📚 Blockchain in E-Learning
Making online learning a more secure and rewarding experience
Today's Highlights
- Using digital badges for easy verification
- Blockchain jobs - a listing of fresh jobs related to web3/blockchain/crypto.
- In Other News - a few interesting developments we're tracking.
Using digital badges for easy verification
Due to the pandemic, interest in e-learning has exploded. Even though the pandemic has left the thoughts of many people, e-learning is still popular. Many schools still offer virtual, or more commonly hybrid learning, and the technology has changed the way schools treat unexcused cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances, such as a blizzard, pandemic, etc..
Incorporating blockchain into e-learning can prove to be a perfect fit as it can help safeguard this model of education.
One of the most promising applications of blockchain in the e-learning space is the creation and use of secure digital badges. These digital badges are easily verifiable and can be added onto digital portfolios. Some examples of companies that offer digital badges in the e-learning space are Accredible (offers digital certification to companies like Rosetta Stone, Google, Udacity, etc.) and Edgecoin (offers blockchain based smart certificates).
Another potential application that could be exciting is rewarding students with cryptocurrency. For example, they could be rewarded for finishing programs quickly. Blockchain also has the potential to create a completely borderless and open education system. It can allow for instantaneous transfer of credit between multiple education institutions, and those same credits can be used by potential employers for evaluation.
All of this is being done without blockchain, but the technology makes the process more efficient and accurate. Most importantly, all this data is secure and private, and no information can be shared without the users’ permission.
While blockchain for e-learning is in very early stages, it could evolve into something more than just digital certificates as developers innovate in the space.
💡 Blockchain Jobs
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In Other News
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