Current Status, Issues, and Challenges of Blockchain Applications in Education

• Main Authors: Yan Ma, Yiming Fang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kassel University Press 2020-06-01
• Series: International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
• Subjects: blockchain, educational application, current status, issues and challenges
• Online Access: https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/13797

Due to the unique characteristics of decentralization and security, blockchain is believed to have considerable potential to provide a wide range of benefits for ed-ucation development. Its application in education is relatively new but increasing very quickly. This paper introduced the typical blockchain techniques and charac-teristics briefly. Then, recent applications of blockchain in education were sum-marized comprehensively, especially those regarding learning record keeper, cer-tificate issue and management, and decentralized education ecosystem. Finally, technical and non-technical challenges were discussed. It is hoped to provide an in-depth look at the perspectives of blockchain in evolving education and help to the development of new application systems.