Summary

ODEM is the first of its kind decentralized On-Demand Education Marketplace. Through a combination of proven technology and content direction from industry experts, the ODEM platform offers an inclusive trusted, single online community of qualified education providers where participants can create, fulfill, and deliver the ultimate and affordable educational experience.

Job description

We’re looking for a UI/UX developer who will take a key role on our team. Our UX developer will be responsible for conducting user research, creating wireframes and designs, and ultimately aligning user behavior to actions that drive results.

You’ll be working alongside other engineers, developers, and marketers collaborating and iterating on the user experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Translate user behavior and research into actionable data.
• Create concepts, wireframes, and mockups that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Design and create mockups and user journeys for a wide range of devices, including mobile.
• Strategically create new features and functionality based on user stories and behavior.
• Rapid design and testing methodology.
• Ability to clearly communicate research and design ideas to the rest of the team and upper management.
• Experienced user of UX software such

Minimum Requirements:

• Excellent IT and programming skills
• 2-3 years in Engineering or User Experience Design
• Portfolio of sample projects highlighting design for web based applications, mobile applications & consumer facing web sites and/or applications
• Interest in constantly keeping up-to-date of latest trends, best practices and competitive activity
• Ability to work well with ambiguity or when requirements are still in flux
• Proven experience showing clear understanding of the intersection between user needs, technology requirements, and business goals
• Artistic eye for design and the ability to think creatively while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent organizational, time and project management skills
• An understanding of the latest design and technology trends and their role in a commercial environment
• Business-minded approach to time, costs and deadlines

Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level

Industry
Education Management

Employment Type
Full-time

Job Functions
Graphic design, UX developement

Please email [email protected] with your resume and cover letter.

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Summary

ODEM is the first of its kind decentralized On-Demand Education Marketplace. Through a combination of proven technology and content direction from industry experts, the ODEM platform offers an inclusive trusted, single online community of qualified education providers where participants can create, fulfill, and deliver the ultimate and affordable educational experience.

Job Description

We are seeking a Solutions Architect who will serve customers and potential partners by identifying their needs; engineering adaptations of products and services. The right candidate will work with product and sales teams to interpret customer requirements and deliver solutions with the end-goal of implementing a successful post-sales or partnership relationship with ODEM. Looking for a strong networker who can reach out to customers and clients to offer support and assistance. The Solutions Architect will maintain an expert level of product knowledge and application.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzing the technology environment
• Maintain documentation with changes that reflect any updates/upgrades and Analyze and document requirements
• Produce documentation for areas of cross-product feature impact while striving for consistency in style and format and setting the collaboration framework
• Participating in technology selection
• Controlling solution development
• Create standards and processes to develop and supporting project management ODEM best practices, and how-to documents
• Identify documentation gaps, collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to eliminate gaps
• Collaborate with engineering and digital marketing to maintain and keep consistent our style guides and best practices, templates, gated assets

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience writing technical documentation for Digital Marketing business unit and developer audiences
• Ability to work with aggressive timelines and prioritize deliverables accordingly
• Analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills to work on a team and communicate effectively across different teams
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve to find solutions to problems where no previous examples or methods may exist
• Proven track record of writing clear, concise, effective technical and web producer user flow/use cases documentation
• Ability to rapidly comprehend technical concepts, use cases
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and iterative documentation delivery
• Ability to read and understand source code, and add documentation comments required

Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level

Industry
Education Management

Employment Type
Full-time

Job Functions
Engineering, Project management, Business management

Please email [email protected] with your resume and cover letter.

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Last week we published an article discussing the paths you can take after you’ve earned your diploma. In that piece, we highlighted three different paths: furthering education, joining the workforce, or doing a combination of the two with a blended learning platform like ODEM.

We’re passionate about continued education because it gives you the opportunity to tailor your education and apply what you learn directly to your work. Online course platforms also provide the flexibility to get into the workforce and figure out what suits you, what you’re passionate about, and what you’d like to further pursue.

So, if you’re ready to take that first step towards your new career, here’s ODEM’s 5 step guide to landing your job.

1. Prepare your CV

Your CV provides prospective employers with a quick snapshot of your experience, skill set, and abilities. It’s important to tailor your CV to the job that you’re applying for. This effort will show the employer that you’re detail-oriented, thoughtful, and organized. It will also set you apart from the other applicants!

Tailoring your CV means featuring the most pertinent information first and highlighting the skills that are applicable to the job. List the experience you have that supports your ability to do the job, whether that’s employment, volunteer work, or personal experiences, like travel. With each listing, provide context for your reader by explaining briefly why that experience is relevant to the position.

While you want to showcase everything you have to offer, brevity is important. Aim for a CV that is 2-3 pages in length. That’s enough to include your work experience, skill set, education, and listed references. If it’s not, consider what you can remove — being concise will be viewed as an asset!

2. Write a cover letter

Because we live in a digital world, some people say that a cover letter is outdated and no longer needed. Critics may point to the many external resources, like social media accounts, that an employer can review to assess you. But, consider that a cover letter is like a personal note to the person who’s hiring. It’s a chance to personally address your potential boss and explain why you’re seeking the position, why you would be a good fit, and why you want to work for the company. These are important pieces of information during the hiring process that social media, or a resume, can’t provide.

In our work preparing courses for companies and liaising with universities, the feedback is unanimous; a cover letter exemplifies a professional and motivated worker.

3. Resources for finding your job

Job hunting starts with job boards. Search through several different job boards to ensure you don’t miss a great posting. Be thorough by using different keywords when performing your search. Submitting an application through a job board may seem daunting, but it’s worth the effort, and you can always follow up personally afterwards.

If you’re interested in working for a specific company, then their corporate website is the place to start. While you’re on their website, try to find who the best person to directly email your CV and cover letter is. While it’s important to follow the instructions in the job posting, which will usually ask you to get in touch with human resources, an added note to the actual person seeking an employee can be very valuable.

Social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are also very helpful for finding opportunities. Often, companies will post job opportunities first to their social media platforms because they’re seeking an employee who understand their company and brand.

4. Securing your references

References are important because they give your potential employer an honest opinion about you. Successful references are people who will give an authentic testimonial by speaking to your character and abilities. Make sure to contact your references prior to submitting their names and ask for their permission, as well as for any necessary updated contact information.

5. Strategy

Seeking employment is an emotional ride that requires a solid strategy to better the chances of success. Consider the various ways you can prepare yourself and stand out from other applications:

Reviewing opportunities:

• Create two categories for the jobs you find: first choice jobs and second choice jobs. This gives you a plan of action for contacting employers.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities that you aren’t suited for so that you can quickly filter through jobs not suited to you.

Securing the interview:

• If submitting your application online doesn’t work, find a connection to the company and ask for an introduction.
  Get noticed: Follow the company and your interviewer on Twitter and like a few of their tweets. This gives you name recognition, an advantage when your CV is being reviewed.
• Follow up, and then follow up one more time!

At the interview:

• Suggest an on-the-job plan: “Here’s what I can and have done to solve similar problems, and here are potential outcomes.”
• Confidently ask for fair compensation. Do this by reviewing salaries beforehand for comparable jobs as well as the market rate in your field and geographic location.
• Ask your potential employer what’s most important to them about the role and in their new employee.

Job hunting is an exciting time full of unknown possibilities. As you take on a new role, immerse yourself in the company and learn as much as you can from your colleagues. Each position you hold will provide valuable experience that can propel you to your next role.

As you develop in your job and career, ODEM courses can support you along the way, preparing you for the next job you want, or a promotion in your current position.

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Earlier this month, at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (SAIT) convocation ceremony, ODEM made it possible for graduating students have their diplomas also available on the blockchain. It was a first in Canada, and with 4,800 students in the 2019 graduating class, the biggest ever number of students eligible to claim their credentials on the blockchain.

During graduation celebrations, ODEM Marketing Director Ashley Chen chatted with SAIT Registrar, Neera Arora and Chief Information Officer, Michael Barr about why SAIT sees blockchain technology as part of their future.

Ashley Chen  |  Before we talk about blockchain and diplomas, please tell us more about SAIT.

Neera Arora SAIT’s mandate is applied education with hands-on and experiential learning. We take great pride in aligning ourselves with a range of industry sectors so that our programs are relevant and students gain real-world exposure, ultimately leading to high graduate employment rates. Programs at SAIT range from certificates to degrees, with an applied learning and research following the polytechnic mandate.

Over the last decade, higher education has undergone massive change and evolution due to various factors like technological advancements or digital disruption, student demography, economic environment and government funding. Technology is playing a very big part in how we want to stay operationally efficient and evolve as an organization.

Chen  |  How is SAIT using new technologies to prepare students for a world that is constantly changing and developing?

Arora  SAIT works closely with industry to stay abreast with trends and new technologies, and integrate these changes into our programs using our program review and renewal process. For example, following our successful pilot with Blockchain technology that got prompted by students during a capstone project, we wanted to pursue this further with all the graduates during spring 2019.

The Office of the Registrar is responsible for accepting and reviewing applications and supporting documents from domestic and international students. As we deal with a more diverse student population, assessing credibility and authenticity of transcripts is vital to ensure the applicants meet the admission requirements of highly competitive programs. This ensure they have the foundational requirements to be successful in the program they are registered in.

We used Blockchain technology to issue digital credentials to all our graduates this spring. This enables the graduates to have access to their credential at all times, and they are able to share the same with employers without having to request a copy from SAIT. This would put our graduates at an advantage and help them with their employment efforts.

Chen  |  How is SAIT addressing technological change and student diversity?

Michael Barr Students are more complex than they used to be and diversity means we handle things in different ways than we used to. Catering to a wider demographic of students is part of what drives us to consider new technologies that will help to advance and implement our ideas.
Experimentation is important because it takes you to new places. That’s what SAIT is really good at: research, experimentation, development, and activation, or accepting when something doesn’t work.

Chen  |  Why did a blockchain-based solution resonate with you and other SAIT leaders?

Arora We want to make sure our grads have access to credible and timely information so they’re more marketable. If they’re sitting in Sydney, Australia, and they have a job offer, they don’t have to come to SAIT looking for their transcript or credentials, they have access to all of their records directly on the blockchain, available anywhere in the world. So blockchain technology saves time and resources for us and them.

But most importantly, it’s about students owning their own credential. It’s theirs. We’re elevating the trust factor of that credential’s authenticity. Blockchain made a lot of sense for me as a new registrar who came in very interested in piloting new technology to streamline operations and enhance student experience. To implement it, we’ve taken baby steps, and I think it’s working well. We know there’s a lot more potential in this area.

Chen  |  How has SAIT approached the topic of blockchain technology and the protection of personal data?

Barr There’s now an expectation that people can and should have more control over their data. But the world is full of cyber crime, and people are more diligently asking how an organization is going to secure the data that they collect. At SAIT, we’ve set a goal of increasing our current data security practices across the organization by 2025. Blockchain technology may not be the final destination, but it offers a way to encrypt every transaction and claim ownership over personal information.

While the origin of blockchain technology was with people who were performing illegal transactions, the use of the technology proved that it worked. That particular use of blockchain demonstrated that people who didn’t trust each other could conduct a successful transaction.

Working with ODEM is a chance to experiment with a new idea. We may have to pivot and try different things, but in the meantime we’re able to get into the market and create change. We’re looking forward to gathering feedback from the industry and our students who now have digital credentials. For us, ODEM’s platform has provided a great opportunity to learn.

Chen  |  How do you view the problem of fake diplomas and bogus academic records. Is that something you’ve encountered at SAIT?

Arora From the perspective of the Office of the Registrar, we do see one-off cases here and there around transcripts that take us longer to validate. We have about ninety-two countries represented by international students who are studying here. We have credentials coming from all over, and sometimes you do find things that need extra staff to confirm. So we have to have that extra lens of authentication validating those credentials.

Our objective is to ensure that the credentials leaving the organization give the graduate a valid and true source for their record of achievement. It’s important that our grads know that their credential is easily accessible and transferable, and eventually positions them for success.

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Thank you to Neera Arora and Michael Barr for taking the time to sit down with us. At ODEM, we’re thrilled to apply blockchain technology to a solution that will support students in their pursuit of education and accomplishment. Learn more about SAIT, and about ODEM.

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Congratulations on your graduation! You’ve achieved a major life milestone! All of the time and effort you’ve dedicated to education can now be applied to attaining your personal and professional goals.

With a world of possibilities open to you, what’s next? Will you pursue further education or jump into your career right away?

Both choices have their merits. But you may want to consider pursuing your career and further education at the same time.

Pursuing career

Entering the workforce is exciting. Employment gives you personal satisfaction and the recognition of your talents. Putting your education to immediate use is an appealing option for many who want to apply their education and skills toward supporting a company and its growth trajectory.

In the working world, you’ll have the opportunity to assess what type of employment suits you best and which type of company fulfills your needs. With time spent on the job, you’ll begin to develop relationships and a network of people with the potential to support you in your pursuit of success. Your position will teach you about yourself and what you want to get from life.

Furthering education

That said, now is also a good time to continue your education. You’re already in a school mindset. You’ve developed habits around research and studying that will propel you to the next academic milestone.

Embracing lifelong learning can help to clearly define your career path. Additional education prepares you for a specific career, giving you exposure to projects that will develop expertise in a specific field. Further education can also provide greater credibility, adding rocket fuel toward your career goals. It may also protect you from unexpected shifts in the economy caused by technological change.

Why not do both?

At ODEM, we believe that work experience and ongoing education are equally important. We support students who are ready to leap into their careers but are still committed to furthering their education.

In today’s world of free-flowing information, self-education is easier than ever. Higher learning should be tailored to compliment your knowledge, experience, and previous education. Our ODEM Platform provides the tools for personally customizing courses that will best support career advancement now and into the future. As a less-rigid alternative to traditional learning, our on-demand education approach is ready when you are and allows flexibility in enhancing your professional qualifications.

We believe that lifelong learning provides the opportunity to determine what is best for you as you develop your talents. ODEM’s blended approach to learning makes education more effective, pairing face-to-face classroom time with online courses. It also makes education more affordable. You can choose courses that are right for you rather than committing to predetermined programs and costly fees.

Summer school presents an immediate opportunity to take advantage of course options that can develop targeted skills. Specific technical skills are valued by employers because they prepare you for a seamless transition into your job. For example, a niche education can be invaluable in landing the technology job you want, such as understanding digital finance and the supporting technological infrastructure.

The path forward is full of opportunity and we believe that path should be customized to your priorities. There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to learning; what works for you will be different from what fulfills others. Your time, energy, and financial resources should reflect that. All experiences and educational opportunities will support your journey now that you’ve graduated.

At ODEM, we hope to be part of it.

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Safety and Security: Your Digital Wallet and the ODEM Platform

On our quest to provide lifelong learners with better alternatives to traditional college education, we’ve sought new technological ways of enhancing the educational journey. Blockchain technology is one such alternative. It’s a form of cryptographic software that enables the tamper-proof storage of information such as diplomas and transcripts on the ODEM Platform.

The Platform, an on-demand education marketplace, is designed for blended learning that brings together online certificate courses with traditional face-to-face instruction. Blockchain technology is a cornerstone of the Platform because it allows you to control your educational experience and records of achievement. It does this by securing your academic credentials and ensures their authenticity; once your achievements are recorded, they can’t be altered.

The Platform is powered by the ODEM Token, a cryptocurrency based on the Ethereum blockchain. Once a registered Platform user, you can use our Tokens to pay for academic programs, showcase your skills, and connect with potential employers. To hold Tokens securely and conduct transactions across the marketplace, you’ll need a digital wallet.

Wallets 101

Unlike physical wallets that we carry around, digital wallets hold digital currencies. Access is controlled by your private and public keys. A private key authorizes your use of the wallet and must be protected. The public key is what you provide when requesting funds or data from other people. Think of it as your home address. A wallet records your blockchain-based transactions and academic credentials claimed on the blockchain.

Choosing your wallet

Your digital wallet ensures the safety of your assets, and so it’s important to understand the type of security that each kind of wallet provides.

• Mobile wallets allow you to transact directly from your mobile phone, making it easy to pay for goods and services with cryptocurrency. Because they’re often simpler in design and easily accessed via an app, mobile wallets are highly prone to attacks by hackers.
• Desktop wallets are only available from the computer that they’re downloaded on and are more secure than mobile wallets. However, if your computer becomes compromised due to a virus or hack, your wallet may be at risk.
  Web wallets allow access from any internet-connected device. While very convenient, web wallets can increase users’ exposure to risk.
• Paper wallets are just a piece of paper documenting your wallet address and private key. They provide greater security because they aren’t connected to the internet, but paper wallets can easily be lost, stolen, or damaged.
  Hardware wallets are the most secure type, storing your encrypted data in a physical piece of hardware. This type of wallet isn’t available to hackers because it’s offline and is immune to viruse.

Articles published on CoinTelegraph and BlockGeeks further explain how mobile, desktop, web, and paper wallets function.

Hot vs cold, online vs offline

Hardware wallets are physical devices, whereas other wallet options are referred to as “soft” because they’re software-based on your computer or phone. This distinction is also made by categorizing wallets as hot or cold. Hot wallets are connected to the internet: mobile, web, and desktop wallets fall into this category. Cold wallets aren’t connected to the internet, a security feature only physical wallets, like hardware devices and paper, can provide. The danger of having your wallet connected to the internet is that you’re vulnerable to hacking and theft. While hot wallets include security features to mitigate this threat, theft is still possible. This is why we advise against solely using a hot wallet; the risk is too high.

At ODEM, we recommend combining a hot wallet with a cold wallet to facilitate easy use of your ODEM Tokens or other cryptocurrencies and to secure your keys to that data offline. A desktop wallet, like MyEtherWallet provides the necessary convenience while hardware wallets like Trezor or Ledger significantly increases the security of your private key.

Once you’ve chosen your wallet, be sure to store your keys offline. With cryptocurrency wallets, once you lose your keys, your wallet is gone. It’s very important to take your security seriously. Make sure to write down your private key and store it in a safe place. This will be your backup in the event of a security breach. Never share your private key by email, or any other unencrypted communication method.

Ultimately, the wallets you choose will be a personal decision based on security features, operational ease, and your personal risk tolerance. Security should always be your first priority.

Ready to participate in the ODEM marketplace? If a MyEtherWallet is right for you, we’ve included an easy-to-use guide for setting yours up:

• Log into the ODEM Platform and go to “My Profile.”
• Select the “WALLET” tab and click on “Create a Wallet.” You’ll be directed to myetherwallet.com.
• Follow the website’s instructions to create a wallet. Need help?: PDF Wallet Guide VIDEO: Setting up your wallet.
• After you’ve created your wallet address, paste it into your Profile in the WALLET tab on our Platform.

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Partnering with ODEM allows graduates to validate their education on the Ethereum blockchain

Zug, Switzerland (June 11, 2019) — ODEM, the premier blockchain-based education marketplace, has partnered with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) to bring digital certificates and diplomas to over 4800 graduating students. The 2019 graduates will receive a cryptographic record of their certificate on the Ethereum blockchain, along with their traditional parchment.

ODEM’s platform leverages blockchain technology to ensure the security and immutability of academic records. “Education is one of life’s most valuable assets,” said ODEM CEO Richard Maaghul. “We believe that students should have control over their own records, and blockchain technology makes that possible.”

The partnership with SAIT began as a successful pilot project in December to text the issuance of digital credentials. The pilot included 25 grads from the Pre-Employment Automotive Service Technician program — the first Canada post-secondary graduates to receive their academic credentials on a blockchain. The June convocation marks the largest ever number of graduates that a Canadian institution has recorded certificates for on the blockchain.

The Ethereum blockchain provides students with a central record of their academic experiences and certifications, granting digital ownership of their achievement. It also makes it easy for students to transfer or share their diploma and instantly verify their graduate status with future employers and recruiters. Most importantly, blockchain technology creates a unique, tamper-proof record of the diploma that only the student has authority over.

“SAIT graduates are well-positioned for success with employers in today’s rapidly
changing digital landscape,” said SAIT Exec. “By making valued SAIT credentials accessible through blockchain, our graduates and employers will continue to benefit from this innovative technology that is responsive, authentic and widely accessible.”

The technology extends a significant benefit to employers as well; the validity of academic credentials can be easily and efficiently verified. Background checks become an instant confirmation of on-chain records and ensuring against fraudulent education claims.

“We’re thrilled to partner with SAIT to bring this technology to students,” Maaghul explained. “Education should last forever, and blockchain technology helps to make that possible.”

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About ODEM

ODEM (On-Demand Education Marketplace) is a platform for seeking and providing education and employment. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, the Platform offers a variety of courses and the opportunity to earn credentials, showcase skills, and connect with employers. The Ethereum blockchain is a distributed, public network and ledger that secures data records, securing and validating records of academic achievement. Passionate about effective higher learning, ODEM is working to make education and employment more affordable, accessible, verifiable, and transferable. https://odem.io/

ODEM contact

Ashley Chen,
Director, Marketing
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bahnhofstrasse 10
6300 Zug, Switzerland

About SAIT

Established in 1916, SAIT was the first publicly funded technical school of its kind in North America. Today, SAIT is a global leader in applied education, serving 50,000 students annually through more than 100 career programs and 1,300 part-time courses. Action-based learning, solution-focused research and enterprising collaborations with industry partners ensure SAIT students are career-ready when they graduate. SAIT is honoured to be selected by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as one of Alberta’s Top Employers for 2019. Sait.ca

SAIT contact

Chris Gerritsen
Associate Director of Communications
Direct: 403.284.8473 / Cell: 403.975.6366
[email protected]

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3 Ways Blockchain-Based Records Improve the Hiring Process

Hiring can be arduous; it’s challenging to find the right candidate who understands your organization’s mission, has the necessary qualifications, and is the right cultural fit. What happens if you find that right person, but then find out that their credentials were misrepresented? It’s a headache employers shouldn’t have to deal with, and ODEM is working to eliminate diploma fraud with blockchain technology.

Here are three reasons why blockchain-based education records help future employers:

No more falsified credentials

Fake certificates, diplomas, and degrees have become a global problem. Prospective employees can easily obtain an academic credential from a prestigious or non-existent school simply by purchasing one over the internet. Fake records undercut the integrity of the educational system and make your job more time consuming and challenging. ODEM provides an education marketplace where all students are accredited for their course work. On the Platform, students earn certificates that are institutionally-verified and recorded on the Ethereum blockchain. ODEM also partners with schools to authenticate student credentials with blockchain-based records. These records are validated and can’t be tampered with; they’re a source of educational truth.

Hire with ease

ODEM removes stress from the hiring process; we’ve taken care of the educational background check. Confirming a candidate’s credentials is a time-consuming but vital part of the hiring process. Blockchain-based records create permanent connections between academic achievement and the credential that’s awarded for the work. Instead of contacting educational institutions to verify that a prospective employee attended the school and completed their program, you can simply view the verified record on the public Ethereum blockchain.

Instilling greater trust in the education system

Education is an essential part of our lives, forming a foundation for our network and career. Supporting advancement, the value of education has been understood for centuries. As an integral part of our society, it’s critical that education be respected and trusted. This is what drew ODEM to blockchain technology; the ability to instill digital trust in a vital, age-old system that has the potential to be compromised by fraud. Education records secured on the blockchain are controlled and owned by the student, instantly verifiable by employers, and can’t be lost or altered. With blockchain technology, trust is no longer a consideration, it’s a guarantee.

At ODEM we’re dedicated to supporting students in their pursuit of higher education and rewarding career. We’re proud that ODEM promotes lifelong learning and continued personal development, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset amongst our students and grads. This is something that our students, together with validated credentials, bring with them to the workplace.

Stay tuned for more ODEM developments.

Rich Maaghul,
CEO
ODEM

Our mission is to help you succeed in your educational and career pursuits.

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At ODEM, we’re determined to make education more affordable, accessible, transferable, and verifiable. We’re also committed to using blockchain technology to give students greater control over their educational records.

The blockchain, a decentralized network of digital ledgers and the encryption software that make digital currencies possible, allows us to create immutable and shareable records of academic achievement.

Blockchain technology is hastening the end of paper-based recording systems for transcripts and university degrees. Educational institutions are only just beginning to comprehend blockchain’s potential to enhance and improve the utility of scholastic records.

Digital education certificates generated on the blockchain allow students to share their academic accomplishments with recruiters, employers, and other universities or colleges. The tamper-proof certificates can instantly be verified without the time and cost of contacting a university or college’s registrar.

What’s more, through ODEM’s Educational Activity Repository (EAR), students can securely store their academic and professional history, and determine who can view it.

A student who wants to include specific details of his/her academic history in the EAR begins the process by staking, or putting up a deposit. The stake will be returned after the student’s educational institution confirms the claim of academic achievement.

EAR is just one of the use cases we’re developing for the ODEM Platform. We aspire to be the world’s premier provider of high-caliber education at an affordable price.

Stay tuned for more ODEM developments.

Rich Maaghul,
CEO
ODEM

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We’re excited at ODEM to be officially launching the ODEM Platform, becoming among the first Ethereum applications to transact business on the blockchain. With fewer than 10 percent of ICO’s activating on the Ethereum mainnet, we’re delighted to reach this milestone.

After more than a year of development, we’re pulling the covers off our global education marketplace this week. We’re psyched to be delivering on our promise to use blockchain technology for high-quality decentralized education.

We’re also honored to launch our Platform at the #SWITCH! Educators Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday, Feb. 28.

ODEM chose #SWITCH! for the opportunity to introduce our education marketplace to thousands of dedicated and energetic educators. We want them to be among the first to share in the Platform’s many benefits.

The Platform:

• Inspires students to become lifelong learners and create sustainable employment opportunities.
• Empowers educators using the education marketplace to become more impactful.
• Allows employers to more effectively and efficiently fill trending employment needs.
• Enables universities to better serve their students through blockchain technology.

ODEM is already unleashing the power of blockchain in education, through:

• Issuing blockchain-based academic certificates to students at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
• Integrating the European-wide ESCO skills and occupation framework to match job seekers with employment opportunities.
• Activation of its live, global education marketplace.

Educators and students are discovering that the ODEM Platform powerfully streamlines the organization and delivery of in-person and video-linked blended education and certification.

More than ever, we’re committed to our mission of using blockchain technology to make education more accessible, affordable, transferable, and verifiable.

Join the ODEM Revolution.

Rich Maaghul,
CEO
ODEM

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