If you want to know more about blockchain, then this course is for you. Business is currently dealing intensively with digitisation. Blockchain has a major impact on the design and implementation of digital business processes in many application areas such as Internet of Things, the Smart Grid, supply chain and many more. In this MOOC you will learn the basics of blockchain technology as well as many examples of best practice business applications. This MOOC is part of a blended learning programme, developed by Fraunhofer and EIT Digital, with a two day course in Germany to get more in-depth knowledge.
Blockchain 360: A State of the Art for Professionals
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Blockchain 360: A State of the Art for Professionals
EIT Digital
About this Course
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What you will learn
Understand what blockchain is and how can it be applied in different application domains.
Learner Career Outcomes
50%
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25%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
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Beginner Level
Approx. 4 hours to complete
Suggested: 4 hours of study
English
Subtitles: English
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
MODULE 1: WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOCKCHAIN?
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 13 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
3 videos
Basic blockchain concepts5m
Application areas and use case examples4m
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Blockchain characteristics10m
29 minutes to complete
MODULE 2. HOW IS AUTOMATION ACHIEVED?
29 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 9 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Automation10m
29 minutes to complete
MODULE 3. HOW ARE BLOCKCHAIN OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED?
29 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 9 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 videos
Applying the use case identification framework for Blockchain4m
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Use case identification10m
29 minutes to complete
MODULE 4. WHICH PLATFORMS ARE SUITABLE?
29 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 9 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Infrastructures10m
28 minutes to complete
MODULE 5. WHAT IS THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF BLOCKCHAIN
28 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 8 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Transformative potential10m
29 minutes to complete
MODULE 6. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO RUN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK?
29 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 9 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 videos
Requirements, participation, access restrictions and governance4m
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Blockchain integration challenges10m
29 minutes to complete
MODULE 7. HOW IS DECENTRALIZATION SUPPORTED?
29 minutes to complete
2 videos (Total 9 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
1 reading
Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Decentralization10m
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Top reviews from Blockchain 360: A State of the Art for Professionals
I liked the way Instructor explained. It's an overview type of class on Blockchain and easy enough to understand. will wait for next one. Thank you!
its a good introductory course giving brief idea about Blockchain, with usage examples.
Instructors
Fabian Garcia Pastor
Head of Professional SchoolEIT Digital
Enrique Barra
PhDDepartamento de Ingeniería Telemática
About EIT Digital
EIT Digital is a pan-European organization whose mission is to foster digital technology innovation and entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life. By linking education, research and business, EIT Digital empowers digital top talents for the future.
EIT Digital provides online and blended Innovation and Entrepreneurship education to raise quality, increase diversity and availability of the top-level content provided by 20 leading technical universities around Europe. The universities deliver a unique blend of the best of technical excellence and entrepreneurial skills and mindset to digital engineers and entrepreneurs at all stages of their careers. The academic partners support Coursera’s bold vision to enable anyone, anywhere, to transform their lives by accessing the world’s best learning experience. This means that EIT Digital gradually shares parts of its entrepreneurial and academic education programmes to demonstrate its excellence and make it accessible to a much wider audience. EIT Digital’s online education portfolio can be used as part of blended education settings, in both Master and Doctorate programmes, and for professionals as a way to update their knowledge.
EIT Digital offers an online programme in 'Internet of Things through Embedded Systems'. Achieving all certificates of the online courses and the specialization provides an opportunity to enroll in the on campus program and get a double degree. Please visit https://www.eitdigital.eu/eit-digital-academy/
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