Digital Wallets for Education, BlockChain, and Self-Sovereign Identity

Beyond the transcript, what are the verifiable artifacts of learning that students might be able to take with them along their lifelong education journey? Based on a range of work for advancing the trusted learning network, ASU has developed a digital wallet for education. Led by Arizona State University and a coalition of education and open source technology architects, a new educational digital wallet called Pocket has been developed based on a technical stack enterprise infrastructure for distributed ledger technologies, starting with one of the first self-sovereign identity platforms. Over the past year, ASU and coalition partners have begun to develop applications within Pocket, including transfer credit, digital portfolios, and student success MyData real-time reporting. Current work includes adding mapping of skills and competencies, along with a credit maximizer algorithm. The panel will include discussions on the context, architecture, student journey, and a live demonstration of Pocket.