A Learner-Centred Approach for Lifelong Learning Powered by the Blockchain

Alexander Mikroyannidis, John Domingue, Michelle Bachler, Kevin Quick Knowledge Media Institute,

Figure 2: A learner-centred ecosystem of educational transactions.

John Domingue. Director KMi. The Open University

Hoy hemos seleccionado para la lectura este artículo titulado : “A Learner-Centred Approach for Lifelong Learning Powered by the Blockchain” de Alexander Mikroyannidis, John Domingue, Michelle Bachler, Kevin Quick Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
United Kingdom
{Alexander.Mikroyannidis, John.Domingue, Michelle.Bachler, Kevin.Quick}@open.ac.uk

knowledge Media institute. Open University

Abstract:

The emergence of Blockchain technology promises to revolutionise not only the financial world, but also lifelong learning in many different ways. Blockchain technology offers opportunities to thoroughly rethink how we find educational content and training services online, how we register and pay for them, as well as how we get accredited for what we have learned and how this accreditation affects our career trajectory. This paper explores the different aspects of lifelong learning that are affected by this new paradigm and describes an ecosystem that places the learner at the centre of the learning process and its associated data. More specifically, we outline the ways that ePortfolios, accreditation and tutoring can evolve within this learner-centred ecosystem and we discuss the various benefits that this evolution bears for lifelong learners.

Figure 3: A university seen as a very simple transaction system.