The liberal arts have a bright future in competency-based learning
Although competency-based learning in higher education is arising based on the need for more affordable programs that prepare students for the workforce, by no means […]
Although competency-based learning in higher education is arising based on the need for more affordable programs that prepare students for the workforce, by no means […]
Sept 24, 2015
This post was first published on CompetencyWorks. As online, competency-based learning gains steam in higher education, a critical question is emerging. If the federal government […]
Aug 6, 2015
I co-authored this blog with Michelle R. Weise, formerly a senior research fellow in higher education at the Clayton Christensen Institute. The post appeared originally on CompetencyWorks. As competency-based educat...
May 28, 2015
Dear readers, Today, I will be moving on from my role at the Christensen Institute to direct the Innovation Lab at Southern New Hampshire University. I […]
May 15, 2015
This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks Brand names are powerful. Many have written about the Chivas Regal effect in higher education in the United […]
Apr 30, 2015
This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. Although practitioners may squabble over the definition of competency-based education (CBE), there is a fundamental core of CBE […]
Mar 31, 2015
Last month, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released a report titled “The Carnegie Unit: A Century-Old Standard in a Changing Education Landscape.” […]
Feb 23, 2015
This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. The question seems laughable, doesn’t it? Particularly for institutions just beginning to hash out what a CBE program […]
Feb 20, 2015
Competency-Based Learning
This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. Last month, I wrote about the inevitable “sausage-making” that occurs when organizations try to cram an innovative and […]
Jan 22, 2015
Competency-Based Learning
This blog was first published on CompetencyWorks. The running joke about higher education is that change doesn’t come eventually, but glacially. Much of academic inertia […]
Dec 8, 2014