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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

In 2014, Kings College in New York became the first university in the U.S. Investors might be less interested in buying and trading tokens for a streaming service that they can access for regular cash. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout. Not to mention platforms like YouTube have no shortage of free how-to videos).

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

million new tech jobs will be created between 2014 and 2024, many of them requiring people with data and computer-science credentials. It usually manages to fill just two or three of those positions, Soni said. Soni is more blunt. “The industry would be very satisfied if higher education was taking care of it,” said Eaton. “I

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

Students at these schools will not immediately lose access to financial aid – that’s one of the implications of an institution’s loss of accreditation – but many students are rightly concerned about their ability to finish their degrees. But again, what count as a “quality postsecondary credential”?