The Impact On Open Education: Blockchain & Modern Technology

Description Rak Chugh, Emily Hunt and other founding members of edChain, one of the first open-source distributed educational content networks, will discuss how modern technology, particularly blockchain, can empower learners, educators, institutions and more. There will be a focus on how the technology can mitigate copyright issues that often come up with open-source, providing full transparency and attribution to those who contribute course material ultimately leading to collaboration, more efficient course production and other benefits. Q & A will follow the discussion.