REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES ON HOW BLOCKCHAIN CAN DISRUPT EDUCATION
REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES ON HOW BLOCKCHAIN CAN DISRUPT EDUCATION
Author(s): Alexandra Cernian, Andreea Maria PaulSubject(s): Higher Education , ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: blockchain; education; digital certificates; MOOC;
Summary/Abstract: Blockchain is the new electricity and the biggest invention after the emergence of the Internet. Now it is the most disruptive distributed technology, used to conduct secured transactions, carried out in a decentralized manner. For sure, education is one of the domains that can be changed soon by blockchain. It is estimated that the edtech sector it will reach $93.76 billion by 2020 [1]. Technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality have already been successfully integrated in the educational process. So, the next breakthrough could come from blockchain technology and there are already several perspectives on how it can transform education. This paper will focus on providing a state of the art of current initiatives and discuss the perspectives on how blockchain can disrupt the education industry.
Journal: Conference proceedings of »eLearning and Software for Education« (eLSE)
- Issue Year: 16/2020
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 45-50
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English