Blockchain in Education

Author(s):  
Srinivas Mahankali ◽  
Sudhir Chaudhary

Every individual undergoes a series of educational programs and acquires skills and pedagogical certifications throughout his/her life from various educational and skill development organisations across the world, including the companies they work for. It is imperative that there is a comprehensive record of these certifications that can be authentically verified by those wanting to employ the individual for these respective skills accredited through certifications. In this chapter, the authors explore the utility of blockchain technology-led digitization, automation of trust, and disintermediation in education sector. They examine some of the prominent use cases and challenges faced by blockchain technology. They also look at the current state of blockchain technology-enabled applications in related domains and its implications for the education sector in India along with a real-life illustration with implementation using AuxCert on Auxledger, a permissioned blockchain platform from Auxesis group.

Author(s):  
Teresa Yanitska-Panek

Literary education is very important in the process of forming the personality of the individual. It is necessary to implement a number of conditions in order to student’s contact with literature was a great experience. Reading can be seen as a way of man’s existence in the world of symbols and information. Reading can also be a medium through which cultural content reaches to the recipient and enrich and improve his language and engage him emotionally. Reading is an act of great importance, austerity and effort, and at the same time it is an act of preparing the reader and the recipient to the reflection.Many authors emphasize the value of reading, inspired many motives. The authors draw attention to the different attitudes towards reading of the text which have been described by Lech Witkowski, philosopher and pedagogue in 2007. Eight status of the text in the course of reading are specific hints for teachers and non-pedagogical readers how to treat the text. The philosopher’s look on the function of reading puts this ability in a variety of contexts and makes that people interested in reading can become seekers and creative.The reading is determined the following learning outcomes: student reads fluently, correctly, fluently and expressively aloud texts consisting of words discussed during classes. These texts relate to real-life experiences of children and cognitive expectations. A student also understands short texts read silently; student correctly reads aloud texts written own in a notebook and texts stored on a PC. The student working with text by searching for the most beautiful piece. He is also able to distinguish in literary texts the forms such as narrative, description and dialogue.


Author(s):  
Tonya M. Evans

The “Downtrodden Artist Stands Up to Big Bad Music Mogul” trope makes for a heartwarming plot line in movies and television, but how often does the artist prevail in real life? The music industry is plagued by issues with content management, rights management, and royalty distribution, yet legislative efforts such as the Music Modernization Act of 2018 fail to provide meaningful solutions because they continue to uphold the power structure in which the Big Bad intermediary thrives. As an alternative, this chapter argues for the disintermediation of the music industry, and consequent empowerment of the individual content creator, through the use of blockchain technology. It discusses the ways in which smart contracts, blockchain ledgers, and a global copyright database could help to support more efficient and secure payments to artists, track usage and sales data, and protect copyrights, all without the need for traditional intermediary roles. In effect, this chapter provides a technical yet comprehensive explanation of the ways in which—as well as the policy implications of—implementing decentralized blockchain technology can help maximize the value of music for creators, improve the music experience for consumers, and reduce friction, waste, and fraud in the music industry.


Author(s):  
Anshu Yadav

There is a huge focus on building enabling capabilities in the potential workforce to make them employable all over the world. The challenges surrounding the current education system in India have given way to the production of unemployable youth which is endangering the growth and sustainability of the economy. The education sector in India has been under criticism for not being skill oriented. In this light, the current study presents an overview of the skill development environment existing in educational institutions in the country and identifies the challenges that produce skill gap. The study mainly relies on qualitative methodology and draws support from other economies of the world. Global Skill development models have been considered to address the skill development challenges. It suggests the development of versatile vocational skills and strong competence in today's youth, accompanied with the continuous renewal of competencies.


2018 ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Юлія Юріївна Бродецька

The article deals with the ontological aspects of the consolidation of social being. As a fundamental reproduction mechanism, there is a phenomenon of meaning. The meaning produces, transmits the practice of connectivity and the unity of co-existence both at the individual and social levels. It is a connection, involvement that continues in the nature, quality, stability of human relations with the outside world. This connection gives the status of reality, the truth of human existence. In its ontological significance, reality as materiality, conformity, is only in experience. Thereby it is revealed that the social and individual being reality is in the space of experience that a human acquires in social interaction. «Significance of experience» forms a connection with reality, which acts as an ontological basis of meaning and grows out of its metaphysical nature. Thus, it fills the meaning itself, makes a true, real human being. The meaning connects, transforms and gives perspective to social relations. It is noted that the basis of meaning is its ontological characteristic, that is, a phenomenon arising from the real life relationships of an individual with the outside world. The nature of the meaning, which is an integral, consolidating, is determined by its transcendence. The meaning is always in the objective world. In other words, human does not choose and does not invent meaning, on the contrary, by selfrealization, it forms its connection with the world – its life meaning. Therefore, human existence requires direction to someone (something) other than herself. This metaphysical connection of being and meaning ensures the connection of human co-existence. So the true life meaning is always outside the human self, and therefore requires unity with other people. This logic reveals the phenomenon of comprehension as an integral being element, its symbolic component. Because of this, the main task of human is to go beyond the limits of their own selfishness, to feel their connection with the surrounding world. In this perspective, the meaning phenomenon is revealed in the space of sacral transformation, the personality birth. The more human overcomes the power of selfishness in themselves, the more he reveals the uniqueness of the surrounding world, the more he improves, realizes himself, acquires understanding of his own personality. In other words, self-realization itself does not foresee a direction. When in the human creativity field there is no orientation towards another human, when he «creatеs» for himself, a human must be prepared to be disappointed. Such «creativity» is empty, unclaimed, since it is devoid of its main content – love, that is, meaning. In other words, self-realization in itself should not and can not be the goal of human life. It is the result of the life meaning realization that is achieved only in the harmonious human connection with the outside world, only in productive relations with others. Therefore, self-realization is only a side effect of the man’s release beyond his own self. Consequently, meaningful life is not concentrated on its own «I», but is connected internally and externally with the lives of others. Moreover, this life is not only connected but it is also integral, since the nature of human relationship with the surrounding reality is a projection of the attitude towards himself. Thus, the analysis of the consolidation mechanisms of human existence, of its integrity, harmony, must focus in the space of the meaning problem. In other words, it is a matter of gaining a real individual experience of unity with the world. It is precisely this perspective of studying problems of integration of social and individual order that allows you to offer tools and ways to solve the issue.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Nurbol Zhumadil ◽  
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Saltanat Narbayeva ◽  
Timur Bakibayev ◽  
Kuanysh Abeshev ◽  
...  

We propose a new vehicle monitoring system based on Exonum blockchain platform. This system may help autonomous vehicles to make decisions. This system can also help in investigating crimes and traffic offense. The article describes the main trends in the field of intellectualization of transport systems and mobility. The blockchain technology and its capabilities in enhancing cybersecurity are described through the creation of a safe and reliable system for sending the parameters of the current state of each vehicle through its neighbours. The proposed system will serve as an important step towards the development of a motion control system for connected and autonomous vehicles.


2020 ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
A.N. Semenov

The article analyzes the peculiarity of the Ob-Ugric literature in the axiological aspect. This approach allows us to draw reasonable conclusions about the peculiarities of the worldview of the Northern peoples. It is possible to achieve this result by an appeal to the analysis of both – a single artistic work and a corpus of feature texts. The purpose of the article is to identify the uniqueness of the comprehension of the world by the peoples of Khanty and Mansi, their attitude to the values of the surrounding world, those, reflected in works of fiction. The essence of the article focuses on analyzing the existence of dreams in literature of the Ob-Ugric peoples in its axiological aspect, on showing the diversity of the presence and manifestations of dreams in the artistic consciousness of the peoples of Khanty and Mansi, on clarifying the question about the role of dream in their beliefs about past, present and future, about the meaning of life. The author of the article refers to the semantic analysis potential, seeking to identify the nature and role of such a sign as a dream in a specific artistic text. The reference to the texts of the Ob-Ugric literature, which can be defined as representative, shows that the dream is present in the artistic consciousness of the Northern peoples in a variety of manifestations: from mythological representations and heroes to everyday, related to the needs of real life, affairs and aspirations, and this is characteristic of both – the epic and the lyric texts. The conducted study suggests the conclusions that the dream as one of the manifestations of the individual and collective worldviews of the Khanty and Mansi peoples is evidence of their trust in metaphor, a propensity to metaphorical thinking, which, in its turn, is an indicator of the significant potential and richness of the aesthetic and artistic consciousness of these peoples.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Darren Sears

Abstract. Maps have the empowering effect of placing the “world at your fingertips,” compressing portions of it into a more “knowable” form. I find that some places have this map-like character even in real life—natural environments that are sliced by sharp, unexpected edges and contrasts into more accessible and digestible fragments. Over the years I have explored creating maps that heighten these places’ compressed quality but also preserve their immersive aspect.This search led me first to the field of landscape architecture, and then into two dimensions after I realized that creating these idealized places out in real world was mostly a fantasy. I began piecing together travel photographs into abstract photomontages, later reinterpreted in oil paints, that sharpen natural edges and contrasts to depict imaginary places. I then transitioned to watercolors, and toward depicting places not quite as imaginary, using the same fractured style to combine travel-inspired landscapes with bird’s-eye views.Finding the task of painting the individual fragments less engaging than the process of shaping them into compositions, I came to think of these works as maps in terms of both theory and process—in emphasizing the spatial relationships between scenes rather than the individual scenes themselves. My motivation for creating these maps has expanded beyond personal fulfilment to include conveying the fragility of the natural remnants and contrasts that captivate me.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Andreev ◽  
Svetlana Artemyeva

The authors of the article reflect on the situation of aggravation of contradictions between the material needs of the individual and the spiritual and informational needs of the individual. Methodology in the Humanities has long been interpreted as a technological side, ignoring the ethical plan. Meanwhile, the picture of the world and the system of humanistic values are determined by the information structure of the individual-personocentrism. The type of information management (conscious or unconscious) depends on the state of this structure. It is proposed to realize personocentrism as a scientific and humanitarian approach, where the object of research is the action of humanitarian laws of thinking, and the subject of research is their manifestation in certain humanitarian disciplines. Given that in the Humanities research deals with the manifestations of the phenomenon being studied-texts, the humanitarian approach is manifested by the interpretation of the text and the construction of theories. For thinking, these are texts of reasoning that lead to theoretical constructions and substantiation of premises and conclusions. [5] Setting out the vision of overcoming the lag in the progress of informational (spiritual-rational) human development in the information age, the authors attempt to formulate "humanitarian laws", which in fact do not exist, but there are only their manifestations in various forms of humanitarian knowledge through the laws of dialectics in the Sciences, in which there are no laws – the human Sciences. As a result of these reflections, there is a conscious need to introduce the human information structure (personocentrism) as an educational subject into the educational programs of schools and universities.


2020 ◽  
pp. 106-117
Author(s):  
Сперчун О.В. ◽  
Кудрицька Ж.В.

Nowadays in the world economy, there is a tendency to invest in alternative, digital assets. Currently, the problem of integration of cryptocurrencies into the international financial system and the spread of the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for goods and services is relevant. The following scientists have considered the development of the cryptocurrency economy: Beck K., M. Carney, M. Chea, E. Fry, J. Chung A., Roca E., Cooper M. and others. However, changes in the global economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic have significantly affected the cryptocurrency market and require more careful study and analysis. The article is devoted to the study of the current state of the cryptocurrency market and the changes that have taken place under the influence of the coronavirus. The price characteristics of the main cryptocurrencies over the last few months, their state, and reaction to changes in the world economy are considered. The article presents statistics of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin for the last few months, as well as other traditional financial assets. The technological characteristics of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the mechanisms of its functioning, and the possibilities of its application in related economic spheres are also considered. The impact of traditional financial assets on the cryptocurrency economy and the role of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as a protective financial asset are analyzed. The terms of the functioning of the decentralized financial platform Bitcoin on the basis of Blockchain technology are considered. Perspective for the development of the cryptocurrency economy and key economic indicators of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is also analyzed. The purpose of this work is to analyze the dynamics of prices for major cryptocurrency assets in the cryptocurrency market, due to global economic changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic and further prospects for the digital economy. It also described the influence of certain factors on the pricing of Bitcoin cryptocurrency.


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