As the Blockchain wave sweeps across industries,
the education industry too will have its fair share of changes. Primary among
these will be a more secure digital framework for keeping your certificates,
documents secure as well as increased efficiency in operations like timely
submission of the assignment, peer to peer sharing of consensus verified
educational bio with potential recruiters etc.
The blockchain is a design framework first and technology next.
Underlying the blockchain is a distributed system for peer to peer sharing of
verified and incorruptible data or information pertaining to anything of
value. All locked-in data part of a
blockchain can be accessed remotely using a cryptographically secured pair of
private-public keys.
While the initial days witnessed the prowess of
Blockchain being applied to trigger alternate means of more secure, fair and
transparent transactions free of any middle-men or central authority, today the
technology is being seen as an answer to some of the problems that have long
plagued centralized database systems. Here are a few points from a recent
European Commision report that highlights the ways in which Blockchain
solutions may be introduced into education.
Blockchain may be used to eliminate traditional
methods of distribution physical certificates to accredited qualifications.
This can be easily replaced by a more secure and efficient digital avatar
called blocks. Blocks are nothing but crypto-secured information part of a
blockchain. All information is part of the distributed shared ledger and access
is limited to the individual.
A couple of institutions have already started
working towards this end. The frontrunner is, of course, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) which
would be transferring blockchain based digital certificates to its 100
graduates this year. This move is seen to empower students to be in charge of
their own credentials. The students will have complete ownership over who sees
the certificates.
In addition to MIT, Sony is also partnering with
IBM to offer a blockchain service for secure sharing of credentials between
students and employers, organization as well as government authorities. The
information will cover a range of data starting with course undertaken by the
university, the optional courses, the term results as well as the credentials
and certificates achieved during the term of the course.
These are still baby-steps for Blockchain in
Education sphere. Another equally important initiative is Blockclogy.
Blockology is one of the sub-apps of the blockchain powered Era Swap
Ecosystem. Blockology is an educational
mobile application with a vision for educating the current generation of
students about the benefits and use of blockchain. Using the app, students can
learn and implement Blockchain solution for the real-world scenario as well as
explore better career opportunities in the future.
Blocklogy is a great example of an e-learning app
for blockchain and other futuristic technologies. The app is available for
Android and will be launched in iOS (coming soon) platforms. It contains
courses in blockchain technology from beginner to expert level. So, anyone can
learn blockchain technology along with its practical applications and
development to make a career in it. Blocklogy was developed by KMPARDS with the
aim to make the youth expert in top technologies like blockchain to build
strong career on it.
Visit: http://www.blocklogy.org/
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