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To build decentralised societies, we need to educate the younger members of our society. However, traditional educational is largely unaware of decentralisation technologies and the methods.
Working with students we will create a learn-by-example introduction to decentralisation technologies, and integrate decentralisation technologies into their learning communities using Cardano.
This is the total amount allocated to [3] Student-Driven Demonstration of the Use of SSI and the Cardano Blockchain to Capture their Cardano Blockchain Skills. 2 out of 3 milestones are completed.
1/3
Project Set up & Student Team Onboarding
Cost: ₳ 5,340
Delivery: Month 2 - Dec 2023
2/3
Design & Educational Content Creation
Cost: ₳ 5,340
Delivery: Month 3 - Jan 2024
3/3
Students Use App & Capture Skills
Cost: ₳ 7,120
Delivery: Month 6 - Apr 2024
Bence Lukacs (bence.lukacs@slfdrvn.io)
Benjamin Heurich (benjamin.heurich@slfdrvn.io)
No dependencies.
Project will be fully open source.
Our UN SDG Goals are:
Full details with sub-goals can be found @ https://slfdrvn.io/society/#un-sdgs.
We propose working with a leading group of students to create a learn-by-example introduction to decentralisation technologies. They will explore and implement ways to organise, launch projects, and integrate these methods within their communities using the selfdriven and Cardano frameworks and technology.
In collaboration with MAV100.org, we will facilitate the formation of a student team to design, test, and implement learning experiences. The students will engage with various types of decentralisation technologies compatible with the Cardano blockchain, gaining understanding of their usage, societal value, underlying concepts, and acquiring hands-on experience.
The technical education component will leverage the resources provided by the selfdrivenOcto supported buildingoncardano.dev website.
The organisational process will begin with students self-registering at levelup.slfdrvn.io. Here, they will use the selfdrivenOcto initiated Universal Skill Set to register their skills, which will be validated by Learning Partners (teachers).
As an introduction to the Cardano blockchain and SSI, students will create a Cardano Wallet and their Digital Identity (DID). The validated skills, specifically those pertaining to the Cardano Blockchain, will be registered and viewable within their Cardano wallet.
As part of this proposal, students will have the opportunity to create improvement projects and form teams to execute them using levelup.slfdrvn.io. They will also be able to view the skills of their peers recorded using the SSI technologies mentioned earlier.
The projects proposed for this initiative will align with MAV100 activities, such as "How to Launch a Stake Pool."
Students will have access to the slfdrvn.io/launch functionality within the selfdriven system, which includes links to Cardano Catalyst.
The primary outcomes for students include a profound understanding of decentralisation technologies, hands-on experience in using them, and learning how to organise and launch projects, as well as teaching these skills to other students.
Applying the organisational tools of the selfdriven Framework to help students get organised to self-drive their learning & community projects, while also gaining first hand experience of decentralising technology like Cardano & SSI.
We will measure success using the following use-tests.
When achieved they will show how students can on-board to Cardano and record their skills on-chain using Cardano. Overall helping to the on-boarding of traditional education environments onto Cardano.
1/ Students can self-drive project set up and tracking using org.slfdrvn.io (Open Source)
2/ Students can engage other students about the value of SSI and having credentials self-managed and decentralised.
3/ Students can run workshops for other students with in their learning community and other learning communities.
4/ Students can clearly articulate the value of decentralisation and supporting Cardano based Blockchain technologies.
5/ By querying the selfdriven Achievement (SDA) Token Policy on Cardano you can see the Verifiable Credentials. [https://slfdrvn.io/tokens/#sda]
All outputs will be shared online as they are created to allow for community verification and contribution.
This will allow learning communities and other Cardano projects to work with the outputs immediately, creating opportunities for cross-project collaborations, especially in regards to on-boarding younger people into Cardano.
Sharing:
The selfdriven team supporting the projects have a wealth of experience in education and technology.
The selfdriven Foundation was founded in 2019 and the team is highly engaged within the Cardano community. It has a robust organisational structure.
Mark Byers (Initiator & Co-founder) is a qualified Engineer and has 30+ years experience delivering internet based high-grade solutions to market, including the vision to co-found the entityOS.cloud service in 2000.
Bence Lukacs (Co-Founder) is a former sports trainer and teacher and brings experience in school development, as well as teacher education projects and Media Education research.
Benjamin Heurich (Co-Founder) is a university lecturer and researcher in the departments of Sociology and Educational Sciences with a focus on digital education, educational equity and internationalisation.
Diverse advisory team with over 100+ years experience
Advisory team includes Mario Altimari (Co-Founder) eLearningDAO.
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https://slfdrvn.io/team
https://slfdrvn.io/organisation
Overall goal is to demonstrate how young people can drive their own learning in regards to the value of SSI and the decentralisation of learning & society.
In this project students will drive their own engagement to achieve the follow goals:
1/ Students can self-drive project set up and tracking using org.slfdrvn.io (Open Source)
2/ Students can engage other students about the value of SSI and having credentials self-managed and decentralised.
3/ Students can run workshops for other students with in their learning community and other learning communities.
4/ Students can clearly articulate the value of decentralisation and supporting Cardano based Blockchain technologies.
5/ By querying the selfdriven Achievement (SDA) Token Policy on Cardano you can see the Verificable Credentials.
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https://slfdrvn.io/tokens/#sda
1/ Project Set Up / Management Plan
(4 weeks)
Outputs
2/ Design with Students
(8 weeks)
Outputs
3/ Create Educational Content
(6 weeks)
Outputs
4/ Use levelup.slfdrvn.io App
(6 weeks)
Outputs
5/ Using Launch program to Prepare for Catalyst Funding
(4 weeks)
Outputs
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https://slfdrvn.io/energy/#funding-f10-3
This proposal/project will deliver the following seven key outputs:
1/ Project Set Up / Management Plan
2/ Team Set Up
3/ Educational Material Creation
4/ Educational Material Testing
5/ Preparation of org.slfdrvn.io
6/ On-Boarding Support to org.slfdrvn.io
7/ Update Universal Skill Set for Cardano Skills
This project creates value for the Cardano ecosystem by:
Proposals mapped to the Learning Community Ecosystem
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The team on this project is highly experienced in delivering this type of infrastructure and alignment to standards.
Select group of students that are actively involved in running Cardano stake pools
Former teacher and sports trainer, with many years of experience in e-Learning Instructional Design and Media Didactics. Driven by a passion for science (particularly Open Science and Decentralised Science), human learning, and digital worlds he's researching, conceptualising and building decentralised education projects.
Co-founder of entityOS.cloud, an internet cloud services platform founded in 2000.
Co-founder of slfdrvn.io (this project)
30+ years experience in information technology.
Mechanical Engineer
Former university lecturer & Researcher in the departments of Sociology and Educational Sciences with a focus on digital education, educational equity and internationalisation. Several years of experience in digital branding and international marketing consulting. Current research and activity areas include DeSci, Open Science and Social & Literacy Studies.