Title:
Blockchain-based approach to create a model of trust in open and ubiquitous higher education
Authors:
David Lizcano, Juan A. Lara, Bebo White & Shadi Aljawarneh
Published:
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, Volume 32, 109-134 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-019-09209-y
From the abstract:
"Currently, the training of the future work force presents challenging problems to higher education. This training, in the form of practical and theoretical knowledge can come from multiple platforms, channels and means, both formal and informal. In addition, it is quite difficult to assess the knowledge skill level that a student has acquired to optimize their chances for future employability. This, together with the need to still manage academic curricula on paper, the problems of confidence when validating these documents and contrasting them with real knowledge, etc., means that management in higher education requires revolutionary new tools. This work evaluates the benefits of the blockchain (or distributed ledger) technology and advocates a decentralised model of confidence for transactions based on an academic crypto currency."