内容• 司会進行: 秦 IMS Japan デジタルバッジ部会副主査• 逐次通訳: 田中様(日本情報大学院大学)• 施設提供: 内田洋行様

• (1) ごあいさつ:• 山田教授: IMS Japan デジタルバッジ部会主査, 放送大学• 近藤寿子株式会社デジタル・ナレッジ取締役: Learning Machine社講演者招聘について

• (2) 講演会: 10:00 - 11:00• 新しいクレデンシャル・エコシステム• Learning Machine, SVP Natalie Smolenski（ナタリー・スモレンスキー）氏

• (3) パネルディスカッション: 11:00 - 12:30• 山田教授: 日本のデジタルクレデンシャルの現状と課題について: 問題提起• デジタル部会会員/フロア質問

• (4) 終わりにあたって• デジタルバッジ部会会員代表 田中様(サイバー大学)

Panel discussion

• 1. Lifelong learning and digital credentials• Micro credentials. Personal data management of lifelong

learners as data entities

• 2. Merits or necessities to use blockchain technologies

• 3. The next step for the technical standards such as Verifiable credentials by w3c and CLR by IMS

The New Credentialing Ecosystem

A combination of high- and low-stakes credentials provides a rapidly-expanding model for recognizing learning and expertise across sectors.

IMS Japan Digital Credential Conference – January 24, 2020

Presenter: Natalie Smolenski, SVP Business Development

Introduction

About Learning Machine

Learning Machine was born from a collaboration with MIT to develop Blockcerts in 2016. Today we offer a full suite of SaaS credentialing solutions for Education, Government, Healthcare, and Workforce Development.

• Launched September 2017• First in-market product for blockchain credentialing• Global customer traction• Offices in New York, Dallas, and Malta• Customers Sectors: Edu, Gov, Health, and Workforce

Our Investors

The Changing Credentialing Landscape

A Lifelong Learning ModelTraditional learning models are failing to keep pace with advances in both technology and a highly mobile workforce. There is a need to assess and recognize learning and expertise that is developed anywhere, anytime and over the course of one’s lifetime.

InternationalizationPeople need better ways to demonstrate achievement and education across borders. Digital records that are instantly verifiable open access to greater opportunities, employment, and mobility.

Education Example

In 2019, nearly five million international students traveled abroad for education. By 2030, that figure is expected to reach at least seven million.

Source: https://www.holoniq.com/global-student-flows

Workforce Skill DevelopmentAs AI and machine learning increasingly automate rote and mechanical jobs, up-skilling and reskilling populations becomes critical for maintaining economic competitiveness and sustainability.

Workforce Example

The skills most in-demand for a 21st-century workforce require either deep understanding of science and technology or strong human skills, like communication, empathy, critical thinking, and innovative problem-solving.

Source: https://www.inc.com/ryan-jenkins/this-is-most-in-demand-skill-of-future.html?cid=hmsub3

The Credential MixTo address the needs of this shifting landscape, a combination of both high-stakes and low-stakes credentials is needed.

High-Stakes Credentials

Purpose: Certify a high level of achievement that legally or socially allows an individual to perform high-stakes tasks, such as:

- Teaching complex subjects- Piloting an aircraft- Practicing medicine or law- Proving formal training

Technical Format: Blockcerts

Low-Stakes Credentials

Purpose: Certify a stepping stones of achievement that may add up to a summative (high-stakes) credential over time:

- Developing a skill- Achieving a career milestone- Qualification that does not require legal

validation

Technical Format: Open Badges

Credential Types

What is a Digital Badge?A Digital Badge is a recognition of learning or accomplishment issued by an organization and embedded with metadata, including the achievement assessed and evidence of achievement. Open Badges is the premiere global open standard for digital badges. IMS Global is the custodian for the Open Badges standard and validates vendor compliance.

A Micro Credential is the term most often used in education and or professional licensing for a digital badge that recognizes learning – typically a demonstration of a competency based on evidence assessed and validated by issuing organization.

Key Terms

• Issuer

• Earner

• Recognizer

• Reviewer/Assessor

• Stack

• JSON

• Metadata

Shift from Inputs to OutcomesEducators put into practice new learning and measure results

Moving from Professing to AssessingWorking toward mastery – specific and high quality feedback and the opportunity resubmit

Open Up the ProfessionMicro Credentials may be used to recognize skills developed informally for high needs areas such as computer science as well as alternative pathways to licensure

Efficiency and EconomyMicro Credentials focus on application –independent of learning pathway or institution

Recognize ExpertiseHigh value skill sets vary from community to community – micro credentials can reflect system values and priorities.

Support Life Long LearningMicro Credentials can be recognized along a continuum of career and learning –changes in practice and technology

Competency-Based Micro Credentials

What is a Blockcert?

A Blockcert is a blockchain-anchored digital record that validates identity or accomplishment. Like a digital badge, it is issued by an organization and embedded with metadata, including the achievement assessed and evidence of achievement. Blockcerts contain additional form factor flexibility and enhanced security features that make them legally enforceable and tamper-proof.

A Summative Credential is a term used in education and or professional licensing for a certificate that legally or socially allows an individual to perform high-stakes tasks requiring significant training and preparation.

Blockcerts BenefitsAll blockchain records issued through Learning Machine are compliant with the Blockcerts Open Standard. Recipients can use the free mobile app, available on iOS and Android, to store, share, and verify their records.

Real OwnershipRecipients use the Blockcerts mobile app, available on iOS and Android, to easily view, share, and cryptographically prove ownership of their records.

Instant VerificationRecords can be verified anywhere in the world, instantly and for free. The secure format protects your brand against fraud and tampering.

Easily ShareableRecords can easily be shared online via platforms like LinkedIn, Applicant Tracking Systems, or directly with third parties.

Fully InteroperableBlockcerts use a standard file format, JSON, that is human readable and machine readable by virtually any system.

Multichain AnchoringBlockcerts aren’t limited to one ecosystem or blockchain. The standard allows for records to be anchored to any public blockchain.

Vendor IndependenceOnce records have been issued, the can be used by recipients for a lifetime, with no ongoing dependence upon any vendor.

How it WorksLearning Machine Issuing SystemEnterprise SaaS for ISSUERS. Everything else is free (open source) for recipients and verifiers.

Features Include:

• Import Data

• Invite Recipients

• Gather Recipient Keys

• Create Templates

• Issue & Sign Records

• Anchor to a Blockchain

• Manage Records

• Federate Multiple Accounts

• View Analytics

Blockcerts WalletThe open source Blockcerts Wallet (available for iOS and Android) allows recipients to seamlessly add issuers and keep all their Blockcerts in a private portfolio.

BenefitsNo vendor login or password is required, as the Wallet is vendor independent and stores Blockcerts from any issuer.

• Cryptographic proof of recipient identity

• Manages recipient keys

• Easily add issuers

• Contact issuers with questions

• Store all Blockcerts in one place

• One-click sharing and verification

Digital Credentials Comparison Report

CriteriaFile FormatData FlexibilityRecipient OwnershipTamper EvidenceTime StampingIntegrated Data/DisplayShareableRevocableExpireableVendor-Independent VerificationLegal Enforcement

Badges Signed PDFs

Blockcerts

W3C Verifiable Claims

Co-authored by FSMB and Learning Machine Research.

Source: The Federation of State Medical Boards and Learning Machine Research. “Healthcare and Digital Credentials: Technical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations.” June 2019. https://www.fsmb.org/digitalcredentials/

PDF Digital SignaturesCommon use case is signed agreements between two parties, faciliated by a vendor.

Source: The Federation of State Medical Boards and Learning Machine Research. “Healthcare and Digital Credentials: Technical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations.” June 2019. https://www.fsmb.org/digitalcredentials/

Open BadgesUse case is micro credentials for education demonstrating competence in a specific skill.

Source: The Federation of State Medical Boards and Learning Machine Research. “Healthcare and Digital Credentials: Technical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations.” June 2019. https://www.fsmb.org/digitalcredentials/

BlockcertsUse case is currently education centric, but no theoretical limits to multi-sector usage.

Source: The Federation of State Medical Boards and Learning Machine Research. “Healthcare and Digital Credentials: Technical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations.” June 2019. https://www.fsmb.org/digitalcredentials/

W3C Verifiable CredentialsUse case is intended for any/all sectors that need to make verifiable digital assertions.

Source: The Federation of State Medical Boards and Learning Machine Research. “Healthcare and Digital Credentials: Technical, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations.” June 2019. https://www.fsmb.org/digitalcredentials/

Future Direction: W3C Verifiable Credentials

Department of Homeland Security Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative

We have secured a DHS grant to adapt the Blockcerts open standard and Learning Machine’s commercial offering to support Verifiable Credentials (VCs) and Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs).

Key Deliverables:• Update Blockcerts schema to the Verifiable Credentials

format• Update signature/verification scheme to conform to the

latest JSON-LD format• Develop the DID method and utilities• Update Blockcerts open source credential issuance and

verification

Key Benefits/Solution Characteristics:• Open source expansion of successful projects (IPFS,

Blockcerts)• Identity provider and blockchain agnostic (risks: lock-in,

data silos)• Interoperable/Standards based (DID, VC, JSON-LD)• Validation of the open-source work through Learning

Machine’s commercial secure document platform

DHS Solution Outcomes

This effort demonstrates that Learning Machine’s platform can be leveraged in public infrastructure for fraud prevention via compliance with the JSON-LD signature suites, Decentralized Identifier and Verifiable Credentials standards, altogether showing that these standards can be used in a production-ready environment interoperable with other technology providers.

Final deliverables:

• Open source DID method (with related documentation).

• An interoperable DID provider model and VC-based credential format proven out through enhanced LM product and the Blockcerts ecosystem.

• Credential issuance and verification consistent with TTA #1.

Learning Machine Customer Use Cases

Growing Micro Credentialing EcosystemAcross 17 States: 50 Universities and Non-Profit Organizations.

Arkansas Tennessee New York City NEA

Early Projects Licensure

Career Pathways

Expertise

Professional Learning and CLE

Digital Badges: Central New Mexico Community College

Example CNM Badging Programs• Designing an Ethical Decision-Making

Framework for Professional Settings

• Listening + Paraphrasing: How To Get To

The Heart of the Message

• The Modern Resume

• How to Email Like A Pro

Blockcerts Diplomas: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Example MIT Diplomas• Bachelor of Science

• Master of Science

• Master of Business Administration

• Master of Finance

• Master of City Planning

• Master of Engineering

• Doctor of Philosophy

• Doctor of Science

• Naval Engineer

Blockcerts Stackable Credentials: Lehigh University

Badges Embedded in Blockcerts• University’s Center for Career and

Professional Development (CCPD)

issued summative Blockcerts

embedded with Open Badges.

• Recognize proficiency gained

inside and outside the classroom in

3 development areas: Critical

Thinking, Global/Intercultural

Fluency, &

Teamwork/Collaboration.

• The Blockcerts use NACE’s Career

Readiness Competencies to close

the gap between Higher Education

and the world of work.

Blockcerts Transcripts: Ministry for Education and Employment, Malta

National Implementation• World’s first national Blockcerts

pilot for academic records

completed 2018

• Now scaling up to all educational

institutions, public and private, K-

12, higher ed, teacher licensure,

school accreditation

• First graduating High School

students received Blockcerts

transcripts in 2019 and all are on

track to receive them

Blockcerts Score Reports: The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)

Example Credentials Issued by CXC• Caribbean Primary Education Assessment

(CPEA)

• Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level

Competence (CCSLC)

• Caribbean Secondary Education

Certificate (CSEC)

• Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam

(CAPE)

• Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ)

• Caribbean Examinations Council –

Associates Degree (CXC-AD)

Blockcerts Medical Licenses: The Federation of State Medical Boards

Example Records Issued in FSMB Pilot• State Medical License

• Verification of Graduate Medical Education

• Verification of Undergraduate Medical

Education

• 2017 Blockchain Pilot Info:

www.fsmb.org/blockchain

Blockcerts Comprehensive Learner Records: Under Development

Pilot Project Under Development• Technical Standard for the CLR being

finalized by IMS Global

• CLR can be issued as a Blockcert

• Learning Machine pursuing IMS Global

CLR vendor certification

• Results to be presented at IMS Global

Summit in May 2020

Let’s Discuss.

Natalie SmolenskiSVP Business DevelopmentLearning Machinensmolenski@learningmachine.comTwitter: @NSmolenski

www.blockcerts.orgTwitter: @Blockcerts

www.learningmachine.comTwitter: @LearningMach1

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