The Possibilities of Using Blockchain Technology in Education
In the light of the most relevant trends in the development of Russian education within the framework of the transition to digital economy and education, this paper studies the peculiarities and specific features of the use of replicated distributed database (or blockchain) technology. It suggests to adopt this technology in both traditional and innovative teaching and educational process of different level. The authors believe that this technology - widespread abroad and not adequately reflected in Russian educational practices - deserves increased attention from teachers and professors since it can be used as one of the most advanced means of updating current common methods and techniques of teaching information technology, Computer Science, and its breakthroughs, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and massive open online courses (MOOC). Blockchain technology implementation described in this paper allows to design not only new learning resources for school, but also new training courses to educate future teachers in the context of “digital education”.