Is Blockchain the Answer to Education’s Learner Record Issues?
One classic problem in education is the difficulty that learners face when it comes to showcasing their achievements in order to transfer to different educational programs or to capitalize on job opportunities.
More and more groups are looking to blockchain as part of the solution. Earlier this month, the American Council on Education (ACE) revealed that it received funding from the U.S. Department of Education to support research on blockchain’s potential to solve the learner record quagmire. The money will also be used to help fund pilot projects throughout the country later this year.
Louis Soares, the lead for the ACE initiative, said the heightened mobility of learners and the variability of learning itself — whether it takes place in a school, the workplace or another setting — have created a need to consider how the qualities of blockchain may improve the flow of learning record information.
