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The rise of new technology usually has a great impact on education. Blockchain, as an emerging technology, has developed rapidly in recent years and has become a hot topic of education researchers. This technology is initially applied in the field of higher education in China now. In view of this, this paper first introduces the concept of blockchain technology, and expounds the characteristics and types of its application in the field of education in detail. Then combined with the existing typical application cases of blockchain technology in higher education field, the impact and value of blockchain technology on higher education are discussed, and possible challenges are analyzed. It is expected that this paper can provide reference for the innovation of comprehensive and deep integrated education concept and education mode based on blockchain in China.
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Feng, C., Liu, S. (2021). Research on Application of Blockchain Technology in Higher Education in China. In: Huang, DS., Jo, KH., Li, J., Gribova, V., Bevilacqua, V. (eds) Intelligent Computing Theories and Application. ICIC 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12836. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84522-3_31
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