Researching the Potential of Blockchains
Student Courses
Open University in £40m campaign to create more computer scientists
The Open University in Milton Keynes is at the heart of a £40 million drive by the Government to help train more computer scientists. It is leading one of the five main themes – on university learners – being addressed at the new Institute of Coding.
John Domingue – The Future of Education
Professor John Domingue, Director of the OU's Knowledge Media Institute, discusses developments in technology which he sees impacting on education in the long and short term as part of our 'future of education' campaign.
OU News
Could blockchain technology improve our elections?
Lecturer in Law, Dr Robert Herian, active in the Citizenship and Governance Strategic Research Area at the OU.
Dr Robert Herian, The Open University
The blockchain revolution: will universities use it, or abuse it?
Web 3.0 could revolutionise the way higher education is delivered, but will it be used as a force for good, asks Martin Hall
Martin Hall, The Times – Higher Education
How blockchain could be used to make trusts more transparent
Amid the outcry over David Cameron's tax affairs is the UK prime minister's intervention in 2013 to block EU transparency rules regarding offshore trusts. It was decided that trusts should not be held to the same standards as companies when it came to…
Robert Herian, The Conversation
Learning is Earning 2026
Imagine it's ten years in the future. You are one of ONE BILLION people who are using a new technology to track their learning and income. This new technology is know as THE LEDGER.
Institute for the Future (IFTF)
Latest Experiment
PeerMiles – recognising and incentivising peer-reviewers
Domingue, J., Third, A. and Ramachandran, M. (2019) The FAIR TRADE Framework for Assessing Decentralised Data Solutions WWW2019 workshop: Linked Data on the Web and its Relationship with Distributed Ledgers (LDOW/LDDL), San Francisco, USA
Recent Talk
Blockchain: Hope or Hype? - John Domingue & Sajida Zouarhi
How does blockchain work and has its usefulness been over or under estimated? John Domingue and Sajida Zouarhi show how blockchain is being implemented in a real-world setting. Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, has an almost unlimited number of applications beyond finance. From digital identities to kidney transplants, blockchain technology solves the problem of intermediary trust between parties without a central authority.
This event took place on the Monday 24th September 2018
Blockchain Hackathon 2019
9th February 2019, Tokyo, Japan
METI has been holding discussions on the applicability of the technologies to the domains of academic degrees, courses and career certifications as well as management of research data, taking advantage of its project titled "FY2018 Industrial Technology Survey"(Research for Applicability of Blockchain Technologies to Universities and Research Institutes to Promote Mobility of Domestic and Overseas Human Resources and Secure Reliability of Research Results as well as Research for Winning of Standards therefor). In light of the discussion results, METI will organize a Blockchain Hackathon, aiming to further promote social implementation of the technologies.