Posts Tagged ‘Competency Based Education’

Failure to launch: Obstacles to developing a graduate executive leadership degree in a competency-based education format

Competency-based education (CBE) is an approach that evaluates the mastery of learning from a performance basis, rather than a seat-time basis. A CBE learner can capitalize on his or her experience from educational settings, work environments, or avocational background to demonstrate proficiency through prescribed academic and industrial outcomes. Utilizing a case study approach, this paper […]

When the Competency Model Breaks Down: How to Map Skills to Roles

By now, most of us have caught on to the idea that talking about skills is cool, and many companies are simply replacing the word learning with skills. While this idea is taking over the L&D world, many professionals are facing challenges in reconciling this idea with their companies’ pre-existing competency models. The problem with […]

Accreditation and competency-based education

Competency-based education or CBE is, an approach to teaching and learning that awards credit on the basis of mastery of clearly defined competencies or skills (EDUCAUSE, 2014). The current increased emphasis on CBE is resulting in institutions and programs taking fresh approaches to their academic activity. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) sought to […]

How did we get here? A brief history of competency-based higher education in the United States

Competency-based education (CBE) programs have spread briskly in higher education over the past several years and their trajectory continues to rise. In light of the spread of competency-based models, this article provides a brief history of CBE in the United States. The Journal of Competency-Based Education 

Credit Hour (Still) Rules

Despite conventional wisdom, Western Governors U. did not earn approval to award federal aid by directly assessing how much students learned. It ties student outcomes to the credit hour (though not to seat time). Inside Higher Ed Full Story  

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