Competency-based Education (CBE)

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

After the Pivot: Strategic Evolution of Online Education in the Research University

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:37:53 Z

This discussion paper was designed as a resource to assist academic leadership in Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions in evaluating strategic decisions related to the future role of online learning activities at their universities.

2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report^™ | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:50:43 Z

The Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape.

XR for Teaching and Learning

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:32:28 Z

The HP/EDUCAUSE Campus of the Future project is in its second year of investigation into the benefits of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D scanning and printing technologies for teaching, learning, and research at the institution.

2019 Horizon Report

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:08:51 Z

The 2019 Horizon Report details the key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology, as ranked by an expert panel of higher education IT leaders.

7 Things You Should Read About Competency-Based Education

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:01:32 Z

CBE allows learners to move at their own pace, spending as much or as little time on each topic as necessary to demonstrate mastery. CBE challenges longstanding models of education while offering the possibility of improved student learning, shorter time to degree, and more transparency for employers.

2017 Horizon Report

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:38:30 Z

This 14th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education.

7 Things You Should Know About the 2017 Key Issues in Teaching and Learning

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:58:25 Z

Each year since 2011, ELI has surveyed those involved with teaching and learning in higher education to take the pulse of the group about what’s most exciting, pressing, consequential, and relevant.

Adapting to Learn, Learning to Adapt

Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:01:52 Z

Adaptive, or personalized, learning is becoming the next big thing in online education. By providing each student with a custom, personalized path through courses and tracking both content covered and level of attained mastery, adaptive learning platforms hold great promise for enhancing student learning and success.

Breakthrough Models Academy Team Projects

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:50:26 Z

All of the following projects were featured at an EDUCAUSE event as an exemplar of excellent work emerging from the Breakthrough Models Academy.

ELI Webinar: Conducting Research on Blended and Online Education: A Research Toolkit

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:21:40 Z

7 Things You Should Read About Personalized Learning Models

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:53 Z

The topic of personalized learning—along with related concepts such as adaptive learning and competency-based education—has received considerable attention lately, including predictions about imminent changes to higher education.

7 Things You Should Know About Personalized Learning

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:51 Z

The 7 Things You Should Know About... series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies.

Inside Mastery Based High Schools: Profiles and Conversations

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:05 Z

"We began this project to address a need for concrete examples of mastery-based learning in practice."

Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:06 Z

Written by Susan Patrick and Chris Sturgis. CompetencyWorks Issue Brief.

The landscape of competency-based education: Enrollments, demographics, and affordability

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:10 Z

by Robert Kelchen for American Enterprise Institute, January 2015

Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning: Inspiring Stories from Next Gen Schools

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:38 Z

Authored by: Getting Smart in Partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges

7 Things You Should Know About New Directions for the LMS

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:18 Z

Most of today’s learning management systems were developed in an era when virtually all of higher education was organized around courses and credit hours.

Competence: What Do We Need to Read and Think About?

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:26 Z

Clifford Adelman, Institute for Higher Education Policy, August 2014.

7 Things You Should Know About CBE Tools

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:36:15 Z

As competency-based education (CBE) programs become more prevalent, tools have emerged to support them, ranging from software utilities that enable a single type of student project to complex, custom-built, campus-wide solutions that accommodate multiple degree programs.