Query: blockchain education

title: TEduChain: A Platform for Crowdsourcing Tertiary Education Fund using Blockchain Technology
abstract: Blockchain is an emerging technology framework for creating and storing transaction in distributed ledgers with a high degree of security and reliability. In this paper we present a blockchain based platform to create and store contracts in between students and their higher education sponsors. The sponsorship might be in any form, such as scholarship, donation or loan. The fund will be arranged and managed by a group of competitive agents (Fundraisers) who will hold the distributed ledgers and act as miners in the blockchain network.

title: The upcoming Blockchain adoption in Higher education: requirements and process
abstract: The Blockchain is a process which divide the data into blocks which are secured through unique cryptography algorithms to ensure privacy and security. The blocks are connected to each other in mesh topology which create a chain. Blockchain is start to be utilized through different domain such as banking, government, defense and educations. Today the higher education's institutions are grants to run campuses in different cities and different countries. Hence, securing the data transactions such as student profiles and certifications is considering significant concerns for security professions. Hence, this research is about highlighting the studies which cover the possibility of adopting Blockchain in education institutions. The concluded recommendation will be generated based on investigations running in the higher education field.

title: Blockchain technology and gamification conditions and opportunities for education
abstract: The paper focuses on two solutions supporting education. One of the aspects shows the potential of the modern blockchain concept, whereas the other refers to the forms of work based on the natural learners' need to compete, namely, gamification. Both areas have been intensely developed as part of the implementation of ICT in the detailed didactics, including adult education. The presentation of both ICT mediated solutions is the result of Authors' participation in the project Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion.

title: Trustless education? A blockchain system for university grades1
abstract: We have implemented a blockchain system based on Ethereum for use by a university to store student grades and to provide a cryptocurrency. Based upon an exploratory, qualitative evaluation we have found several tensions between the concept of a university as an organization and the concept of distributed autonomous organizations (DAOs) in Ethereum. These include tensions in (i) mechanisms of trust, (ii) boundaries of openness and (iii) values in procedures. In this article we outline our implementation and the evaluation process.

title: A Novel Blockchain based Education Records Verification Solution
abstract: This paper proposes a novel blockchain based technique for creating an environment where individuals can be the custodians of their official education records and can easily share those records with others. A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, open record of all cryptographic data exchanges. One key characteristic of the blockchain is its decentralized nature. Unlike records or accounts maintained by department, college, university, government agencies and other institutions, the blockchain does not require an intermediary to complete education records or alter records. Our solution incorporating the advanced features of blockchain allows education providers to issue official certificates that supply proof of completion or achievement. The proposed framework could also provide the corresponding functions for the after college education and many other further usages.

title: E^2 C Chain: A Two Stage Incentive Education Employment and Skill Certification Blockchain
abstract: Employment and workforce industry become more important because the human capital value is linked to the company's profitability. Company becomes employee centric in the 21st century. To hire an appropriate employee, and reduce hiring liability workplace violence, background screening marketing growth quickly. However, in the human resource industry, background check still is a pain point, especially for employment, education, and skill verification. The traditional background check is prolonged and inaccurate. For overseas recruitment, background check will be more troublesome. This paper comprehensively addresses the challenge of the education, employment and skill verification problem. We propose an innovation E^2 C Chain which is a two stage blockchain based education, employment and skill certification system. In the first stage, the new blocks are created when a trust organization verifies the education and employment information of the employee. In the second stage, to encourage the verifiers to participate in the skill verification process, we employ a Vickrey Clarke Groves (VCG) game based incentive mechanism to find the Nash Equilibrium and ensure social cost minimization. We also present the theoretical proofs and extensive simulations to demonstrate beneficial properties and efficiency of our proposed system.

title: Blockchain Technology in Education System: A Review
abstract: Blockchain technology can be used to solve many educational problems and can help educators as well as learners to monitor the learning outcomes. The data can be stored securely and tamper proof format when it's stored onto the blockchain network. The Blockchain for Education platform helps us to make the tamper proof certificates and their correct and the overall permanent allocation of these certificates to learners, as well as verification of certificates. It can reduce the overall frauds and tampering of the degrees and certificates. Here smart contracts can be designed and deployed on to the Ethereum blockchain that can be designed using the solidity programming language. Blockchain can be applied to private, public and consortium sectors depending upon the usage and the scope of the blockchain. Education system can take benefit of this scalability of the blockchain and can be effectively useful in the

title: Decentralising online education using blockchain technology
abstract: Blockchain technology provides a decentralised peer to peer infrastructure, supporting openness, transparency, accountability, identity management and trust. As such, the Blockchain has the potential to revolutionise online education in a number of ways. Blockchain technology offers opportunities to thoroughly rethink how we find educational content and training services online, how we register and pay for them, as well as how we get accredited for what we have learned and how this accreditation affects our career trajectory. This paper explores the different aspects of online education that are affected by this new paradigm. In particular, we investigate the different scenarios where the use of Blockchain technology can make online education more open and decentralised, while placing learners in control of their learning process and its associated data. Additionally, we discuss various approaches to the Semantic Blockchain and the applications of these approaches on online education.

title: Blockchain and its Potential in Education
abstract: The proposed paper presents a literature review regarding the status of integrating the dynamic blockchain technology in the educational field. Blockchain is a relatively new technology and the same is its implementation in education. The emerging need in this area of research, which still is in its infancy, is justified by the possible use cases; some of these cases are in piloting phase, while others have already been adopted by educational institutions. This paper focuses on extending knowledge about blockchain and on identifying the benefits, risks and the associated challenges regarding the successful implementation of blockchain based solutions in the field of education, fully in line with standards and guidelines for quality assurance.

title: A Preliminary Review of Blockchain Based Solutions in Higher Education
abstract: Blockchain technology is showing its potential to disrupt established business processes. Four types of blockchain initiatives have been identified: Record keeper, efficiency play, digital asset market, and blockchain disruptor. Many different applications have also been emerging within the educational domain, following a student or institution centric approach. Student centric solutions simplify the validation process of received credentials, while institution centric solutions facilitate mainly operational activities of educational institutions. In this paper, we present several use cases addressing different aspects within the educational domain, such as streamlining the process of diploma verification, virtual lifetime learning passport, securing the issued certificates permanently, verifying the accreditation process, automatic recognition of credits, etc. A preliminary review and analysis of identified projects and initiatives show that most of them follow a student centric approach while facilitating record keeping.