EdScoop covers ASU Pocket at the 2021 Digital Trust Summit

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a story that was originally published in EdScoop on June 28, 2021; see below for the link to the full article. 

Written by Emily Bamforth, EdScoop 

“Arizona State University plans to launch a new app, called Pocket, as a decentralized digital student record beginning in Spring 2022, with goals to create a network nationwide of participating institutions.

The university showcased the new technology, backed by blockchain, during ASU’s Digital Trust Summit in June. Digital learning records that are decentralized through platforms like Pocket are designed to give students more control over their data.

The app also provides students with digital credentials; instead of working through multiple university student information systems to gather learning records and other information, students can approve participating institutions feeding information into the app…”

Read the full article titled “Arizona State U. to launch digital learning record ‘Pocket’” at: https://edscoop.com/arizona-state-university-digital-learning-record-pocket/