Tamper-proof digital certificates will be needed by every education provider in the coming years and discussions about standards, metadata and validation, are slowly leading to tangible results. In May 2022, I had the pleasure to give a presentation on "Blockchain for Certificates" at the European Association of Distance Learning (EADL) in Copenhagen. Besides our Moodle plugin, I also mentioned the European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDCL) framework and the ESCO competence model. This is contrasted with the German model, which is currently being developed by xHochschule.

1. Blockchain for Certificates
Andreas Wittke
Institut for Interactive Systems @TH Lübeck
EADL Conference Copenhagen 2022

2. Your Life - Your Smartphone
Certificates smart in your wallet
Digitalisation
Standardisation
Machine
processing

3. Proportion of foreign students is growing and will continue to grow
Studentmobility
=
Credential Mobility

4. Internationalisation as a political goal
2 million students
Target 30% to study 15 ECTS abroad
this corresponds to 1.8 million credits at 5
ECTS per module
plus national mobility

5. Platform for international Student Mobility

6. EMREX/ELMO Network

7. Application process from the company's point of view
Applicant has multiple
credentials:
Bachelor University A
Master University B
Further education provider
X,Y,Z
Validation during upload via
public DigiCerts Blockchain
Applicant normally does not
notice this, as he "only" has a
PDF with JSON file, the rest is
done by the cloud.

8. Is counterfeiting a problem?
Quelle: https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/beruf/bewerbung-via-blockchain-warum-digitale-zeugnisse-bald-alltag-werden-koennten/27602044.html
Validation
process
Andreas Wittke
CDO@ILD TH Lü

9. In Germany, ca 30% of the analogue vaccination certificates were forged.
Three federal
states in
Germany have
banned the
analogue
vaccination
certificate

10. INVITE Research Projects MyEduLife, OnCaPflege, WISY@KI and Digital Campus, NBP, PIM
Sustainability

11. Open Source Solution for Moodle is existing, a Webclient and CaMS solution will come
Webapplication
Browser
LMS
Moodle
CaMS
HIS/Datenlotsen
PDF
Print/Mail
Wallet
Smartphone
Portfolio
Database/LinkedIn
Quorum Blockchain for digitale Certificates
Industry
Human
Resource
Department
Realtime-
validition
Administrati
on

12. Certificate generation as PDF with JSON / Public Key

13. Digital Certificate validation process incl. Public Key

14. PDF + JSON = User Experience (UX)

15. Wallet Integration (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTKL1Yyo6LU )

16. Free German Online Course with/about Blockchain Certificates
https://futurelearnlab.de/hub/blocks/ildmetaselect/detailpage.php?id=25

17. Legal opinion available, over 1.000 Certificates awarded

18. Quorum Blockchain vs Ethereum 2.0
● Open Source
● Ethereum compatible
● Community Blockchain
● No Mining Fees, no CO2
pollution
● Role based concept
● JP Morgan & Microsoft

19. Performance Problem solved

20. CO2 Problem solved

21. Standardisation process in Germany (Europe)
Challenge/goal is compatibility with the EDCI standard

22. Standardisation process for Europe
EDCI Framework

23. European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDCL)
Based on W3C Verifiable Credentials

24. The EDCL starts 2018
Lighthouse project with approx. 60 employees

25. TH Lübeck & Campus Management Provider HIS
MVP Minimum Viable Product for Bachelor/Master diploma

26. DigiCerts Allianz www.digicerts.eu

27. DigiCerts Allianz --- starke Partner = Vertrauen

28. Thank You For Your
Lifetime
Andreas Wittke
Head of Blockchain & Platform Development
Institut für Interaktive Systeme (ISy)
TH Lübeck
Twitter @onlinebynature
Web www.onlinebynature.com

29. Quellen
■ Elefanten Zebra http://www.spass.net/bilder/elefant-als-zebra-getarnt/
■ Hand mit Smartphone https://pixabay.com/photos/smartphone-screen-android-1957740/ Pixabay License
■ OZG https://leitfaden.ozg-umsetzung.de/display/OZG/OZG-Leitfaden
■ Digitaler Campus https://www.daad.de/de/der-daad/was-wir-tun/digitalisierung/digitalercampus/
■ User Experience SEOBILITY https://www.seobility.net/de/wiki/Usability CC-BY-SA 4.0
■ Blockchain Felder https://pixabay.com/de/illustrations/netzwerk-steuerung-blockchain-4478145/ Pixabay License
■ Bewerbung https://pixabay.com/de/photos/bewerbung-antrag-arbeit-3653359/ Pixabay License
■ Spagat https://unsplash.com/photos/vVYDk2gqTSQ Unsplash Lizenz
■ MVP https://thestartupfactory.tech/how-to-define-your-minimum-viable-product/
■ Alles andere sind Screenshots aus eigenen Projekten unter CC-BY 4.0