The "NFT+" model is still being updated. How does NFT affect education?

With the rapid development of NFT, we see more possibilities for NFT.

Today, NFT is widely used in various fields, from fashion to sports, from news to museums, from music to art, the "NFT+" model is constantly being explored and updated, and now the education field has also begun to pay attention to NFT and apply it.

In the field of education, NFT has become a hot topic. More and more colleges and universities are embracing NFT vigorously. Some schools have opened related courses, and some schools are exploring the unique uses of NFT.

Ankara University in Turkey opened NFT-related courses this year to teach students more in-depth related content, which also makes Ankara University the first university in Turkey to offer NFT courses.

It is worth mentioning that, as the metaverse closely related to NFT, it is also becoming the focus of attention of universities. At present, more and more colleges and universities are considering offering courses related to NFT and Metaverse, and even set up special research centers.

Previously, Tsinghua University announced the establishment of the "Metaverse Culture Laboratory of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University", which will integrate the research forces of various schools in Tsinghua University to carry out metaverse research.

Shortly thereafter, the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Renmin University of China announced the establishment of the first metaverse research center in domestic universities, and will also set up talent training courses. In the future, the research center plans to release research reports, publish Chinese and English books, and publish high-quality papers.

At the same time, more and more colleges and universities are applying NFT to campuses and classrooms.

Stanford University was one of the first universities to embrace NFT. Last year, it began to try to issue NFT to students who completed the designated blockchain courses of the school.

Stanford University NFT

Earlier this year, Duke University’s Department of Engineering awarded NFT certificates of completion to students who completed courses designated on blockchain technology on the educational platform Coursera.

Hoseo University in South Korea awarded NFT degrees and certificates to 2,830 graduates last year.

Looking at the country, some colleges and universities have begun to use NFT.

Just a few days ago, Nanjing University announced that it will cooperate with the only art platform. On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the school, the cultural symbol and mascot "Little Blue Whale" of Nanjing University is used as the basis for the creation, combined with the iconic attractions of Nanjing University , slogans, cultural activities and other elements, the digital collection of the Little Blue Whale of Nanjing University was launched, a gift for the celebration of Nanjing University, and a warm-up for the 2022 enrollment publicity.

Nanjing University Little Blue Whale Digital Collection【Xinxiangnanxi】

Not long before Nanjing University announced the news, the official account of the Peking University Alumni Association also issued an article stating that it will launch a digital collection of Peking University 124th anniversary commemorative cards for the majority of Peking University alumni.

In addition to the colleges and universities mentioned above, in fact, more and more colleges and universities are currently stepping into the NFT field, learning more about NFT, Metaverse and other encryption-related content, and the attempts and applications of NFT in the education field are still increasing.

Many voices believe that NFT will have an important impact on the education field.

Whether it is a student's diploma, various honorary certificates or personal information, it can be stored on the chain in the form of NFT.

NFT is irreplaceable, indivisible, and cannot be tampered with. Its various information is openly and transparently recorded on the blockchain, with high transparency and traceability.

Therefore, for schools and individual students, NFT can help manage personal information, record credits, track learning progress, store educational data, etc., and at the same time reduce the possibility of information forgery to a certain extent, such as reducing academic qualifications and academic fraud. .

The campus is an important place for students to create and create. However, most of the time, student works and projects do not receive enough protection and attention. Casting students' works into NFTs is another form of recognition for students' creativity. Through this form, students' achievements can be known and shared by more people, and students can get corresponding honors.

In addition, as mentioned above, Stanford University’s practice of issuing NFTs to students who have completed specified courses is actually a recognition and encouragement of students, which can bring positive effects to students to a certain extent.

At the same time, such an emerging form of expression may be able to stimulate the creativity of more students, especially art students.

Every university has its own campus culture and characteristics, and NFT can become an innovative form of publicity and promotion of campus culture, and the integration of campus culture and NFT is also a unique souvenir.

Just like the NFT launched by Nanjing University and Peking University this time, combined with the exclusive campus cultural characteristics, through NFT, more people can know and understand the unique culture of the campus. At the same time, these unique campus cultures and memories will last forever on the blockchain.

Last June, the University of California, Berkeley cast two Nobel Prize-winning research papers into NFTs for auction.

One is the research of James Allison (James Allison), who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2018, and the other is the study of the genome editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 by Jennifer Doudna (Jennifer Doudna), the 2020 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry. In the end, both NFTs were successfully auctioned for related inventions. Most of the proceeds fund education and innovative research at the school.

Research by James Allison

Universities have unique resource conditions in academic research, so this method is not only a symbol of the university's own achievements, but also the benefits obtained from it can be used to support education and academic research. Some people may think that no one wants to spend money to buy such NFTs with "boring, boring" content, but in fact, for some people, NFTs of such content actually have important meanings.

As Berkeley Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship Officer Rich Lyons said in a statement: "Some people recognize and care about great scientific symbols, even if they never intend to resell the NFT, they want to own it and want the resources to go back to Berkeley. That's where the fundamental research behind these Nobel Prizes comes from, to support further research."

Of course, the application and possibility of NFT are still being explored and tapped. At present, NFT has brought changes and influences to many industries and fields, and NFT may play more roles in the future.