Search Results for: competency

Categorizing and evaluating the different levels of digital badges can better demonstrate to both learners and employers the level of skill that comes with the micro-credential. Adopters of digital badges…

Competency-based education is not only more flexible and affordable—it can improve equity on college and university campuses, levelling the playing field for historically marginalized students. Like most crises, the COVID-19…

Although we tend to give out academic awards only to the highest-achieving students, research shows that recognizing excellence among lower-performing students helps them regain motivation and pursue their efforts toward…

Higher education has been notoriously slow to change. Even now, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced institutions to accelerate progress, they largely did so within the confines of the traditional educational…

The pandemic has brought many shifts and innovations to the higher ed space. One of the most significant is the more widespread adoption of competency-based education, which gives students the…

Competency-based education (CBE) programming is becoming increasingly necessary in higher education. But creating and expanding CBE programs can be challenging, with barriers that go beyond the administrative level. Institutions are…

In its simplest form, a clock-hour program is a set of non-credit courses that lead to the completion of a non-degree credential or certificate. Typically, such a program is offered…

Career advancement in law enforcement traditionally relied upon earning a formal postsecondary credential. However, as many adult learners across industries have learned, it’s difficult to find the time to progress…

What do agile software development and competency-based education (CBE) have in common? They disrupt industries. Agile software development took root in the 1990s. The Agile Manifesto emphasizes four values: individuals…

Most students enrolled in Canadian colleges and universities today should expect to return to school down the road—probably several times, hopefully for shorter, more flexible and affordable programs. That’s because,…

What do students really say about competency-based education? That was the underlying question I pondered while completing my dissertation at Capella University. When I began my research, CBE programs were…

As the dean of an online competency-based education (CBE) program at a traditional private university, I frequently get calls from leaders at other universities wanting advice on how to launch…

“Ski the slope, not the mountain,” a wise professor once told me—meaning don’t worry about everything you will encounter down the mountain, only focus on what is right in front…

It seems simple enough: Just change from credit hours to competencies. It seemed simple to Sally Johnstone, Peter Ewell and Karen Paulson when they wrote Student Learning as Academic Currency…

The competency-based education (CBE) model is an obvious fit for busy adults with previous postsecondary experience, but does CBE fit traditional learners too? Can CBE improve the dual credit model?…

Call it self-paced. Call it time-fluid. The essential characteristic of competency-based education, or CBE, is that learning and its demonstration are prioritized over time spent learning. Whether the CBE program…

Demand for competency-based education is growing nationwide, as employers and students are looking for more concrete mechanisms to earn and display specific skills and capabilities. These programs are characterized by…

We are at an interesting point in higher education, with increasing and widespread concerns related to a myriad of challenges and issues; as well as a host of innovations to…

The current workforce is continuing to evolve at a dramatic pace and is on track to look significantly different in 2018 than it has in the past. As such, both…

The nature of the labor market today is immensely different from any time in the past. Where individuals used to stay in one industry through their entire careers, perhaps moving…

Though not a new concept, competency-based education (CBE) adoption and integration is still in its early stages in most postsecondary settings. A primary reason for this is that competency-based education…

Ivan is completing his MBA part-time after 10 years of experience in the IT industry. During this time, he has taken on different professional roles, some with managerial experience. He…

When it comes to finding a common definition for alternative and innovative credentials, there doesn’t seem to a standard. What is innovative for some institutions has been in place at…

  With changing times, changing technology and changing students, the shift towards student-centered learning is becoming more apparent. One method showing positive engagement and success is competency-based education (CBE). The…

In an industry that has a tendency to get swept up by trends and fads, competency-based education (CBE) has proved its value time and again over a matter of decades.…

In an industry that has a tendency to get swept up by trends and fads, competency-based education (CBE) has proved its value time and again over a matter of decades.…

It’s no secret that we are currently living in an age of accountability. As new education models come into play, constituents will demand evidence of the effectiveness of these programs.…

A college degree signifies to an employer that a graduate can demonstrate multiple things, reading and writing at the very core of this skill set. Yet, national surveys show employer…

Many commentators hold out the hope that competency-based education (CBE) can improve the ability of students to market themselves to employers, and improve the ability of employers to select graduates…

After attending a state meeting recently to discuss competency-based education with education leaders and consultants, I left with several thoughts about the breadth and depth of competency-based education. As states…