[3] Student-Driven Demonstration of the Use of SSI and the Cardano Blockchain to Capture their Cardano Blockchain Skills

[GENERAL] Name and Surname of Main Applicant

Mark Byers

[GENERAL] Email address of Main Applicant

mark.byers@slfdrvn.io

Additional Applicants

Bence Lukacs (bence.lukacs@slfdrvn.io)

Benjamin Heurich (benjamin.heurich@slfdrvn.io)

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies.

[GENERAL] Will your project outputs be fully Open Source?

Yes

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

Project will be fully open source.

[METADATA] Category of proposal

RealFi

[METADATA] SDG rating

Our UN SDG Goals are:

• 4: Quality Education
• 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 16: Peace, Justice and strong Institutions

Full details with sub-goals can be found @ https://slfdrvn.io/society/#un-sdgs.

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

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.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

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.

• Work with students to empower them to on-board other students using our Octet & OctoPods framework.

• Bring more young people into Cardano via their educational activities.

• A universal framework for education of, and engaging with, the next generation.

• Allowing other Cardano projects to leverage for recording of the educational growth relating to their projects.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

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]

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

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:

• Everything is shared as CC0 (Public Domain).
• https://github.com/selfdriven-foundation
• selfdriven Discord Server: https://slfdrvn.io/connect

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

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

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

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

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

1/ Project Set Up / Management Plan

(4 weeks)

• Facilitate the setting up of the student team.
• Allocate team roles.
• Document and get team approval

Outputs

• Project Plan Document

2/ Design with Students

(8 weeks)

• Work with students to set up design framework.
• Students to test current apps and consolidate design feedback for improvements.
• Document improvements in readiness for implementation @ levelup.slfdrvn.io (Outside the scope of the project)

Outputs

• Design Document

3/ Create Educational Content

(6 weeks)

• Students work to build educational guides.
• Students self-test their guides.
• Publish guides @ https://slfdrvn.education

 

Outputs

• Guides @ https://slfdrvn.education

4/ Use levelup.slfdrvn.io App

(6 weeks)

• Students record Cardano Blockchain skills.
• Learning Partners verify the achievements with linked skills.
• Achievements are minted on Cardano as SDA Tokens

Outputs

• NFTs on Cardano as SDAs

5/ Using Launch program to Prepare for Catalyst Funding

(4 weeks)

• Students self-work through the selfdriven Launch program to create a proposal fit for Catalyst.

 

Outputs

• Proposal for funding for a project

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https://slfdrvn.io/energy/#funding-f10-3

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

This proposal/project will deliver the following seven key outputs:

1/ Project Set Up / Management Plan

• Implementation Document (Open Source)

2/ Team Set Up

• Team Selection Methodology Document (Open Source)

3/ Educational Material Creation

• Material created by student team (Website/Github)

4/ Educational Material Testing

• Testing Plan (Open Source)
• Student Testing by Use

5/ Preparation of org.slfdrvn.io

• Set up the App for student use to start capturing their skills
• Including signing of with their Cardano Wallet etc

6/ On-Boarding Support to org.slfdrvn.io

• Send link to Students to self-on-board, use app and capture skills
• Download DID, DIDDoc & VCs

7/ Update Universal Skill Set for Cardano Skills

• Update the skills set based on interactions with students

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

• Project Set Up / Management Plan: 700 ADA
• Reporting: 700 ADA
• Team Set Up: 700 ADA
• On Going Team Facilitation: 3,500 ADA
• Support For Students: 3,200 ADA
• Educational Material Creation: 3,500 ADA
• Educational Material Testing: 700 ADA
• Preparation of org.slfdrvn.io: 1.800 ADA
• On-Boarding Support to org.slfdrvn.io: 1,800 ADA
• Update Universal Skill Set for Cardano Skills: 500 ADA
• Support Launch Functionality: 700 ADA

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

This project creates value for the Cardano ecosystem by:

• Leveraging the considerable existing investment into selfdriven Framework & Apps and Cardano integration, enabling all funds to be applied directly to increasing the community value.
• The project also works with the other four(4) proposals shown below, enabling higher value returns for the Cardano community.

Proposals mapped to the Learning Community Ecosystem

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept