Supporting higher education 4.0 with blockchain : critical analyses of automation, data, digital currency, and other disruptive applications / Edited by Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz, Piotr Soja.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Blockchain Technology in Education 4. -- Towards education 4.0: Challenges and opportunities / Paweł Konkol, Dariusz Dymek -- Blockchain as a disruptive technology in Education 4.0 / Janusz Stal, Dariusz Put -- Supporting the management of educational institutions using blockchain / Jan Trąbka, Mariusz Grabowski -- Management of student-centred learning with blockchain / Mariusz Grabowski, Paweł Konkol -- Addressing labour market challenges with blockchain / Dariusz Put, Jan Trąbka -- Teaching Blockchain: The case of the MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency of the University of Nicosia / Marinos Themistocleous -- Academic certificates issued on blockchain: The case of the University of Nicosia and Block.co / Marinos Themistocleous, Klitos Christodoulou, Elias Iosif -- Blockchain's impact on education: Current landscape and prospects for the future / Dariusz Dymek, Janusz Stal.

"Supporting Education 4.0 with Blockchain explores the current and future impacts of blockchain technologies, such as cryptocurrency, on the education system. Blockchain is a disruptive technology based on a shared, distributed ledger, where transactions are registered by consensus in a network of peers, using cryptographic mechanisms that render the records virtually immutable and, ideally, enable transparency, auditability, and resilience. What role, then, could it play in fostering transformative approaches such student-centered teaching and learning, distributed learning environments, and lifelong learning? This book provides essential perspectives into blockchain's applications and challenges within education and offers a broader view of blockchain technology against existing information and communication technologies used in education. Spanning the effects on institutions, students, and the labor market, these chapters offer critical reviews and analyses of current research, practical firsthand applications of blockchain in education, and original conceptual models"-- Provided by publisher.

Grażyna Paliwoda-Pękosz is Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics at Krakow University of Economics, Poland. Piotr Soja is Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics at Krakow University of Economics, Poland.

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