The Web3 Foundation and the global online learning platform edX launch a series of foundational courses in blockchain technology and the Polkadot platform. The four-part series, called Web3x, will cover the fundamentals of blockchain and explore the Substrate software development kit and the Rust programming language. By press time, the Web3x webpage contains only the first two courses: ‘Introduction to blockchain and Web3” and “Introduction to Polkadot.” The former course explains the history and key terminology of blockchains, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum and Web3, and the technologies behind them. The latter provides the learners with the key terminology behind Polkadot (DOT) …

Canada’s York University School of Continuing Studies today announced two new university-level continuing blockchain programs — the part-time Certificate in Blockchain Development and the full-time Post-Graduate Certificate in Back-End and Blockchain Development. The university said their new courses aim to meet the rising demand for blockchain developer roles in Canada, especially in the Greater Toronto Area, where it has risen by 374% in the last two years. Helping people upskill and reenter the workforce The two courses, which are scheduled to start this September, will help students upskill and build a portfolio in the blockchain field so they can secure …

Draper University of Heroes, venture capitalist Tim Draper’s eponymous entrepreneurship school in San Mateo, announced in a release Tuesday that it would begin to offer a free online course in Bitcoin. The course is powered through the school’s partnership with ZapChain and is designed to accommodate even those with no prior knowledge of Bitcoin or technical understand of things such as blockchains or cryptography. “This new exciting online course brings together a host of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and engineers from Silicon Valley all operating in the Bitcoin space,” the university said in its release. “With such a wide range of …