed system aims to change this and provide its users with attendance and the ability to access their physical and virtual learning services in a secure and usable way.