{"id":10671,"date":"2025-07-21T10:50:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10671\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:50:24","slug":"a-better-alternative-to-traditional-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10671\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Alternative to Traditional Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence and blockchain are disrupting legacy education systems by expanding access to education through alternative credentialing systems and AI-powered content.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John von Seggern, an online educator and founder of the Futureproof Music School, an online school that teaches students electronic music production, currently uses an AI assistant to help structure and supplement courses for his students.<\/p>\n<p>The educator told Cointelegraph that he plans on rolling out <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-education-department-promotes-putting-student-records-on-blockchain\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blockchain-based credentials<\/a> for those who complete the educational courses, providing verifiable proof that they have completed the programs and attained a sufficient understanding of the material.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Education, Blockchain Storage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/01982981-525d-7f41-99a2-ee7fe7c25b40.png\" title=\"\"\/>Rising educational costs are one of the contributing factors to rising demand for digital alternatives. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/average-cost-of-college-by-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/educationdata.org\/average-cost-of-college-by-year\">Education Data Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was involved in getting the accreditation for my last school, and I saw a lot of problems in that process,\u201d he told Cointelegraph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignificant momentum exists worldwide to use blockchain technology for issuing, sharing, and verifying educational experiences and qualifications,\u201d according to a <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/oecd-digital-education-outlook-2021_589b283f-en.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">report<\/a> from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental group. The authors wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlockchain technology enables anyone to validate claims about an individual or institution, including their characteristics and qualifications, and to do this instantly and with a very high level of certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis helps eliminate records fraud; facilitates the movement of learners and <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/eu-to-use-blockchain-for-educational-and-professional-credential-verification\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">workers between institutions and geographies<\/a>; and empowers individuals by giving them increased control over their data,\u201d the report continued. The combination of blockchain and AI is <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ai-blockchain-shrink-sectors-create-new-markets-moodys\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set to disrupt education<\/a>, healthcare, and content creation, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/i-wont-invest-companies-ignore-ai-kevin-o-leary\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why I won&#8217;t invest in companies that ignore AI \u2014 Kevin O&#8217;Leary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other crypto projects leverage blockchain and AI for education<\/p>\n<p>Blockchain credentials, coupled with AI-powered content, provide borderless verifiability and more affordable classes for students.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Open Campus, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that uses blockchain for education applications, <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/open-campus-launches-layer-3-edu-chain-for-education-and-on-chain-finance\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched EDU Chain<\/a>, its layer-3 blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>The EDU Chain will be used to store onchain student credentials and certificates that are tamper-proof, immutable, and verifiable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Education, Blockchain Storage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0196d821-0147-7d43-b4e6-eb5999268b47.jpeg\" title=\"\"\/>Consensus chairman Michael Lau, pictured left, with Animoca Brands chairman Yat Siu, pictured right, discuss crypto, AI, and education at Consensus 2025. Source: Cointelegraph<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Token2049 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Binance co-founder CZ said he wanted to <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cz-wants-teach-1-billion-kids-giggle-academy-token2049\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teach 1 billion kids<\/a> through Giggle Academy, a free online platform that provides children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>CZ added that generative AI played a central role in crafting the course content for his Giggle Academy project.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Magazine: <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/ignore-the-jobs-doomers-pwc-says-ai-will-probably-get-you-a-fat-raise-ai-eye\/\" title=\"null\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI is good for employment, says PWC \u2014 Ignore the AI doomers: AI Eye<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence and blockchain are disrupting legacy education systems by expanding access to education through alternative credentialing systems&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-10671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}