Open AccessDistributed Autonomous Organization of Learning: Future Structure for Health Professions Education Institutions
Author(s) -
Daniel Cabrera,
Christopher P Nickson,
Damian Roland,
Elissa Hall,
Felix Ankel
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jmir medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2369-3762
DOI - 10.2196/28770
Subject(s) - credentialing , certification , transparency (behavior) , knowledge management , curriculum , learning organization , equity (law) , computer science , business , process management , engineering management , engineering , medical education , management , medicine , political science , pedagogy , sociology , computer security , law , economics
Current health professions education (HPE) institutions are based on an assembly-line hierarchical structure. The last decade has witnessed the advent of sophisticated networks allowing the exchange of information and educational assets. Blockchain provides an ideal data management framework that can support high-order applications such as learning systems and credentialing in an open and a distributed fashion. These system management characteristics enable the creation of a distributed autonomous organization of learning (DAOL). This new type of organization allows for the creation of decentralized adaptive competency curricula, simplification of credentialing and certification, leveling of information asymmetry among educational market stakeholders, assuring alignment with societal priorities, and supporting equity and transparency.