Blockchain in HE: Caution and Necessity (1)
The Joint Research Centre (2017) asserts that “open education” will be achieved through appropriate technology, credential recognition, stakeholder collaboration, and...
Blockchain in HE: Records Management (2)
Russel (2017) reported that in summer 2015, Sony Global Education began developing a blockchain-based digital platform for the storage and...
Blockchain in HE: Records Management (1)
Duan et al (2017) conceptualize a blockchain “diploma record” that would include quantitative and qualitative information on grades, progression, marks,...
Blockchain in HE: Paradigm Challenges (3)
Tapscott and Tapscott (2017) remind us that blockchain enables trust without reliance on intermediaries. The Internet of Things (“IoT”) will...
Blockchain in HE: Paradigm Challenges (2)
The Open University (2017) argues that student records are still paper-based. There are hundreds of thousands of known fraudulent credentials...
Blockchain in HE: Paradigm Challenges (1)
Blockchain technology is applicable to new methods of HE, such as the MOOC. Since MOOC participation requires no physical interaction...
Blockchain in HE: Adapt and Adopt, or Perish (2)
Sieber (2017) discusses the future of universities. Western universities were born from need, trade routes, and energetic collectives. A millennia...
Blockchain in HE: Adapt and Adopt, or Perish (1)
Blockchain’s potential for social and economic disruption is rooted in its distributed ledger capability. The ledger is a foundational technology...
MOOCs
In 1999, the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair declared that 50% of young British people would be receiving HE by...