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Competency-based Education (CBE)

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By Melissa Goldberg
In Competency-based Education (CBE), Reimagining higher education
Posted March 22, 2021

Texas State Technical College is Partnering with Volta Learning Group to Advance CBE

Volta Learning Group (VLG) is thrilled to be partnering with Texas State Technical College (TSTC) as they transition to a statewide competency based model for all program delivery. VLG will be [...]

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 At 65, Bloom’s Taxonomy is Ready for Retirement
By Kate Kazin
In Assessment, Backward design, Bloom's Taxonomy, Competency framework, Competency-based Education (CBE), Higher Ed, Instructional Design, K-12
Posted February 17, 2021

At 65, Bloom’s Taxonomy is Ready for Retirement

It’s time to retire Bloom’s taxonomy.  Originally published in 1956, before personal computers, the internet and smart phones — not to mention a contemporary understanding of the [...]

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 Competencies:  The Critical Common Language for Industry and Education
By Melissa Goldberg
In Competency frameworks, Competency-based Education (CBE), Reimagining higher education, Uncategorized, Workforce Development
Posted February 1, 2021

Competencies: The Critical Common Language for Industry and Education

We are no longer preparing for the future of work in this country: the future of work is here. The pandemic and ensuing devastating job loss have accelerated an already rising need for a flexible [...]

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 Assessment is not a Four-Letter Word
By Kate Kazin
In Assessment, Backward design, Competency framework, Competency frameworks, Competency-based Education (CBE), Project-based assessment, Reimagining higher education, Teaching to the Test, Uncategorized
Posted January 21, 2021

Assessment is not a Four-Letter Word

We regularly encounter curriculum that is engaging, creative and effective, followed by… a multiple choice quiz.  What is there about assessment that seems to be off-limits to [...]

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 THREE CRUCIAL QUESTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
By Jessica Wunderlin
In Backward design, Competency-based Education (CBE), Future of work, Higher Ed Policy, Reimagining higher education, Uncategorized
Posted June 29, 2020

THREE CRUCIAL QUESTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

I cringe a little when I hear the phrase, much bandied about these days: “don’t waste a good crisis.” It seems altogether too crass, too flippant for the painful times we are living in, now [...]

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 What is a Competency Framework and Why does Everybody Suddenly Want One?
By Kris Clerkin
In "Soft" or "human+" skills, Competency frameworks, Competency-based Education (CBE), Competency-based hiring, Competency-based training, Future of work
Posted June 6, 2019

What is a Competency Framework and Why does Everybody Suddenly Want One?

Let’s begin with a full confession:  we are in the competency business, and yet recently found ourselves asking each other: “do you know what people actually mean by ‘competency [...]

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 Early Childhood Education – New Opportunities for Investment and Innovation?
By Kate Kazin
In Competency-based Education (CBE), Early Childhood Education, Higher Ed Policy, Uncategorized
Posted April 18, 2019

Early Childhood Education – New Opportunities for Investment and Innovation?

At the recent ASU-GSV meeting in San Diego, nearly 5,000 ed-tech innovators convened to discuss opportunities and challenges in education and talent innovation from “pre-K to gray.”  (“Gray” was [...]

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 The Once and Future College
By Kate Kazin
In College for America, Competency-based Education (CBE), Higher Ed Policy, Uncategorized
Posted March 21, 2019

The Once and Future College

It’s not everyday that you get to design, build — and grow — a new college.  But in 2012, a small team based in an innovation lab at Southern New Hampshire University got exactly that [...]

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 Learning ≠ Teaching, Take 2
By johnthom
In Competency-based Education (CBE), Higher Ed Policy
Posted February 1, 2019

Learning ≠ Teaching, Take 2

Like the newspaper retraction that goes relatively unnoticed — at least compared with the original sensational article — the recent announcement that the Department of Education had [...]

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