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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

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Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Investors might be less interested in buying and trading tokens for a streaming service that they can access for regular cash.

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BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.”

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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“But nor do they tend to have the full features we associate with universities: multiple schools and departments with a heavy focus on research, scholarship and training new Ph.Ds. In February, Sony issued a press release, “ vowing ” to bring the blockchain to education in the form of a new testing platform.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Bard College opens its second ‘microcollege’ in Brooklyn Public Library. The Business of Job Training. That’s what I do here.