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How Can We Use Micro-credentials to Assess Competency-Based Education?

Digital Promise

An overview of competency-based learning and assessments, and the unique competency-based micro-credential framework Digital Promise has developed

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COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING

American Consortium for Equity in Education

COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING A favorite returning guest and a true leader in the field trying to bring about great changes in assessment and student preparation for careers, from New Hampshire, Fred Bramante.

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Competency-based learning: the ultimate student-centered education

Neo LMS

Graduating higher education while having a full-time job and/or a family seems almost impossible for too many students. The traditional education model makes no compromises: you’re either all in, or you’re not. Students need to attend certain courses at certain times and be assessed in certain ways. There are no grades.

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How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

All educational acts should and usually do revolve around them. The purpose of education is no longer to pass on theoretical knowledge. Competency-based education plays an essential role in this endeavor. Competency-based learning is easier to implement when you have the right tools.

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Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

Edsurge

Then COVID-19 catapulted education into crisis mode, forcing her and all students and teachers into at-home learning situations across the world. Asmaa, Ismail and their peers in public education were caught in the perfect storm of school closures and an unplanned and awkward move to online learning.

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What Is Competency-Based Learning, Why Does It Matter?

The CoolCatTeacher

New Hampshire and educator John Martin are at the forefront of the competency-based learning movement. In today’s show, we’ll give you an overview of competency-based learning including some of the benefits and the problems. Even assessment changes with competency-based learning.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

Higher Education (HE) has significantly lagged behind other industries on the road to digitization. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning.

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