Supporting Higher Education 4.0 with Blockchain

<p>This book explores the current and future impacts of blockchain technologies such as cryptocurrency on the education system. Blockchain is a disruptive technology based on a shared distributed ledger where transactions are registered by consensus in a network of peers using cryptographic mechanisms that render the records virtually immutable and ideally enable transparency auditability and resilience. What role then could it play in fostering transformative approaches such as student-centred teaching and learning distributed learning environments and lifelong learning? This book provides essential perspectives into blockchain applications and challenges within education and offers a broader view of blockchain technology against existing information and communication technologies used in education. Spanning the effects on institutions students and the labor market these chapters offer critical reviews and analyses of current research practical first-hand applications of blockchain in education and original conceptual models.</p>