ABSTRACT

NewCampus, an OC Alliance member, is proposing to establish and operate the Open Campus Accelerator, also known as OC-X, a program designed to onboard 100 education companies into the Open Campus ecosystem within the next 18 months. For more information about NewCampus, see “Appendix 1: About NewCampus”.

Our primary objective is to onboard and educate innovative education businesses, integrating them into the Open Campus ecosystem to train and educate them on the transformative potential of $EDU and publisher NFTs. Through OC-X, these companies will automatically gain entry to the OC Alliance, giving them access to an extensive web2 and web3 network as a source of mentorship and support.

We propose OC-X to be a cohort-based program with a structured curriculum covering topics ranging from learning about Web3 concepts to technical topics around how to integrate of $EDU and Publisher NFTs into each participant’s business. For a hypothetical case study illustrating the typical participant company profile and motivation for joining OC-X, see “Appendix 2: Example Case Study”.

We also propose to establish the OC-X Committee, composed of community members and representatives from Open Campus’ strategic partners, including Animoca Brands and NewCampus. This committee will have the responsibility and discretion to vet and select participants to OC-X.

In addition to the adoption of $EDU, we believe that the OC-X Accelerator will unlock opportunities for the Open Campus community to engage in dialogue with seasoned leaders in the education sector to discover new commercial opportunities to inform Open Campus’ future protocol development.

MOTIVATION

NewCampus has always been driven by a bold vision: democratizing business education and making it accessible to learners in emerging markets. As we continue to grow, we realize the immense potential to reshape the learning landscape and leverage technology for greater effectiveness and inclusivity.

That’s why we’re incredibly excited to spearhead the Open Campus Accelerator, a groundbreaking initiative that allows us to make a significant impact. By collaborating with the first 100 organizations, we have the opportunity to reach millions of learners, businesses, and governments, transforming the education ecosystem as we know it. At NewCampus, we thrive on pushing boundaries and exploring new frontiers, including AI and Web3, as we strive to revolutionize an industry that has been resistant to change for far too long.

We share Open Campus’ vision of a decentralized future in education and believe that it can be a platform empowering companies to solve pertinent business problems in the education sector with Web3 and blockchain technologies. However, the vast majority of education organizations today still know little about Web3 and how they can benefit from it. OC-X changes that, enabling forward-thinking education leaders to receive the training required to accelerate $EDU adoption within their organizations in actionable, meaningful ways.

We hope that through OC-X, the Open Campus community and participants will be able to explore innovative education use cases with blockchain and unlock new opportunities within the Open Campus protocol. See examples in “Appendix 3: Examples of $EDU Use Cases to be Promoted”.