There is considerable excitement around the potential for blockchain technology to transform the way we learn – ushering in the next generation of education innovation. Headlines breathlessly announce blockchain’s potential to disrupt education, blockchain speakers routinely receive top billing at industry conferences, and according to HolonIQ , roughly $40 million in venture capital was invested in blockchain in education in 2018. Not surprisingly, education industry experts such as Tom Vander Ark , OEB Insights , and The Blockchain Council have identified as many as twenty potential education use-cases for blockchain technology, with an emerging consensus around the following. The vision of a peer-to-peer education system – boosting quality and access while reducing costs – is a vision that merits the excitement it has generated. In the near term, the next generation of education, promised by blockchain enthusiasts, may be just that – an education for the next generation.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2019 13:41 UTC