{"id":3139,"date":"2014-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-higher-education-competency-based-education\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:53:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:53:39","slug":"whats-new-in-higher-education-competency-based-education","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-higher-education-competency-based-education\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Higher Education Competency-Based Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/higher-ed-beta\/higher-ed-journey-k-12-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Higher Ed Jour<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/whats-new-in-competency-education-3\/attachment\/incl_cw_logo_highered\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8102 alignleft\" alt=\"iNCL_CW_logo_higherEd\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iNCL_CW_logo_higherEd.png\" width=\"280\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/higher-ed-beta\/higher-ed-journey-k-12-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ney<\/a> Into K-12 Innovation by Bryan Setser, Julie Goff and Patrick Sellers.\u00a0\u00a0 The authors highlights themes and organizations at\u00a0 the\u00a0iNACOL Symposium we wll as emerging issues between K12 and higher education as competency education expands.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that networks are one of the best ways to build the knowledge and expertise for re-designing institutions of higher education and K12 to be competency-based. The <a href=\"www.cbenetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Competency-Based Education Network <\/a>(C-BEN) has issued a call for new membership applications. with <strong>applications due by January 15, 2015<\/strong>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbenetwork.org\/sites\/457\/uploaded\/files\/CBEN__Application_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to download the application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/articles\/2014\/11\/20\/senate-higher-education-act-seeks-to-tackle-college-cost-transparency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Higher Education Bill Focuses on Affordability<\/a> in U.S. News and World Report provides a quick overview of the elements of the bill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/diverseeducation.com\/article\/67922\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experts See Traditional Campus, Online Education Mix Becoming the Norm<\/a> by\u00a0Jamaal Abdul-Alim in Diverse summarizes the conversation at\u00a0National Education Week \u201cThought Leader Summit\u201d in November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us6.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=fcaa73d53911340a72d92d73f&amp;id=7f4c1fda3c&amp;e=7075aa9e78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making competence-based education a reality in schools across Europ<strong>e <\/strong><\/a>describes a new effort called KeyCoNet (Key Competence Network on School Education) to strengthen key competence development in policy and practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9202\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/?attachment_id=9202\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9202 \" alt=\"Interim Dean Wendell Pritchett\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-09-at-6.21.28-PM.png\" width=\"229\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interim Dean Wendell Pritchett<em>Post-Secondary Education<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/news\/5182-students-explore-new-models-of-higher-education#.VIefeYfB-gM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Students explore new models of higher education with Dean Pritchett<\/a> highlights a course at Penn Law called\u00a0<em><em>New Models for Post-Secondary Education <\/em><\/em>to engage students in re-thinking ways to design higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2014\/11\/26\/competency-based-bachelors-brandman-could-be-glimpse-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mobile Bachelor&#8217;s Degree<\/a> highlights Brandman University&#8217;s bachelor&#8217;s program. According to the article, &#8220;The degree is also completely severed from the credit-hour standard.&#8221;\u00a0 There are no textbooks and &#8220;[a]bout 60 percent of the required 80-plus \u201ccompetencies\u201d are linked to performance-based assessments, like writing a paper, working on a group project or creating a portfolio. The rest of the work is objective-based, such as test-taking.&#8221; Currently 44 students are enrolled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/ero\/article\/flexible-option-direct-assessment-competency-based-education-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flexible Option: A Direct-Assessment Competency-Based Education Model<\/a> describes University of Wisconsin (UW) launched its Flexible Option (UW Flex).<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacc21stcenturycenter.org\/article\/competency-based-education-gains-momentum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Competency-Based Education Gains Momentum<\/a> in the AACC 21st Century Center provides an overview of initiative and expansion of community-based education in higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sys-con.com\/node\/3249977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WGU Launches New Online Master&#8217;s Degree for Aspiring English Teachers<\/a>\u00a0 is designed for\u00a0 middle school or high school English teachers who have completed an undergraduate degree in English but still need a teaching credential. The WGU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgu.edu\/wgu\/academics\/catch?refer_id=9697&amp;page=education\/teacher_certification_english_master_degree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Master of Arts in Teaching English<\/a> program, which prepares graduates for teacher licensure in all 50 states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2014\/11\/06\/competency-based-health-profession-credentials-university-texas-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Competency, Texas-Style<\/a> discusses University of Texas&#8217; plans for personalized credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/ero\/article\/got-skills-why-online-competency-based-education-disruptive-innovation-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Got Skills? Why Online Competency-Based Education Is the Disruptive Innovation for Higher Education<\/a> by Michelle Weise in Educause Review Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blogs\/up-front\/posts\/2014\/11\/12-information-key-change-higher-education-butler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Ways to Lower Crazy High College Costs<\/a> in the Brookings Institute blog recommends more information on cost and quality, how to describe quality more specifically and new business models.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3139","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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