Competency Based Education by Kimberlin Birdow White https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u Learning by measure instead of by time en-us 2017-10-09 01:00:17 UTC 2025-12-16 00:19:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png CBE as a trend in higher education kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195069489 Competency based education (CBE) is a demonstrated mastery of knowledge or skills learned from a course (Kim, 2015). According to Mintz (2014) CBE’s became increasingly popular in 2013 especially amongst first generation, working college students because it accelerates the time it takes for one to receive a degree due to having the ability to apply life experience toward the degree versus credit hours. ]]> 2017-10-09 01:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195069489 The theoretical approach and what to consider kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195072106 Constructivist approaches believe that competency is directly influenced and dependent on contextualized experiences that individuals are living (Peculea, 2016). 
 
When higher education institutions decide to convert to CBE they must evaluate the following in order to analyze its effectiveness:
 
1.      Identify the competency to be evaluated.
2.      How does the competency link to the course?
3.      Assess the competency learned.
 
]]> 2017-10-09 01:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195072106 Opportunities of CBE kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195074877 The Center for American Progress indicate in their white paper that policymakers and influencers of higher education believe that this one size fits all approach can be beneficial to  working adult students because CBE’s allow for them to apply their work experience in conjunction with any formal education toward a degree and could be lower in cost (Mendenhall, 2012). ]]> 2017-10-09 02:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195074877 Challenges of CBE kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195077327 According to Peculea (2016) individuals who have special needs, limited education (i.e. drop outs, or lack of formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts may not be able to utilize CBE which could violate access to education laws. 
 
Financial aid may also not be available due to seat time and accreditation requirements. Porter (2016) indicates that federal student aid funds education where student learning is in a structured setting and completed within discrete time periods whereas CBE is unstructured and time periods are not established.       
]]> 2017-10-09 02:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195077327 NASPA and what does the future hold for CBE? kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195078375 The NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education establishes a common set of professional 
competency areas for student affairs educators (NASPA, 2017).
Potential competencies that can be affected by CBE is: a) law, policy, and governance, b) social injustice or inclusion, and c) student learning and development.

In order for CBE to continue to be one of upward mobility the following will need to be considered: 
 
1.      Policymakers and influencers of higher education will need to determine how financial aid will be disbursed to cover costs. 
2.      Determine how to make CBE accessible to all potential students. 
3.      Establish guidelines of CBE completion.


]]> 2017-10-09 02:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195078375 References kbirdowwhite https://padlet.com/kbirdowwhite/7zbkmv7aok8u/wish/195078785 Kim, J. (2015). Competency-based curriculum: An effective approach to digital curation education. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science, 56(4), 283-297.

Mendenhall, R. (2012, September 05). What is competency-based education? [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-robert-mendenhall/competency-based-learning-_b_1855374.html

Mintz, S. (2014, September 30). The future of higher education. Retrieved online from https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/future-higher-education

NASPA. (2017). About NASPA. Retrieved online from https://www.naspa.org/about

Peculea, L. l. (2016). The multidimensional approach of learning to learn competency. Journal Plus Education / Educatia Plus, 14(1), 366-380.

Porter, S. R. (2016). Competency-based education and federal student aid. Journal of Student   
Financial Aid, 46(3), 1.
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