What is the greatest challenge to competency-based learning scaling across America? A popular answer is the hard rules and soft infrastructure our K-12 systems devote toward seat time mandates. I ...

In addition, the instructional design of these competency-based, online learning systems also uses recommendation engines for content that can help support students when they are struggling with new ...

Educators may now be familiar with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) recognition of competency-based medical education through their introduction of Milestones for ...

New Hampshire’s Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) has been a quest to deepen and personalize competency-based learning for all students. During the 2016-2017 school year, we attempted to confront ...

Many instructors begin the course-development process by asking themselves what they want students to have learned when the semester ends. Nina Morel, dean and professor of professional studies at ...

In New Hampshire, the shift away from an educational system based on "seat time" is well underway. Here's what educators there have learned. The education community felt a jolt in August 2013, when ...

Roughly 600 colleges are in the design phase for a new competency-based education program, are actively creating one or already have a program in place. That’s up from an estimated 52 institutions ...

What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here. Competency-based learning (CBL) refers to the notion of allowing learners to acquire credits based on goals ...

For years, the traditional education system in the U.S. has focused on how much time students spend learning, what curriculum and instruction they receive, and which letter grade they earn on their ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs tend to serve students with previous professional or academic experience. This audience affects how the programs are structured and designed. CBE inverts the ...

This article is part of the collection: Real Life Learning: An Up Close Look at Competency-Based Education. Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity ...

The field of instructional design in higher education has evolved to encompass a comprehensive set of competencies that integrate pedagogical best practices, advanced technological skills and a deep ...