Direct Assessment: Successes, Challenges, and Advice for Maturing CBE

Wednesday, October 01, 2014 | 2:30PM–3:20PM | Meeting Room W307C/D
Session Type: Professional Development

Administrators and policy makers are increasingly advocating for direct-assessment competency-based programs to increase access to higher education, decrease costs, and improve learning outcomes and completion rates. In this presentation, we will relay the experience of two institutions that implemented competency-based education—one independently and one through a third-party partnership.


OUTCOMES: Discuss the core requirements and considerations for designing competency-based, direct-assessment programs * Analyze different institutional approaches to developing a competency-based degree program * Advocate for competency-based, direct-assessment programs using quantitative and qualitative data from existing programs

Presenters

  • Jeff Grann

    Credential Solutions Lead, Credential Engine

  • Mindy Gruba

    User Experience Researcher, Flat World Education

  • Caroline Masse

    Director of Instructional Design, Flat World Education

  • Hadassah Yang

    Associate Vice Chancellor, Institutional Research and Planning, University of Massachusetts Global

Resources & Downloads

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