Month: May 2021

Micro credentials emerge in the EdTech landscape as a valuable education alternative. The number of micro-credentials rises sharply to meet the new job market’s criteria and candidates’ need to differentiate themselves. Meanwhile, college degrees’ value declines and universities could consider incorporating micro-certifications to their syllabus to remain attractive against more atypical education paths. Moreover, since … Read more

You may already be familiar with BCdiploma: the platform issuing blockchain digital credentials that gathers the largest number of universities, training organizations and companies. Since its launch in 2019, BCdiploma’s key feature has been the customizable blockchain digital credential, with complete parameterization of the data model and graphical components for each institution: BCdiploma now offers a turnkey … Read more

Facilitated by digital technologies, diploma fraud is an increasingly common practice. According to a 2018 study by the Florian Mantione Institute, 68% of applicant resumes were found to be misleading. In 29% of fraud cases, the applicant provided a different diploma than the one they held. Applicants diploma verification has become a key issue for companies to … Read more

More reliable and efficient, the blockchain builds trust in the Digital Credential ecosystem. The term “Credentials” encompasses the notions of diplomas, qualifications, references, authorizations or professional titles. They are part of our daily lives: driver’s licence, university diploma, transcript, passport… Most of them are in physical form: plastic cards, identity papers, paper diplomas for example. … Read more

Aurélie Bayle is legal consultant and PhD CIFRE student at the University of Montpellier. She has been supporting the blockchain start-up BCdiploma since its creation. Digital Credentials Meaning and Legal Issues BCdiploma team thanks Aurélie Bayle for the research note presented below. From time immemorial, Mankind has always shown a willingness to put down in writing, to save … Read more