Blockchain Revolution in Higher Education
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-revolution-in-higher-education/
May 25, 2018 - This project explores how blockchain is transforming education with a focus on higher ed—vocational schools, community colleges, universities, and corporate training and development—from establishing student identity, protecting their privacy, financing their coursework, measuring their progress, and recording their credentials of achievement through open data exchange protocols. The development of microcredentialing capabilities, pay-as-you-learn funding models, and massively open online courses, plus the co-creation of open educational resources, are making the meta-university and lifelong learning affordable and accessible for more stu...
Keyword: academic record,
BlockCerts,
edtech,
education,
Learning Is Earning 2026,
MIT Media Lab,
MOOC,
OER,
OpenBadges,
SDG 10,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
Sony Global Education,
student ID,
T&D
Blockchain Revolution in Education and Lifelong Learning
File Type: Document
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-revolution-in-education-and-lifelong-learning/
Apr 22, 2019 - Updated in collaboration with the IBM Institute for Business Value, this project explores how blockchain is transforming education with an emphasis on lifelong learning and the reskilling of the workforce. It covers not just traditional educational institutions but also corporate training and development, where innovators are using blockchain to establish student identity, protect privacy, finance coursework, measure progress, and record badges of achievement and skills mastery. The implementation of microcredentialing capabilities, pay-as-you-learn funding models, and massively open online courses, plus the co-creation of open educational re...
Keyword: BlockCerts,
Credly,
Degreed,
edtech,
education,
IBM,
IMS Global Learning Consortium,
learning pathways,
MIT Media Lab,
MOOC,
OER,
open data exchange protocols,
OpenBadges,
SDG 10,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
Sovrin Alliance,
student ID,
T&D
Consolidating Multiple Ledgers with Blockchain
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/consolidating-multiple-ledgers-with-blockchain/
Nov 17, 2018 - Rare is the case study that clearly lays out a plan of action for government officials serious about improving their services. Anthony Williams explores how blockchain can simplify and improve government efficiency in Canada by providing a single digital ledger for all accounts. He assesses the current general ledger system, compares it with best practices in Estonia, Sweden, and the United States, and proposes a blockchain-based solution. His analysis is not cheerleading; it is clear-headed. He lays out the relevant challenges and implementation costs including managing risk and connecting with existing policies and procedures. Canada has an...
Keyword: digital identity,
e-Governance Academy,
e-voting,
FASt Lane,
financial services,
general ledger,
government,
ISED,
land registry,
payroll,
SDG 16,
triple-entry accounting,
X-Road
Managing Blockchain Transparency
File Type: Document, Infographic, Video
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/managing-blockchain-transparency/
Nov 10, 2017 - In this research, Park explains that transparency is a design choice. Whether the blockchain is public and permissionless, such as the Bitcoin or Ethereum blockchains, or private and permissioned, such as Ripple or Hyperledger implementations, transactions are traceable with attribution of actions to identifiers. Therefore, the technology has a native high level of transparency. Users can still protect their privacy in both private and public blockchains: some methods are procedural and involve the smart usage of the protocol, whereas others are technological and use mathematics. Park argues for public disclosure even on permissioned blockcha...
Keyword: Enron,
financial innovation,
financial services,
linkable ring signatures,
permissioned blockchain,
permissionless,
R3,
Rotman School of Management,
SDG 16,
technology,
University of Toronto,
zero knowledge proofs
Reinventing Healthcare on the Blockchain
File Type: Document, Infographic, Video
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/reinventing-healthcare-on-the-blockchain/
Jan 12, 2018 - The healthcare systems of many countries work for neither the medical professionals nor the patients they serve. It is the only industry where innovation drives costs up. The problem ultimately resides in industrial-age thinking about healthcare delivery, where intermediaries hoard data, assume patient ignorance, and exclude anyone without insurance. This project flips the model: patients co-create and own their data, have full access to it, and can monetize it on the blockchain.
Keyword: clinical trial,
data security,
disease management,
healthcare,
medical IoT,
medical records,
patient identity,
pharmaceutical,
SDG 10,
SDG 17,
SDG 3,
SDG 9,
single-payer
