Blockchain Technology Applications in Education

【Author】 Pulist, S. K.

【Source】BULLETIN OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

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【Abstract】The new technologies have always attracted the educationists and educational planners at different levels to make their optimum use in overcoming constraints and enhancing the teaching and learning experiences of the teachers and the taught alike. Some of the developments are: extensive use of Big Data, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Another new area that is attracting the education sector is the use of Blockchain Technology. The Blockchain Technology is the addition to the Education 4.0 phenomenon It is an emerging technology that works on the principles of distribution and decentralisation. The article provided a thorough review of the book entitled Blockchain Technology Applications in Education edited by Ramesh Chandra Sharma, Hakan Yildirim, and Gulsun Kurubacak It is one of the few titles which focus on application of Blockchain Technology in the field of Education The authors of the respective chapters provide a range of possible applications of Blockchain Technology for managing education The Book also focuses on management of institutional database using Blockchain Technology providing more authenticity and security to the student data pertaining to certificates and grade-sheets by providing a foolproof authentication to all the stockholders. A few of the chapters focus on use of Blockchain Technology in handling bigdata at open and distance education institutions also. The book is a must read for the educational policy makers, implementers and educationists at large since it gives a new insight into various dimensions of this comparatively new area of technological implementation in education. This would help them in transforming their approach to pedagogical processes.

【Keywords】Blockchain; Book Review; Data Analytics; Digital Credentialing; Ethereum; Open and Distance Learning; Open Source; Virtual Identities

【发表时间】2021 MAR

【收录时间】2022-02-14

【文献类型】期刊

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