The Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR) is a new official academic record that captures and communicates a learnerās abilities and accomplishments in ways that a traditional transcript does not. Educational institutions…
Introducing Digital Learning Records to Learners
Mark McConahay | Associate Vice Provost and Registrar, Indiana University Tom GreenAs more student learning becomes advanced and outside the classroom, institutions can begin to look at digital records as a way to capture and record studentsā achievements. The student experience…
Assessment models today fail to acknowledge the key components to a learnerās experience and outcomesāincorporating them into the learning process will help both students and employers see the full potential…
Creating an Education for Industry 4.0
Gregory Crawford | President, Miami UniversityThe COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the future of the learn-and-work ecosystem to now. Programs like Work+ are being innovated to address it head-on and create an experience in which learning…
Evolving Non-Credit Programming in the Community College Space
Tracy Hartzler | President, Central New Mexico Community College Erica BarreiroThe Virus that Opened the Floodgates to Change
Holly Zanville | Research Professor and Co-Director of Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy in the Institute of Public Policy, George Washington University Mary WalshokHands-On Learning During a Hands-Off Pandemic
Jeffrey Rafn | President, Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeIntegrating Employer Engagement with Experiential Learning in Response to the New Normal
Charles Kilfoye | Assistant Vice President of Employer Engagement & Career Design, Northeastern UniversityCredentialing in the COVID-19 Landscape
Sean Gallagher | Executive Director of the Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, Northeastern University Holly ZanvilleJuly Is Coming: Medical Education and Physician Trainee Turnover in 2020
Sarah Diekman | Resident Physician and Student in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, John Hopkins UniversityDelivering on Demand: Working with Employers to Fill Skill Gaps
Sandy MacDonald | President and CEO, Holland CollegeOur Shared Responsibility in Expanding Competency-Based Programming
Kelle Parsons | Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research Jessica MasonHelping Adults Change Careers with a Pathway to Practice
Alison Winzeler | Alternative Licensure Director and Pathway to Practice Coordinator in the College of Education, North Carolina State University
Adults are knowledgeable. Personal, professional, academic and informal learning occurs with life experience. They all have competence and can demonstrate learning. Yet traditional and popular higher education interventions (i.e., courses,…
Validating Competencies and Skills Gained Through Rigorous Assessment
Jason Meyers | Senior Manager of Psychometrics, Western Governors UniversityAs a competency-based university, assessment is the backbone of everything we do. Quality, industry-verified tests allow us to confidently classify an individual as competent and prepared for workforce entry. Western…
Students today expect that their university experience will lead them to a good job. As a result, thereās more pressure on universities than ever before to adopt a model that…
Sharing the Competency-Based Studentās Experience
Jill Loveless | Vice President of Academic Affairs, West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWhat 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…
3 Keys to Launch and Scale a Competency-Based Program
Nina Morel | Executive Director of Coaching and Leadership Development in the College of Business, Lipscomb UniversityHow to End the Negativity Around Liberal Arts, For Good
David Schejbal | President, Excelsior CollegeSet Your Guideposts: Defining and Pursuing Success in Competency-Based Education
Cori Gordon | Assistant Clinical Professor of Liberal Arts in the Personalized Learning Program, Northern Arizona UniversityHow to Create Access to Experiential Learning Opportunities for Non-Traditional Students
Charles Kilfoye | Assistant Vice President of Employer Engagement & Career Design, Northeastern UniversityShining the Limelight on Soft Skills: The Importance of Adopting Common Assessment Frameworks
Gregory Fowler | President, University of Maryland Global Campus Anthony Siciliano, Jaymes Walker-MyersShining the Limelight on Soft Skills: The Importance of Adopting Common Assessment Frameworks
Gregory Fowler | President, University of Maryland Global Campus Anthony Siciliano, Jaymes Walker-MyersBest of Both Worlds: Establishing and Rolling Out Best Practices for a CBE Offering
Donna Diller | Director of the Montoya Campus, Central New Mexico Community College Kalynn PirklCompetency-Based Education: For Learners At Any Stage of Life
Kate Ferrel | Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Nicolet College Chuck KompExperiential Learning: Not Just for Residential Undergraduates
Joshua Steele | Senior Director of UA Online, University of Arizona
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…
Designing a Mechanism to Assess CBE Quality
Charla Long | Executive Director, Competency-Based Education NetworkThough itās not a new concept, there has been significant growth in recent years in the number of competency-based education (CBE) programs offered at colleges and universities across the United…
In June, Peter Smith published Free Range Learning in the Digital Age: The Emerging Revolution in College, Career and Higher Education. In it, Smith argues that technology has driven a…