The team from e-Learning DAO have put together a thoughtful proposal that aims to develop a decentralized e-Learning platform that seeks to bring a highly impactful use to the Cardano ecosystem. Split into three key proposals, this ‘main’ contingent labeled ‘Builds the platform’ describes how they intend to develop an open-source learning community. The importance and future significance of e-Learning is clearly researched for the article, and personally, as an educator in face-to-face schools for the last 18+ years I can attest to the need for better and more e-Learning solutions to reach populations that currently don’t have the means and access to specific education. I tend to disagree with the proposers opinions about current e-Learning platforms, for example they labeled Cousera as ‘evil,’ there are indeed several solid, free, online e-Learning platforms that are highly recognized. The interesting addition to this open-source learning platform could be the integration of fairer revenue sharing, including the earn-to-learn aspects described in their separate ‘BOUNDER’ proposal. A strong impact related point that resonates with me is the chance to achieve equal opportunities through open-source e-Learning. The example they give about having to pay $65,000 for an Advanced Management Program, as opposed to the possibility of free online courseware is promising. Mentioned throughout the proposal is that there would need to be a way of ensuring certification is equally comparable, this would be vital for students who then hope to gain employment after the training. I can see how it is possible through the Cardano ecosystem and blockchain technology, however, it would take a massive shake in societal understanding and company requirements, even with possibly some resentment and attacks from establishments that would no longer receive their exorbitant funding. How would your e-Learning DAO certification blockchain compare with the societal ‘prestige’ of getting a degree from Havard? That being said, if reputation, consistency and certification can be ensured, I am certain that there will be a significant uptake in students willing to study quality courses online. Learning from the experiences of COVID, many students and schools have rethought traditional teaching models and this is the perfect time to enter the online learning sphere. Overall, the possible impact on the Cardano community is solid, I rate it 4 stars.

DAO e-Learning and this platform is based on 3 main components PoLiL , POCRE and BOUNDER you have an explanation of these 3 components by clicking and you can view them. The video you make about poli is also easy to understand and vivid, I find the video design beautiful. You also include funny pictures to help read the proposal not to be boring. You give an example of equal opportunity that is easy to understand, from which I see that building an e-learning DAO is very necessary. You guys describe how revenue streams are distributed also very vividly by designing diagrams to make it easier for people to understand. The list of 15 largest EdTech companies in the world is clearly listed by you, there are 2 access links, I have checked and verified that it is correct as you have given. I find the problem-solving proposal well done, seriously.

As E-learning has achieved great share in the market , since all students can learn any subject with the help of best teacher across the globe and gaining monopoly over anything like that will act as a curse to the society. hence setting up a E-Learning platform which will help students to gain knowledge with minimal cost is an excellent idea and helps in bringing equality in the society. hence this proposal effectively addresses the challenge.

An e-learning platform can be a great use case for decentralized organization on Cardano as suggested by this proposal. It could be a platform for emerging communities that got shared fields of expertise to learn from each other.

However this proposal does not addresses the challenge directly. The challenge is for building tools, infrastructures and services to DAOs on Cardano, not for building a new DAO. If this was the case, then the scope of this challenge was huge, as almost every initiative can organized as a DAO (instead of LLC or NGO). This proposal is very well written, it address a real problem and offer a compelling solution, but as I see it, it does not align with the challenge as specified on the challenge brief.

I completely agree with the proposer that Ed-Tech giants (like Coursera) monopolised the e-Learning market. I’m not sure if they really pay poorly instructors and pollute the ecosystem with cheap materials with little pedagogical quality. But there is definitely a space for fair competition - and crypto industry can bring this competition. In this particular case - with project Catalyst and DAO. Cryptocurrencies would perfectly fit the Ed-Tech area of the internet as during the times of crisis (be it economical or Covid) people tend to learn more cheaply (as learning by private classes in the real life is much more expensive) and there is a definite need to make payments and cash out (for tutors, course creators). Educational market itself can bring cryptocurrencies to a new level and Cardano should lead this movement.

The proposal includes a plan to develop the e-Learning DAO website with progress information. The process and timeline aligned with the action plan will be open to the public or Cardano community members interested via Github commits, pull requests and bug tracking. Through collaborating with outside agencies, including Snapbrillia, they will need to maintain this transparency throughout the project. The main concern for me is the earning process. In the success criteria they’ve listed that teachers, publishers, verifiers, and software developers receive income through DAO, with the learners being the ones paying the DAO into the system. Will this turn into the MIT of open-source, charging students an arm-and-a-leg to complete a course, or will the ‘pool’ of DAO be split very thin amongst the recipients? Clarity on how many students to ‘break even’ or how many students can support how many staff members would be vital to see this project maintain financial stability or even profitability without continuous topping up from Cardano. Overall, the auditability of the development process and timeline is strong, with just the concerns about the revenue model I give this proposal a 4 star rating for auditability.

With the measurement of the progress and development of the project, the team gives no specific numbers and goals.You will create a website containing information about the progress and the status of the development. So you should leave the web design early and present it for everyone to see. The success of your project is a Learner and they certify the knowledge at any stage I think not only that but success also shows that it is a positive feedback from every learner or the number of people learning through e-learning DAO is increasing.

The proposal hasn't mentioned about the idea of marketing of the project, since other competitors are spending millions of dollars over marketing and how new E-Learning based company can stand among them. Other than above fact bringing open source is brilliant idea and the plan has proper budget breaking feasibility, it also contains proper key indicators to have a check on development of project. hence, the information provided is sufficient to audit the progress and the success of the proposal.

The proposer use of github project management and tracking tools can be helpful for the Catalyst community ability to track the project progress. The proposers plan to create a website containing information about the progress and the status of the development will be even better.

The proposal provide clear and measurable KPIs and success metrics, which could be easy to audit.

Auditability of the proposal is well-defined. There is a clear understanding how we can evaluate the progress and success taking to account positions of teachers, publishers, learners and who whole DAO participants. The active role in Cardano community of proposer gives us even more hopes that we’ll hear more updates on this project instantly, by social media and Catalyst townhalls.