Trustless education? A blockchain system for university grades.

We have implemented a blockchain system based on Ethereum for use by a university to store student grades and to provide a cryptocurrency. Based upon an exploratory, qualitative evaluation we have found several tensions between the concept of a university as an organization and the concept of distri...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Ubiquity (2045-6271) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 83 - 89
Autores principales: ROOKSBY, JOHN, DIMITROV, KRISTIYAN
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Intellect Ltd. 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=141420701&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 141420701
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        20456271
        BKNQ
      jtl: Ubiquity (2045-6271)
      issn: 20456271
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2019
      vid: 6
      iid: 1
      pid: 12270
      pub: Intellect Ltd.
    artinfo:
      ui:
        141420701
        10.1386/ubiq_00010_1
      ppf: 83
      ppct: 6
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Trustless education? A blockchain system for university grades.
      aug:
        au:
          ROOKSBY, JOHN
          DIMITROV, KRISTIYAN
        affil:
          Northumbria University
          University of Glasgow
      su:
        Blockchains
        Grading of students
        Assessment of education
        Distributed computing
        Cryptocurrencies
        Evaluation
      sug:
        subj:
          Blockchains
          Grading of students
          Assessment of education
          Distributed computing
          Cryptocurrencies
          Evaluation
      keyword:
        administration qualitative evaluation
        blockchain
        Ethereum
        prototype
        trust
        university
      ab: We have implemented a blockchain system based on Ethereum for use by a university to store student grades and to provide a cryptocurrency. Based upon an exploratory, qualitative evaluation we have found several tensions between the concept of a university as an organization and the concept of distributed autonomous organizations (DAOs) in Ethereum. These include tensions in (i) mechanisms of trust, (ii) boundaries of openness and (iii) values in procedures. In this article we outline our implementation and the evaluation process.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2019
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N