A new blockchain platform by an established company in the educational sector is going to enable users to earn crypto tokens as they learn – all the while making lessons exciting and ensuring billions of people around the world have access to talented instructors.
Code of Talent’s team say they want to address multiple failings in the industry which have seen learners become disengaged in boring, generic and uninteractive classrooms. This also has huge ramifications for students attempting to enter the world of work or those seeking to change careers, as a disconnect between the theory they have learned and the skills they desperately need affects their employability and leaves employers struggling to fill vacant positions for skilled jobs.
The company argues that even e-learning platforms – which use the internet to connect with students from around the world – are unable to address the inherent issues facing this important sector. This is because the content in their courses is rarely personalized and lacks human interaction from a real-life educator, resulting in “dramatic lows in terms of course completion.” According to HarvardX and MITx, only 5.5 percent people who enrolled in one of their open online courses actually completed the classes.
Micro-learning: A powerful method?
According to Code of Talent[1], micro-learning is the solution that instructors, learners and employers deserve. This technique involves daily learning sessions which are 10 minutes in length, in a virtual environment where there is a maximum of 40 participants per educator (also known as a “content provider.”)
In its white paper, the company claims that micro-learning can increase the speed of a student’s development by up to 300 percent – with costs also tumbling by 50 percent. This is partially because learning in chunks of between three and seven minutes
