热技术下的冷思考:区块链在教育领域应用的理性审视

Calm Reflection under Hot Technology:A Rational Review of the Application of Blockchain in the Field of Education

在教育领域,对新技术的产生和发展的研究理应始终为教育服务,任何或夸大技术的作用,或低估技术带来的进步都是不可取的,区块链技术同样如此。研究发现,现有基于教育领域的区块链技术研究主要集中在展望与规划方面,较少涉及区块链技术在教育领域应用的适用性分析,没有充分考虑区块链技术具有去中心化、共识机制、可追溯性和高冗余性等特征。研究认为,区块链技术在教育领域的应用应当依据其设计理念,结合教育领域的实际适用场景,遵从适用性和可行性的原则,采取全面应用方式(如学分银行)或部分应用方式(如数字学习证书、时间指纹),最大限度地发挥区块链技术的优势,促进教育研究和实践在信息时代的健康发展。

In the field of education,research on the generation and development of new technologies should always serve education.It is not advisable to overstate the role of technology or underestimate the progress brought by technology.The same is true for blockchain technology.It is found that the existing researches on blockchain technology based on education mainly focus on the perspective and planning,and seldom involve the applicability analysis of the application of blockchain technology in the field of education.They fail to fully consider the characteristics of blockchain technology such as decentralization,consensus mechanism,traceability and high redundancy.Studies suggest that blockchain technology application in the field of education shall be based on the design concept,combined with the actual application field of education,following the principles of feasibility and applicability,and adopt the mode of comprehensive application(such as credit bank)or partial application form(such as digital certificate,time fingerprint),so as to maximize the advantages of blockchain technology and promote the healthy development of education research and practice in the information age.