Blockchain has impacted several sectors and the eld of education is no exception. During times of the pandemic, the education sector was quick to adapt to digitization. This is where blockchain can prove to be a game-changer.
To begin with, blockchain can hugely change the way students and teachers interact and also the manner in which academic documentation is handled. The transparency and accountability of blockchain's distributed ledger technology can immensely benet the education sector. Let's take a look at how blockchain can impact education.
#1 Managing student records
Currently, manual verication of students records takes a lot of time and effort.
Transferring records of students who are on exchange programs or those who change institutions in the middle of the academic year can be managed easily using blockchain.
It will easily allow direct access to records of various institutions and in exchanging content across institutions.
Once information is stored on the blockchain, document conrmation can be easily done in a few clicks.
#2 Issuance of certicates and diplomas
Blockchain helps in issuing digital certicates and diplomas to students instead of the conventional paper documents.
Digital certicates have an advantage over paper counterparts in the following ways:
They consume less resources and are less prone to damage.
Digital certicates can be granted instantly in a smooth and easy manner.
Providing digital documents can greatly reduce instances of forgery.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is leading the way by issuing digital blockchain-stored certicates since 2017.
#3 Storage of documents
Currently, digital storage of documents has a lot of constraints.
They take up humongous space for storing degrees, curricula and all other miscellaneous records. Local storage of academic documents may lead to risk of loss of data.
Cloud storage also faces problems of centralization.
Blockchain-based cloud services can tremendously improve the process of storage of documents by offering secure and convenient solutions.
#4 Creating lessons and courses
Using smart-contracts, educators can program lessons and courses onto a blockchain. Smart contracts help outline a list of tasks for the completion of a course, whereby the instructors get notied about assignments completed by students.
Blockchain can also benet researchers and help publish their research papers in a hassle-free manner.
It saves them from the painstaking procedure of conventional publication.
The management and protection rights of researchers are also ensured.
Examination papers can also be created with the help of smart contracts and the evaluation can be further done using blockchain-enabled technology.
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