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Stephen Downes

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You will want to have a look at this video from the Institute for the Future and ACT Foundation. It describes The Ledger' as it is used in education to define 'edublocks'', which in turn are basically blockchain credentials. What's significant is that it enables anyone to give  learning credits to anyone. I have to think that this is the beginning of a huge debate: "The idea of a 'national learning economy' isn't new—America has been moving in a direction where work and education are integrated, rather than sequential, for the past several decades. The ACT Foundation defines this as the new American Dream, or a way for workers to 'achieve greater life satisfaction and economic security.'" See also: the Learning is Earning blog, press kit, Audrey Watters on the Ledger, the HyperLedger Foundation, Women's Learning Studio, Kathy Moore.

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