Blockchain Technology Overview

A 68 page pdf from Dylan Yaga, Peter Mell, Nik Roby and Karen Scarfone from the National Institute of Standards and Technology at US Department of Commerce which aims to provide high-level overview of blockchain technology, so readers can understand how the technology works giving us some idea of the methods behind the "magic".

Blockchain in Learning & Career Development

Slide presentation from Hristian Daskalov (Co-Founder of OS.UNIVERSITY) made at Ada. National College for Digital Skills outlining aspects of the development of a distributed blockchain application (dApp) at OS.UNIVERSITY.

The presentation shows that they're looking at using blockchain to manage things such as certificate verification and resource distribution.

Blockchain for Education and Professional Development from Open Source University

Four Generations of DLT

Video from Hedera Hashgraph which gives a quick outline of how DLTs are evolving to give us four differing, but linked, generations.

4 Ways Blockchain Can Transform Education

Article from Paul Ratner on BigThink.com asking if blockchain can transform education like it has the financial sector.

The piece is based on the research paper from European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) that looked at case studies from across European Universities which allowed them to identify how blockchain might impact education.

Blockchain In Online Education: Impact And Benefits

In a piece for eLearning Industry, founder & CEO of LiveEdu.tv, Dr. Michael Jurgen Garbade, explains how the use of blockchain, and more specifically, tokens, can help us overcome the issues of low completion rates as well as providing the incentive to build courses that are beyond "beginner" level.

Blockchain in Education

136 page publication from Alexander Grech and Anthony F. Camilleri published via the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, who's aim is to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process.

American Express announce blockchain-enabled business-to-business cross-border payments system

In announcing a partnership involving Santander in the UK, American Express will provide real-time payment processing, instantly connecting U.S. customers to the UK, via blockchain enabled tech.