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Issuer (school)
Recipient (student)
Verifier (employer)
Issuer invites recipient to receive a a a blockchain credential
Issuer hashes credential
onto the blockchain Recipient accepts invitation sending issuer their blockchain address
Issuer sends recipient a a a blockchain credential
Recipient sends credential
to verifier (employer)
Employer checks the blockchain to verify the certificate
BLOCKCHAIN
Another application for blockchain comes from the Board of Cooperative Educational Services used by schools
in New York and Regional Education Collaboratives used across the United States The BOCES and RECs programs allow school districts to leverage their buying power by banding together in in in order to acquire technology support and other services Ryan said a a a a blockchain- based system could provide a a trusted environment for different school districts to communicate and share services “For instance a a substitute working in in in five different school districts could use a BOCES-
based blockchain to get paid and there would be be a a trusted relationship between
the the BOCES and each one of their financial systems to make a a a a a transaction much easier ” Ryan said “The blockchain environment would provide a a a a trusted place to make a a a a transaction which would be automated
by the the blockchain environment with the the individually independent systems in in in each school ” Ryan’s interest in in in blockchain came out a a a a a contract that Santa Fe Public Schools has with a a a a a company called SchoolStream that does automation workflow through a a a a blockchain platform “We are looking to automate the process of onboarding an employee and all of the forms that need to go on the blockchain ” Ryan said “We are working with this company to to automate this workflow which has a a a a a payback on a a a a a more efficient way to do this process ” Another potential application for blockchain comes from the San Jose State University Research Foundation which received a a a federal $100 000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2017 The foundation hosted a a a a national forum in in August 2018 to to bring together libraries to discuss how library leaders can develop a a a a distributed metadata system JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
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