Hopes and Dreams Are Built on Learning Outcomes

Hopes and Dreams Are Built on Learning Outcomes

A teen struggled against the blowing snow, holding her jacket closed with one bare hand.  A small boy called to his friends to wait as he readjusted his bulging sports bag to navigate the icy walk.  Students of all shapes and sizes streamed into the school, despite...

Credentialing Higher Education: A Sample Competency-based Report Card

We’ve heard a lot about what competency-based education can do for students.  This Inside Higher Ed article shares an example report card of what it could look like in practice. Students who enroll in a new competency-based program at Northern Arizona University...
Time To Reflect on Competency-based Learning

Time To Reflect on Competency-based Learning

At the November Faculty Friday Forum sponsored by NMC’s Center for Instructional Excellence, four questions about competency-based learning were posted.  As I struggled to organize responses to this hot topic into a meaningful context, Mark DeLonge suggested Jimmy...