Concept of blockchain technology use in digital university

1. Blockchain KMA
(Knowledge Measurable Assets)
Faculty of informatics
National university “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019

2. Digital university
• In the information age, the traditional model of the university
competes with the challenges of: lifelong learning, mobility,
curriculum flexibility, IT component integration into curricula
and research studios, creative learning, 21st century
competencies, e-science, and more.
• Digital transformation of higher education institutions is
needed to meet market requirements and competitive
advantages.
• Digitization of the university involves the introduction of more
flexible and effective training and management programs,
changing corporate culture, optimization of all business
processes.

3. Advantages of Blockchain
• A distributed database system combines the transparency,
accuracy, reliability and security of any information that is
written in a blockchain according to a single mathematical
algorithm and cryptographic encryption, which is relatively
difficult to combine using centralized databases.
• The recorded data cannot be changed or deleted
• Data access may be public or restricted
• The use of consensus algorithms makes it impossible to fake
or manipulate data

4. Blockchain explained
• All information in the system (the entire block chain) is recorded
and stored on each server that supports a complete node (node).
Each such server stores all information about all operations on the
system since its inception.
• Operations and any information on the system cannot be deleted or
modified in any way. Information can only be added in new blocks.
This method of recording and provides 100% confidence in the
information in the system

5. Blockchain explained
• The information in each block is collapsed by means of a hash
function (mathematical algorithm) to one consecutive set of
numbers and symbols - a hash sum. Each block records the hash of
the previous block and the block, which ensures the continuity of
the entire block chain. This makes it impossible to forge information
throughout the system, because changing information in any block
at least one character destroys the entire system.
• The mathematical algorithms (consensus rules) according to which
new information is forwarded, verified, validated and written to
new blocks are the same for all members of the recording system,
open to all, enabling anyone to join the blockchain system who is
ready to engage their server capacity for participation in the
recording system

6. Blockchain explained
• Recording of new information or operations in the system is
ensured with the help of public and private keys, which are formed
with the help of mathematical algorithms and asymmetric
cryptography - it is possible to set its correspondence with the
public key on the public key, but it is impossible to calculate the
private key.
• The order of formation and access to the secret key provides the
highest degree of confidentiality of information according to the
technologies known to date. On the other hand, the order of
formation and access to information stored on public keys provides
100% openness and transparency of information.

7. Blockchain explained
Blockchain technology combines transparency, authenticity
(protection of information) and privacy, which determines its main
component and explains the reasons for its popularity in almost all
areas of human activity:
THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE TO THE INFORMATION

8. Project
• The Faculty of Informatics of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla
Academy" intends to develop a system that will combine different
educational institutions of Ukraine and the world to confirm the
results of students' education and give them the opportunity to
gain practical experience through the implementation of electronic
practice.
• Bringing in curriculum information, student learning success,
gaining practical skills and experience to a single e-Diploma registry
using Blockchain technology
• Creation of the platform "Electronic practice" - systems of external
orders related to the student's specialization - software
development, sociological surveys, legal consultations,
development of economic strategies and finplans, texts and
translations, and others.

9. Problems solved
• Confirmation of acquired knowledge and practical experience at the
request of interested persons with the consent of the student,
almost instantly and with precision that is not in doubt;
• Students gain practical professional experience by performing e-
practice tasks under the supervision of a curatorial teacher,
received from customer enterprises;
• Possibility of applying the acquired knowledge to students in
practice;
• Improving the quality of teaching by improving the professional
level of the teacher in accordance with market requirements,
communication with enterprises, understanding of actual needs;
• Getting more income from the university, students and teachers.

10. Electronic practice
• We will create a common web-based platform on which each
school provides requirements for practical tasks, informs the
competences of teaching staff, as well as the level of
preparation of students. This data is made available to the
public, in response to the enterprise in a text format can
provide variants of practical tasks, initially possibly
educational, and subsequently real.
• In fact, it is a university analogue of platforms such as
upwork.com, freelance.ua - but with the support of a curator

11. Electronic practice
• Teaching staff engaged in educational and scientific work, in
fact, can not keep up with the real needs of business, there is
a significant gap between theory and practice. This is a
worldwide trend and the value of academic excellence is
diminishing for the needs of real business, which needs to
respond quickly and effectively to the demands of time in a
highly competitive environment. This trend is reinforced, in
particular by powerful IT corporations that are able to train
their own staff.

12. Electronic practice
• Educational institutions submit proposals regarding the task
accomplishment (which student or group of students will
perform, who acts as a curator, terms of completion).
• The tutor-teacher further acts as a mediator between the
company and the contractors, clarifies all unclear details of
the project, controls the progress. If the company and the
school have agreed on the task, contractors and deadlines,
this information is recorded in the Blockchain KMA.

13. Electronic practice
• The results of all practical tasks will be recorded in the
Blockchain of the KMA, students and teachers will receive a
corresponding rating on the basis of actually completed
works, which will be used to fulfill further orders.
• Payment is made through the cryptocurrency KMA-coin,
which the customer company has the opportunity to buy on
the open market. In this way, universities, teachers and
students will be able to receive real money as well as gain
actual practical experience.
• Purchase of KMA-coin cryptocurrency for hryvnias at LLC
"Kyiv-Mohyla Science Park" will be provided for Ukrainian
customers

14. Other integrations
• Blockchain KMA to be used as student records database for
current university systems related to distant learning: distedu
(Moodle), mathpar
• Research needed on possible integration with Optima

15. Stability of KMA-coin
• According to the latest trends of the crypto-economy, the
cryptocurrency market is decreasing speculative component and
stable cryptocurrencies that do not have high volatility
(stablecoins) are gaining more popularity.
• Since KMA-coin will be provided with the intellectual capital of
universities in different countries, their teachers and students, it is
assumed that this coin will have a high level of stability and low
volatility. Thus, KMA-coin will not be affected by fluctuations in the
cryptocurrency market, given the presence of affiliated universities
in different countries of the world. The broad geography of
universities will give KMA-coin an advantage over other
stablecoins.

16. Expected results
• Such a system significantly improves the quality of teaching,
motivation for learning and creates a coherent relationship
between theoretical learning and the practical application of
acquired knowledge.
• The connection between the educational institution and the
business is increasing, and the geography of the connections
becomes almost unlimited.
• Possibility of cooperation in joint projects between students
and teachers of several faculties, universities, countries.
• Additional revenue for the Kyiv Mohyla Science Park in the
amount of 10% of the profit of the System Operator
Enterprise.

17. NaUKMA development strategy
• To ensure a successful entry of graduates into the labor market,
ensure a combination of theoretical and applied aspects of
education, improve the quality and efficiency of students'
industrial practice, strengthening cooperation with business,
government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
• Introduce distance and blended (combined with classroom) form of
training. Ensure the introduction of integrated learning platforms
and electronic simulator systems integrated into the general
computerized environment. Contribute to the formation of
information education of the Mohyla community.
• Ensure the growth of diversified revenues by increasing the share
of contract-based research, expanding paid education services
(distance learning, life long learning, summer schools, certification
programs, attracting foreign students, etc.), fundraising and joint
projects with partners.

18. Project team
Scientific adviser: Oleksandr P. Zhezherun
Concepts and tokenomics, tests: Yevhen I. Nevmerzhitskyi
Software development and rollout: Kyrylo Gorokhovskyi
Contact: Fintech.lab@ukma.edu.ua
Skype: kyrylog
Tel: +380503837123