Competent at What?

Competent at What?

This article describes an upcoming effort by a new national group, the Competency-Based Education Network, to define and shape deployment of competency-based learning in higher ed. C-BEN will include representatives of U.S. colleges and universities at the leading...

Every Step of the Way

Written by Patty Olson, NMC Education Instructor, Adjunct & submitted by Jeff Straw. One technique that I found VERY useful particularly in teaching hormonal, uninterested 8th graders US history was combining your two ideas.  As a PREview, I broke the class into...

Overview Article on Compentency-based Ed

The link below leads to an up-to-date and fairly brief article posted a few days ago by Phil Hill. It may be a good overview to share with others. http://mfeldstein.com/cbe-an-updated-primer-for-todays-online-market/
Webinar:  Thursday, Dec. 5th

Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 5th

Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges Based on findings from focus groups conducted in colleges across the nation and the integration of results from its four complementary survey instruments, The Center for Community...
Retrospective

Retrospective

Our NMC community hosts a great many stories: history’s lessons, tomorrow’s dreams, and tales of triumph (and of other well-intentioned ideas yielding more modest results). We grow as colleagues share these stories. We’re uplifted and energized; we...