ERIC Number: EJ1366808
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
EISSN: EISSN-1744-5191
A Blockchain-Enabled E-Learning Platform
Interactive Learning Environments, v30 n7 p1229-1251 2022
The properties of a blockchain such as immutability, provenance, and peer-executed smart contracts could bring a new level of security, trust, and transparency to e-learning. In this paper, we introduce our proof-of-concept blockchain-based e-learning platform developed to increase transparency in assessments and facilitate curriculum personalisation in a higher education context. Most notably, our platform could automate assessments and issue credentials. We designed it to be pedagogically neutral and content-neutral in order to showcase the benefits of a blockchain back-end to end users such as students and teaching staff. Our evaluation suggests that our platform could increase trust in online education providers, assessment procedures, education history and credentials.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Credentials, Higher Education, Curriculum Development, Credibility, Privacy, Computer Security, Learning Management Systems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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