{"id":63054,"date":"2018-03-30T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=63054"},"modified":"2018-03-30T09:25:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T13:25:14","slug":"blockchain-is-it-good-for-education-virtuallyinspired-org-other-relevant-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/03\/30\/blockchain-is-it-good-for-education-virtuallyinspired-org-other-relevant-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Blockchain: Is it Good for Education?&#8221; [virtuallyinspired.org] + other relevant resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/virtuallyinspired.org\/blockchain-is-it-good-for-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blockchain: Is it Good for Education?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from virtuallyinspired.org<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Blockchain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blockchain is a public ledger type database made up of records called blocks that are linked together like a chain. \u00a0It is a shared unchallengeable ledger for recording the history of transactions.\u00a0<span id=\"more-2670\"><\/span>Here, the ledger records the history of academic accomplishments. An education ledger (blockchain) could store academic information such as degrees, diplomas, tests etc. It could be kind of digital transcript.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Few Potential Applications of Blockchain<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learning Credentials Repository \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0A blockchain database of credentials and achievements can be a secure online repository. Digitized records\/blocks replace paper copies for sharing proof of learning and can be easily accessible and tracked. Blockchain can make it easy to access all of your academic accomplishments in a digitized and ultra-secure way. Each record is a block. Your records would be chained together and new credentials will be added as you go throughout your lifetime of learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifelong Learning Building Blocks \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Informal learning activities could be captured, validated and stored in addition to formal learning accomplishments. This can be as simple as noting a watched video or completed online lesson. We\u2019re already seeing some universities using blockchain with badges,\u00a0credits, and qualifications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authenticating Credentials \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Institutions, recruiting firms or employers can easily access and verify credentials. No more gathering of papers or trying to digitize to share. Blocks are digital \u201clearning\u201d records and come in multilingual format eliminating the painstaking task of translation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What\u2019s more, with diploma mills and fake credentials causing havoc for institutions and employers, blockchain solves the issue by providing protection from fraud. It has two-step authentication and spreads blocks across numerous computer nodes. It would take hitting over 51% of computers to falsify a block.<\/p>\n<p>Sony and IBM have partnered and filed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchain-council.org\/blockchain\/sonys-new-patent-in-blockchain-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patents<\/a>\u00a0to develop a blockchain educational platform that can house student data, their performance reports and other information related to their academic records. Some universities have created their own platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/bitstream\/JRC108255\/jrc108255_blockchain_in_education%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blockchain in Education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from by Alexander Grech and\u00a0Anthony F. Camilleri<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<br \/>\n<\/strong>Blockchain technology is forecast to disrupt any field of activity that is founded on timestamped record-keeping of titles of ownership. Within education, activities likely to be disrupted by blockchain technology include the award of qualifications, licensing and accreditation, management of student records, intellectual property management and payments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Advantages of Blockchain Technology<br \/>\n<\/strong>From a social perspective, blockchain technology offers significant possibilities beyond those currently available. In particular, moving records to the blockchain can allow for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-sovereignty, i.e. for users to identify themselves while at the same time maintaining control over the storage and management of their personal data;<\/li>\n<li>Trust, i.e. for a technical infrastructure that gives people enough confidence in its operations to carry through with transactions such as payments or the issue of certificates;<\/li>\n<li>Transparency &amp; Provenance, i.e. for users to conduct transactions in knowledge that each party has the capacity to enter into that transaction;<\/li>\n<li>Immutability, i.e. for records to be written and stored permanently, without thepossibility of modification;<\/li>\n<li>Disintermediation, i.e. the removal of the need for a central controlling authority to manage transactions or keep records;<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration, i.e. the ability of parties to transact directly with each other without the need for mediating third parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ixsJ4zKlGH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/08\/09\/sony-education-blockchain\/\">Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain&#8221; &#8212; TechCrunch\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/08\/09\/sony-education-blockchain\/embed\/#?secret=erjo4wLw0z#?secret=ixsJ4zKlGH\" data-secret=\"ixsJ4zKlGH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain: Is it Good for Education? &#8212; from virtuallyinspired.org Excerpt: What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a public ledger type database made up of records called blocks that are linked together like a chain. \u00a0It is a shared unchallengeable ledger for recording the history of transactions.\u00a0Here, the ledger records the history of academic accomplishments. 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