RT Journal Article
T1 Application of blockchain in education: GDPR-compliant and scalable certification and verification of academic information
A1 Delgado Von Eitzen, Christian
A1 Anido Rifón, Luis Eulogio
A1 Fernández Iglesias, Manuel José
K1 1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial
K1 1203.17 Informática
K1 58 Pedagogía
AB Blockchain technologies are awakening in recent years the interest of different actors in various sectors and, among them, the education field, which is studying the application of these technologies to improve information traceability, accountability, and integrity, while guaranteeing its privacy, transparency, robustness, trustworthiness, and authenticity. Different interesting proposals and projects were launched and are currently being developed. Nevertheless, there are still issues not adequately addressed, such as scalability, privacy, and compliance with international regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe. This paper analyzes the application of blockchain technologies and related challenges to issue and verify educational data and proposes an innovative solution to tackle them. The proposed model supports the issuance, storage, and verification of different types of academic information, both formal and informal, and complies with applicable regulations, protecting the privacy of users’ personal data. This proposal also addresses the scalability challenges and paves the way for a global academic certification system.
PB Applied Sciences
SN 20763417
YR 2021
FD 2021-05-16
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2174
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2174
LA eng
NO Applied Sciences, 11(10): 4537 (2021)
DS Investigo
RD 18-sep-2024