Blockchain in Education. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
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The document discusses strategies for digital credentials and micro-credentials in the EU using blockchain technology. It provides background on blockchain and describes the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) initiative and the EBSI4RO project, which aims to connect Romania through blockchain. The objectives of EBSI4RO include setting up an EBSI node, strengthening the blockchain community in Romania, and implementing a credentialing system for verifiable diplomas and micro-credentials. The project will also offer online courses on blockchain topics and develop a pilot multi-university program to test credential verification between universities.
Blockchain in Education. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
- 1. Blockchain in Education. Connecting Romania through Blockchain EBSI4RO CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.ro Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu President of the Politehnica University of Timisoara Senate Prof.dr.ing. Carmen Holotescu "Ioan Slavici" University of Timisoara Drd. Victor Holotescu Politehnica University of Timisoara
- 2. Content 1. Strategies for digital credentials and micro-credentials in EU 2. Blockchain – the technology of trust 3. Blockchain strategies in EU. EBSI 4. EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain
- 3. Education in EU Webinar Del4ALL, Nov 25, 2020 – http://del4all.eu https://www.del4all.eu/news/2020/12/02/flagship-technology-projects-in-the-eu/
- 4. Education in EU From Alex Grech - Blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity and Credentials, March, 2021 – https://www.slideshare.net/alexgrech/blockchain-selfsovereign-identity-and-credentials
- 5. European Digital Credentials for Learning Oct 25, 2021 - https://europa.eu/europass/en/what-are-digital-credentials
- 6. Dec 14, 2020 - https://ec.europa.eu/education/education-in-the-eu/european-education-area/a-european-approach-to-micro-credentials_en Micro-credentials
- 7. From Early Adopters EBSI Programme Webinar - March 2021 - https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/EBSI+Early+Adopters+programme+kick-off+webinar
- 8. https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin Blockchain – the technology of trust The blockchain term, originally block chain, was first coined in 2009, by (the still unknown) Satoshi Nakamoto, in the original source code for the virtual currency Bitcoin: "Nodes collect new transactions into a block, hash them into a hash tree"; "when they solve the proof-of-work, they broadcast the block to everyone and the block is added to the block chain." (Nakamoto, 2009). http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008- October/014810.html Blockchain technology enables the creation of a decentralized environment, where the cryptographically validated transactions and data are not under the control of any third party organization. Any transaction ever completed is recorded in an immutable ledger in a verifiable, secure, transparent and permanent way, with a timestamp and other details.
- 9. Blockchain Advantages and Applications 1. self-sovereignty - users identify themselves and maintain control over the storage/management of personal data; 2. trust - the technical infrastructure offers secure operations(payments or issue of certificates); 3. transparency and provenance - to perform transactions in knowledge that each party has the capacity to enter into that transaction; 4. immutability- records are written and stored permanently, without the possibility of modification; 5. disintermediation- no need for a central controlling authority to manage transactions or keep records; 6. collaboration - ability of parties to transact directly with each other without the need for mediating third parties. Grech, A. & Camilleri, A. 2017. Blockchain in Education JRC Report - https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific- and-technical-research-reports/blockchain-education https://www.stateofthedapps.com https://positiveblockchain.io
- 10. Blockchain in Education and Research • Digital certification using an open infrastructure for credentials • Intellectual property management (scientific papers, research) • Funding tracking from higher level authorities • Students’ payments, grants management, students’ services (e.g. academic records, transcripts), credit transfer, learning portfolios • Pedagogical enhancement: personalised learning, reputation, proof of learning • Tokenization of learning, distributed universities https://ebsi4ro.ro/romanian-blockchain-ecosystem/
- 11. EU Initiatives and Policies for Blockchain • Blockchain Technologies are considered strategic for EU: “Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) have the potential to bring great improvements to the European industry and citizens. These technologies are transforming the way we use the internet and digital services globally.” - https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/blockchain-techonologies • European Parliament resolution on distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation, 3 October 2018 - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P8-TA-2018- 0373&language=EN&ring=B8-2018-0397 • EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum was launched on 1 March 2018, as a knowledge hub on Blockchain – http://www.eublockchainforum.eu – 2018-2020 - 60 experts: Irina Albita (FilmChain) and Vlad Zamfir (Ethereum); – From 2021 – 90 experts: Anca Bogdana Rusu, Dr.Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes and Irina Albita – Online Forum - http://eublockchain.mobilize.io • European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) was signed on 10 April 2018 (Romania on 29 May 2018); Monica Chiffa (ADR) is the Romanian representative (July 2021) https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/european-countries-join-blockchain- partnership • European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), a project of EBP (9 April 2019) – 4 use cases were selected in 2019, 3 new cases in 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/ebsi , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uj7fgb2JI&t=7s
- 13. EBSI nodes
- 14. Verifiable Credentials on EBSI Standards
- 15. Holder The student Position your university as a pioneer brand, reduce friction in interactions, increase trust (transparency) and security in shared data. At scale, decrease administrative costs. Issuer The university A Reduce mistakes and protect against fraud, effortlessly interact with government agencies as well as reduce friction and reduce verification costs. Verifier The company / university B Reduce friction in interactions, increase trust (transparency) and security in shared data. TAO Trusted Accreditation Organisation The ministry Reduce costs Enjoy mobility across borders Lead the change Build a new trust paradigm Take control of their own data in a secure way and easily move with their own credentials across Europe.
- 16. EBSI4RO Connecting Romania through Blockchain Central scope: to create an extendable and sustainable ecosystem to facilitate and accelerate the awareness, knowledge and adoption of the Blockchain technologies and European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) by the Romanian citizens, businesses, institutions and administration; proposals for Blockchain policies in education. Partners: 1. Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI) • Dr.Cosmin Cioranu • Elena Stefania Nicolaescu 2. Politehnica University of Timisoara (UPT) • Prof.dr.ing.Radu Vasiu • Dr.Diana Andone • Prof.dr.ing.Carmen Holotescu • Drd.Victor Holotescu • S.l.dr.Andrei Ternauciuc April 2021 – March 2023 https://ebsi4ro.ro https://www.facebook.com/ebsi4ro https://twitter.com/ebsi4ro
- 17. Objectives of the project Setup and operation of an EBSI node Communication and Blockchain community strengthening in Romania, with the aim to raise awareness of Blockchain / EBSI Credentialing System is implemented for verifiable digital qualification (official diplomas), but also for verifiable micro- credentials 5 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on Unicampus.ro 1. Blockchain technologies. Applications in Education 2. EU priorities and programs 3. EBSI open technical specifications. EBSI Use cases 4. How to deploy EBSI applications 5. Developing dApps from January 2022 Node operational from July 2021 The system will be integrated with the National Student Enrolment Registry (Registrul Matricol Unic RMU). An example for micro-credentials use- case: the certificates for the teachers trained in the CRED national project will be issued on EBSI.
- 18. EBSI Early Adopters: Multi-University Pilot 2 European universities alliances, +18 universities from +15 countries EBSI4RO participates in the EA Programme – July-December 2021 https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/Early+Adopters+Programme
- 19. The actors and their roles roles Credentialing System integrated with the Single National Student Enrolment Registry (Registrul Matricol Unic or RMU) The graduated student is the holder of the diploma will be able to verify the authenticity of the diploma on EBSI is issuing the diploma in the RMU platform right after graduation Issuer Verifier Holder Trusted Accreditation Organisation (TAO) Private company of public institution University of Lille, France Ministry of Education through UEFISCDI Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Alumni Romania Other Member States will certify the students’ diplomas existing in the National Students Enrollment (RMU) platform mobile will be able to verify the authenticity of the diploma on EBSI
- 20. Scenario in practice Diploma use case Issuer Verifier Holder Public and private companies University of Lille, France UEFISCDI EBSI Services Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania A EBSI D B C E F A B C Request educational credential Issue educational credential Store evidences* of issuance D E Present educational credential Check attributes of educational credential Student EBSI Trusted registries F Onboard on the DID registry TAO
- 21. Diploma Use-Case workflow Adapted from Early Adopters EBSI Programme Webinar, July 2021 https://ec.europa.eu/cefdigital/wiki/display/CEFDIGITAL/Early+Adopters+Programme
- 22. EBSI Early Adopters – EBSI4RO Progress Defined the actors of the pilot program ✓ Onboard actors on EBSI and receive Verifiable Accreditation as TAO and TI ✓ Issue Verifiable Attestation (Diploma) ✓ Generate Verifiable Presentation ✓ Present and Verify Verifiable Presentation ✓ Contribute to Walt.id open-source solution for EBSI compliant wallet ✓
- 23. Proposals for Digital Education Strategy in Romania - SmartEDU https://www.smart.edu.ro/ The first proposals of educational policies related to diplomas/micro-credentials on EBSI made by the EBSI4RO team – December 2020
- 24. Kind invitation: • Participate in the MOOCs and pilots of “EBSI4RO: Connecting Romania through Blockchain” – https://ebsi4ro.ro • Follow EBSI4RO on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ebsi4ro and Twitter - https://twitter.com/ebsi4ro