An overview of blockchain for higher education

Timothy J Arndt

doi:10.5220/0008343902310235

An overview of blockchain for higher education

Timothy J Arndt

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Abstract

Blockchain technology is one of the most widely acclaimed technologies of recent years. It enables the creation of distributed applications involving multiple actors or organizations in which transactions and data are not under the control of a central authority. Transactions are stored in a distributed public ledger in an immutable format in such a way that they can be verified by participants. This disintermediation promises to remove much of the “friction” (and lower costs) from distributed transactions by cutting out the intermediary party, thus enabling a variety of applications in finance, government, health, etc. This paper provides an overview of recent research in the application of blockchain technology to higher education for those who are interested in working in this area or just understanding how higher education may be positively impacted in the future by blockchain.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IC3K 2019 - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
Editors	Jorge Bernardino, Ana Salgado, Joaquim Filipe
Place of Publication	prt
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	231-235
Number of pages	5
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897583827
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0008343902310235
State	Published - Jan 1 2019
Event	11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2019 - Vienna, Austria Duration: Sep 17 2019 → Sep 19 2019

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Conference	11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2019
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	09/17/19 → 09/19/19

Keywords

Blockchain
Certification
Higher Education
Smart Contract

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Arndt, TJ 2019, An overview of blockchain for higher education. in J Bernardino, A Salgado & J Filipe (eds), IC3K 2019 - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. vol. 3, SciTePress, prt, pp. 231-235, 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2019, Vienna, Austria, 09/17/19. https://doi.org/10.5220/0008343902310235

An overview of blockchain for higher education. / Arndt, Timothy J.
IC3K 2019 - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. ed. / Jorge Bernardino; Ana Salgado; Joaquim Filipe. Vol. 3 prt: SciTePress, 2019. p. 231-235.

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