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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

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Sony Global Education Inc. Sony Global Education , a company affiliated with the Japanese electronics corporation, defines blockchain as a decentralized network technology in which the same data are recorded and maintained on multiple nodes–computers connected to a network–that are geographically isolated.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?”

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

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By Khan Academy. In February, Sony issued a press release, “ vowing ” to bring the blockchain to education in the form of a new testing platform. The Techdegree. Open badges and not-open badges. Short-term certificate programs. Fast track certification. Diplomas issued by Facebook. “Bypass.”