Abadi, Aydin;
Xiao, Jin;
Metere, Roberto;
Shillcock, Richard;
(2021)
ValuED: A Blockchain-based Trading Platform to EncourageStudent Engagement in Higher Education.
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Abstract
The provision of higher education has been changing ever more quickly in the UK and worldwide, as a result of technological, economic, and geopolitical factors. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated such changes. The “student experience”—the interaction of students with their institution and with each other—has been changing accordingly, with less face-to-face contact. In this work, we have explored a way to improve student engagement in higher education. We describe “ValuED”, a blockchain-based trading platform using a cryptocurrency. It allows students both to buy and sell goods and services within their university community and to be rewarded for academic engagement. ValuED involves a reputation system to further incentivise participants. We describe the implementation and piloting of this platform and draw conclusions for its future use. The platform’s source code is publicly available.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | ValuED: A Blockchain-based Trading Platform to EncourageStudent Engagement in Higher Education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.31234/osf.io/na2qu |
| Publisher version: | https://psyarxiv.com/na2qu/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 2021 Aydin Abadi, Jin Xiao, Roberto Metere, and Richard Shillcock. This version is the preprint. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143497 |
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