How DLT Can Improve Education

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The subsequent creation of various blockchain projects and alternate cryptocurrencies has shown that blockchain technology can provide innovative changes across a broad spectrum.

Educational institutions are a vital cog in the development of new technology and the industry certainly hasn't lagged behind in terms of adoption, implementation, as well as researching and developing the applications of blockchain technology.

In a major move for both blockchain and education, the Maltese government signed a contract that would see all educational records in the country stored on a blockchain.

Students will use Fujitsu's online Fisdom platform to take the course, while Sony's Global Education blockchain cloud services will record the examination results and course data.

The country's government announced plans to digitize national higher education results using blockchain technology in February 2019.

Canada's Southern Alberta Institute of Technology has also adopted blockchain technology to provide digital copies of diplomas to the graduating class of 2019.

In the U.S., the University of Pennsylvania recently unveiled a new course on fintech that includes modules on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

The last decade has proven that blockchain technology can improve a vast number of existing processes.

The school proposes that blockchain technology can be used to create and manage a metadata system for libraries.

The options are potentially endless when it comes to the applications of blockchain in the education sector.

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