{"id":26622,"date":"2020-02-21T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T09:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/?p=26622"},"modified":"2025-03-28T07:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:43:25","slug":"blockchain-is-impacting-elearning-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proprofstraining.com\/blog\/blockchain-is-impacting-elearning-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"How Blockchain Is Impacting The eLearning Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain is still in its infancy, but this innovative technology is bound to bring a major shift in the eLearning industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The technology finds usage in several industries, including retail, banking, healthcare, and government projects. Digital badges, certificates, cryptocurrencies, and checking credential counterfeiting are examples of how blockchain benefits businesses and organizations in these industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eLearning experts can unravel the potential of blockchain and bring more transparency and credibility to how knowledge transfer takes place, how people learn, and how learners are awarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that in mind, in this post, we look at what blockchain is, its roles in eLearning, and how it solves the issue of trust among learners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_Blockchain\"><\/span><b>What Is Blockchain?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain is a decentralized digital public ledger. It works through a network of computers that are capable of securely logging multiple transactions while preventing the tampering of records. It enables enterprises and individuals to verify every transaction that takes place.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain technology got worldwide popularity through cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, blockchain technology can be applied to several other domains to enhance business efficiency and potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Can_Blockchain_Work_For_eLearning\"><\/span><b>How Can Blockchain Work For eLearning?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eLearning\u2019s sole purpose is to disseminate educational material and teach or train learners for successful knowledge transfer. For this purpose, it relies on digital platforms such as a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">learning management system<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or an LMS.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, it is crucial to verify the source from where information is coming to ensure that the knowledge transfer is credible.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the entire ecosystem of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eLearning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> depends on trust and verifiability. For instance, if an organization doesn\u2019t believe that the earned credential of the educator is credible or the organization that has issued the credential is fake, then the exchange of knowledge is also not credible.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire system hinges on three major stakeholders including eLearning Providers, eLearning Students, and eLearning Verifiers. Let us now discuss each of the stakeholders in detail to give the right context.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>eLearning Providers<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eLearning Providers are responsible for designing and creating a curriculum for individuals who are interested in eLearning.<\/span> <strong>Watch This Video to Know How to Design Online Training Courses Effortlessly<\/strong> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SatRG8bXQR8\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And after the successful completion of the course, the individual is offered a credential that validates the qualification in the form of a digital badge, paper certificate or a digital certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>eLearning Students<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are individuals who have completed the course successfully and have got the credentials. While educational courses are taken for multiple reasons, the most common reason is to earn a qualification that the students can use to secure a job or career growth.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the reason why students share newly acquired credentials with their professional and personal social networks including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>eLearning Verifiers<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verifiers and employers are the parties that validate the declared qualifications and capabilities of an individual. In some cases, the verifier could be the current employer who checks the progress of existing employees. A potential employer leverages the verification process to make more informed hiring decisions.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employers often hire third-party services for this purpose to ensure efficient recruitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, verification parties need to have a secure and reliable framework that can easily validate credentials by verifying the issuing authority, the person who earned them, and the current validity.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest problem in the entire process is trust. All the parties need to believe that all the stakeholders are presenting real facts. Having said that, gaps and issues do happen. This is where credential verification becomes crucial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Blockchain Solution<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proprofs.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Blockchain-Solution.jpg\" alt=\"Blockchain Solution\" width=\"758\" height=\"335\" \/> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only solution to eliminate the possibility of forged documents, fake degrees, and enable <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secured background verification<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is blockchain technology development.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain has made the procurement of official transcripts of a candidate\u2019s educational qualifications. It has also enabled the preservation of credentials for a foreseeable period of time in a safe and secure manner.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, in the event of a fire destroying an entire university and the documents present in it or people feeling a country, there is a high possibility of losing one\u2019s original documents. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be saved only if the documents are stored in a decentralized network of computers where both learners and issuers of the credentials can access them.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain provides bulletproof security to credentials. The employers and verifying agencies can also easily leverage blockchain technology for background verification to ensure that the learner has completed the coursework as declared. Verifiers can also verify the issuing authority of the credentials efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Issuing Certification<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain technology can also be leveraged to issue <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online certifications<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The technology works on the framework where any new block added to the chain needs to be approved by another participant. This way, the record can never be forged or falsified in any way.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also stops rogues from creating fake certificates of any institute or university. You can easily verify the existing record of the certificate.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even MIT Media lab is testing the blockchain technology to issue digital certificates. It offers an impenetrable trust for digital certifications and degrees that weren\u2019t present before.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blockchain_Motivated_Learning\"><\/span><b>Blockchain Motivated Learning<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain can easily solve the issue of trust by implementing tokens. In a normal system where students are enrolled in a certificate course, the only reward they are entitled to is a grade depending upon the academic performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the motivation for getting good grades isn\u2019t enough for the majority of students.\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eLearning organizations can work around these issues by rolling out a blockchain token reward system. In exchange for good performance, students can be rewarded with blockchain token that they can exchange for other cryptocurrencies or cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best motivation that could work for students!<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain tokens can also be leveraged to enhance the quality of educators and educational material and encourage <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">self-paced learning<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Blockchain tokens can be given as a reward to educators who devote time to creating high-quality content and educating students.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wrap_Up\"><\/span><b>Wrap Up<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The capabilities of blockchain technology are not just limited to payments and cryptocurrency. The beauty of this technology is that it can be implemented in any domain efficiently and reliably.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the eLearning industry unraveling significant potential in the coming years, it can easily leverage blockchain technology to make the process of certification more transparent and reliable.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizations can also leverage the technology to incentivize educators and learners, promote better learning methods, and encourage students to study better.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchain is still in its infancy, but this innovative technology is bound to bring a major shift in the eLearning industry. The technology finds usage in several industries, including retail, banking, healthcare, and government projects. 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