Applied and Experiential Learning
With more adults enrolling in postsecondary programs, and with greater employer demand for work-ready graduates, the demand for programs that award credit based on subject mastery rather than time in class is growing. Adapting to this shift requires institutions to adapt their approach to managing and tracking learning.
An Overview of Competency-Based Education: Its Place in the Market and Gaining Stakeholder Buy-In
Michelle Solér | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdmissionWhen 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…
Navigating the CBE Frontier: Creative and Alternative Student Support for Creative and Alternative Models of Education
Aaron Brower | Provost, University of Wisconsin-ExtensionAs has been stated in many venues (including in The EvoLLLution), we simply need more alternative pathways to meet the nation’s demand for people with postsecondary degrees. Reaching the President’s…
Competency-Based Education Model Benefits Faculty As Well As Students
Michelle Solér | Director of Competency-Based Education and Assessment, University of North Carolina-General AdmissionA 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…
Is There A Continuum for Competency-Based Education?
Rhonda Tracy | Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College SystemAfter 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…
A CBE Overview: A Taste of CBE Today
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Assistant Vice President of Academic Technology, Course Production and Alternative Learning Models, Southern New Hampshire UniversityThis is the conclusion of A. Sasha Thackaberry’s two-part series providing an overview of the competency-based education (CBE) space. In the first installment, Thackaberry looked back at the recent history…
A CBE Overview: The Recent History of CBE
A. Sasha Thackaberry | Assistant Vice President of Academic Technology, Course Production and Alternative Learning Models, Southern New Hampshire UniversityThere has been a lot of buzz around competency-based education for the past couple of years. Many new programs have been developing in higher education, and it seems like CBE…
The Foundation for Widespread CBE Exists
Mark Peterson | CIO and Director of Technology Services, Inver Hills Community CollegeThe concept of competence, how well someone knows something or can do something, isn't new. Each of us makes numerous assessments and judgements regarding the competence of others, and ourselves,…