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CRICOS No.00213J
DIGITAL TRAIL OF ICT AUTHENTIC
ASSESSMENTS WITH THE NOVEL USE OF
BLOCKCHAIN
ALTA 2020 PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS
CRICOS No.00213J
Digital Trail of ICT Authentic Assessments
CRICOS No.00213J
Why?: The Gap & Potential Impact
•All universities currently measure the skills
of individual students through many types of
assessments at the unit level
•Currently publish at the course level domain
knowledge specific scores within the
academic transcripts,
•However, there is no student records
published related to the
•Key ICT skills gained by the
individual students
•During their entire course.
•Universities
•Provide an Audit trail of assessments
and immutable evidence of skills and
knowledge gained by the students
•Can improve course, units and
assessment designs and enhance
individual learning outcomes
•Students
•Awareness and evidence for gained
skills and knowledge
•Employers
•Ease the selection process
•Potentially reduce costs of hiring and
training university graduates
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Aim & Objectives
Aim
This project aims to
“design and deliver a prototype solution to
establish a Digital trail of ICT authentic
assessments with the novel use of blockchain”
Objectives
a) Apply and obtain the research ethics and
complete the literature review for selection of
the Blockchain implementation Model for the
Digital Trail of ICT Authentic Assessments in 3
months from the start of the project
b) Plan, Design, Develop and Implement
Blockchain components over 4 increments
during Semester 2 of 2020 and Semester 1
2021)
c) Publish the key learnings in top tier Learning
and Teaching Journal and present the findings
at the ACDICT Annual Committee Meeting
(July 2021)
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Scope & Deliverables
Scope
1. Set up the Ethics process for conducting an action
design research program
2. Evaluate and select the most suitable blockchain
implementation (private, public or Hybrid)
3. Publish a Higher Education conference paper on the
selection the blockchain model for Higher Education
4. Conduct workshops with ICT course stakeholders
(product owners) for one month
5. Establish a product backlog for the prototype based
on the workshops
6. 6. Plan a set of increments and prioritize the features
to be delivered in each increment
7. Develop and implement the features across the
planned increments.
8. Evaluate the outcomes and publish a journal paper
on “Digital Trail of ICT Authentic Assessments with
Blockchain use” in June 2021
Deliverables
1. A blockchain prototype to store and publish “Digital
Trail of ICT Authentic Assessments” for all ICT
students
2. Use case Development Guidelines for Blockchain
Experimentations in Education sector
3. Publish the project learnings and outcomes with two
Publications (1 Journal and 1 Conference)
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The Plan
Activity
From To
Research Ethics Approval and project Establishment
1/7/2020 31/8/2020
Set up team and investigate Blockchain implementation option
and platform choices (Hyperledger, Ethereum and others)
1/9/2020 30/11/2020
Conduct ICT educator workshops and create product backlog)
1/12/2020 31/1/2021
Agile Development Increments
2/1/2021 31/5/2021
Travel costs
1/6/2020 30/6/2021
Evaluation of the results and Publications
1/5/2021 30/6/2021
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The Project Team
QUT Brisbane
•Professor Raja Jurdak
https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/y.tian
•Professor Glen Tian
https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/y.tian
•Professor Wageeh Boles
https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/w.boles
•Dr Nagarajan Venkatachalam
https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/venkat.venk
atachalam
UNSW Sydney
•Professor Salil Kanhere
https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/professor-
salil-kanhere
Griffith Brisbane
•Associate Professor Ernest Foo
https://experts.griffith.edu.au/8080-ernest-foo