What is LearnCard?

LearnCard is a modular, open-source wallet and SDK designed to give learners and workers control over their credentials, achievements, and learning data. Built on open standards like W3C Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), LearnCard enables privacy-respecting, consent-based data sharing across educational and employment ecosystems.

Whether you're building edtech apps, issuing credentials, or designing learner-focused dashboards, LearnCard offers the foundation and flexibility to integrate trustworthy, portable data.

LearnCard is maintained by Learning Economy Foundation.

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Why Use LearnCard?

• Portable: Credentials travel with the learner—not locked into one system.

• Consentful: Learners control who sees what, and when.

• Open: Built on interoperable, community-driven standards.

• Developer-Friendly: Plug in easily to existing apps with modern APIs and tools.

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What You Can Build With It

LearnCard is already used to:

• Issue and verify credentials (skills, achievements, badges)

• Build learner passports and skill profiles

• Power AI copilots and bots that adapt to learner data

• Create consent-based dashboards for families, schools, and career counselors

• Support interoperability across educational, employment, and credentialing platforms

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Docs Structure at a Glance

This documentation is your guide to building with LearnCard. Here’s how to navigate it:

• Core Concepts: Understand the philosophy and structure of the ecosystem.

• Use Cases & Possibilities: Explore real-world implementations.

• Quick Start: Go from zero to integrated in minutes.

• Tutorials: Learn by building key example projects with LearnCard SDK and APIs.

• How-To Guides: Step-by-step recipes for with key workflows and integrations.

• SDK & API Reference: Deep dive into our SDKs and REST APIs.

• Development: Links to contributing, roadmap, etc.

If you're new, start with Your First Integration under the Quick Start section.

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How to Implement LearnCard

1. Pick your flow: Do you want to issue credentials, verify them, or manage a user's digital wallet?

2. Install the SDK: Use the @learncard/core SDK, or interact via our APIs.

3. Use open schemas: LearnCard supports OBv3, CLR, LTI, and more—no need to reinvent standards.

4. Add advanced features: Selective disclosure, zero-knowledge proofs, guardianship models, bots, and more.

Whether you're building a web app, mobile experience, backend service, or bot, LearnCard has the primitives and integrations to make it seamless.

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You're in Good Hands

This stack was built by developers, for developers. It supports open standards and real-world interoperability from day one. We’re glad you’re here—let’s build a more learner-friendly future together.

Comments, Questions, or Palpitations of the Heart?

The best way to start engaging in the community is to participate in our Github Discussions:

• Post a Feature Request 💡

• Ask for Help 💖

• Show off your project to the community! 🙌

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