Learning on the Block: Could Smart Transactional Models Help Power Personalized Learning?

Alongside a cultural shift toward openness and transparency, two emerging technologies – blockchain and smart contracts – have the potential to impact learning dramatically. Learning on the Block: Could Smart Transactional Models Help Power Personalized Learning?^© is a deep dive into the smart transactional modelsd river of change from our most recent comprehensive forecast, The Future of Learning: Education in the Era of Partners in Code.

To help education stakeholders consider this potential, this paper presents four scenarios exploring:

• Whether blockchain and smart contracts might provide the technical foundation for a new architecture for education
• How emerging social conditions and cultural mindsets might motivate the adoption of these technologies.

This paper includes:

• An overview of the basics of blockchain and smart contracts
• An explanation of the current cultural shift from hierarchical institutions to more distributed coordination
• Four imaginative scenarios illustrating how blockchain could impact the future of learning
• A reading guide to help individuals and organizations evaluate the potential of smart transactional models.

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