Construction Pathways for the National "Credit bank" for Vocational Education Based on Blockchain Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhve.202516509

Author(s)

Han Wang1, Qin Wang2,*

Affiliation(s)

1The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2College of Applied Science and Technology, Beijing Union University, Beijing, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

With the advancement of industrial society towards the knowledge economy era, building a lifelong education system has become a global trend. The biggest challenge encountered is how to scientifically recognize various achievements in lifelong learning. Over the past 20 years, "Credit bank" that have emerged overseas have become powerful tools to solve these problems. By analyzing the core advantages of blockchain technology, in the paper, it explores the coupling relationships and mechanisms of action between blockchain technology and the national "Credit bank" for vocational education. The overall framework of the national "Credit bank" for vocational education based on blockchain technology is designed from five levels of network layer, data and storage layer, core blockchain platform layer, interface and channel layer, application and service layer. And following the main principles of systematicity, scientific nature, reliability and standardization, the construction pathways of the national "Credit bank" for vocational education based on blockchain technology are proposed from the aspects of sharing and safety management of vocational education resources, learning account management, credit mutual authentication, accumulation and conversion, learning process recording and monitoring, information query, certificate issuance and quality assurance. The goal is to achieve the authentication, accumulation and conversion of different types of learning outcomes in vocational education.

Keywords

Vocational Education; "Credit Bank"; National "Credit Bank"; Blockchain Technology; Construction Pathways

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