Students’ expectations are forcing change in education. Today, pupils of any age can access immersive and personalized online learning experiences from any location. Technologies like Cloud and blockchain are also disrupting the industry. Cloud is lowering the barriers to innovation, and blockchain is democratizing opportunities for students.

To meet these expectations, educators and campus leaders are reimagining what’s possible. Institutions that focus on blockchain research and development are cultivating information sharing opportunities through education and consulting programs.

At the University of California, Berkeley, students are leveraging Oracle’s industry expertise and dedicated blockchain platform to innovate solutions for private industries.

Blockchain is emerging as the passport to new possibilities for future generations.

Why Blockchain?

Imagine if you could offer a way for your students to capture and share accreditations across programs and institutions. This would be a means for them to own an authenticated public record of their accomplishments, from kindergarten through their career.

What if you could provide a secure way for research fellows and academics to author, share, and rights protect their publications?

Imagine if you could easily apply insights about the job market to course planning or match learning suggestions to individual student pathways.

What if you could realize your wider ambitions for education and research through a world of new, secure, lifelong learning and service possibilities.

With Oracle’s deep education industry expertise and Oracle Autonomous Blockchain Cloud Service, you can do all of these things.

Benefits of Blockchain for Education

By establishing a digital identity on blockchain at the admission stage, you can empower alumni for life with a simple passport to prove their academic identity.

By managing digital rights with blockchain, your students and staff can develop a valuable catalog of digital content—a resource to own, share, and monetize in an expanding online learning marketplace.

By bringing data sources together under simple, digital identity, you can support lifelong learning journeys, make recommendations, and intervene if digital attendance records show that students need help to stay on track.

By attaching smart contracts and records of payment to student passports, you can reduce administrative overheads and lay the foundations for secure digital transactions.

There are so many ways to become more student-centric and to thrive in today’s competitive education industry. With Oracle blockchain technology as your passport to transportation, the possibilities for you and your students are truly limitless.

If you’re not sure if the technology is right for your organization check out our article outlining how to decide if you need Blockchain.

For more information, check out the video below or visit www.oracle.com/cloud/blockchain.