Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Tuesday, June 11, 10:00 am (PDT) for a webinar on Competency-based learning and OER. Competency-based learning is gaining traction as institutions strive to personalize learning experiences and decrease time to graduation. Students demonstrate mastery at their own pace through e-Portfolio assessments or on-demand tests and institutions often recommend free or open educational resources (OER) along with prior learning as a source for learning materials.
Hear from several higher education experts on how OER and open courses complement competency-based learning to improve student outcomes:
Dr. Ellen Marie Murphy, Executive Director of Curriculum and Learning Systems, Ivy Bridge College. Ivy Bridge College is a two-year online institution that streamlines the transfer process to four-year degrees through personalized learning programs.
Dr. Chari Leader-Kelley, Vice-President of Learning Counts at the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning (CAEL). Learning Counts specializes in the assessment of prior learning for college credit. Currently working with the Saylor foundation to embed portfolio templates into open courses to allow students to demonstrate and reflect upon their learning.
Dr. David Shulman, Vice-President of the Virtual Campus and Instructional Technology at Broward College, Florida. Broward College is offering a competency-based MOOC this summer entitled “College Foundations: Reading, Writing, and Math” to provide students with skills to begin college or to prepare for college placement exams.
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"Competency Based Education" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HesKOg4a0&feature=youtu.be
This presentation shares an overview of Competency-Based Education (CBE). Find notes with transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lwpuBcseSvcGptOVlmSjZOakk/view?usp=sharing
Visit edusasha.com for more resources on CBE, instructional design, faculty professional development, gamification, MOOCs, digital badging and more.
Overview of the groundbreaking new workforce development and educational model that is catching the attention of organizations nationwide! Presented by Nick Lacy, Director of Competency-Based Education and National Relations at Brandman University.
Contact Nick Lacy via email or LinkedIn for more details and to see a live demo!
Proposed by NAAC, IQAC or Internal Quality Assurance Cell is a structure that helps educational institutions to improve their work processes and achieve learning outcomes & objectives.
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Contact Nick Lacy via email or LinkedIn for more details and to see a live demo!
Proposed by NAAC, IQAC or Internal Quality Assurance Cell is a structure that helps educational institutions to improve their work processes and achieve learning outcomes & objectives.
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An introduction to Competency-based education and the new student demographic. Discover today's modern student and the education system designed to fit them. http://bit.ly/1hU8ntv
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Fortunately, it is easy to make the move to adaptive learning. In this session, we explore what is adaptive learning, how it works and the benefits of transforming your learner experience for the business, the learner and the training function.
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This professional development plan is designed to enable teachers to improve technology integration in classroom instruction and use educational features of Sakai effectively. This Professional Development Plan will increase teachers and students’ engagement, creativity, and production. This PDP will help teachers to equipped students with knowledge to enable them learn Dari language collaboratively and continuously.
What is Competency-based Education?
Competency-based education, or CBE, is a student-centered approach that encourages self-paced learning and the development of students' skills.
more-https://www.iitms.co.in/blog/what-is-competency-based-education.html
Training Slides of COMPETENCY-BASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, discussing the importance of Coaching.
For further information regarding the course, please contact:
info@asia-masters.com
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An introduction to Competency-based education and the new student demographic. Discover today's modern student and the education system designed to fit them. http://bit.ly/1hU8ntv
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Fortunately, it is easy to make the move to adaptive learning. In this session, we explore what is adaptive learning, how it works and the benefits of transforming your learner experience for the business, the learner and the training function.
The aim of this presentation was to provide college staff and faculty with a framework for developing a a competency-based curriculum. The workshop was presented during the national conference of the Vietnam Association of Community Colleges on September 19, 2013.
A quick guide to build an Outcome Based Framework in higher educational institution. Informational presentation on OBE, accreditation, and student centred education.
This professional development plan is designed to enable teachers to improve technology integration in classroom instruction and use educational features of Sakai effectively. This Professional Development Plan will increase teachers and students’ engagement, creativity, and production. This PDP will help teachers to equipped students with knowledge to enable them learn Dari language collaboratively and continuously.
What is Competency-based Education?
Competency-based education, or CBE, is a student-centered approach that encourages self-paced learning and the development of students' skills.
more-https://www.iitms.co.in/blog/what-is-competency-based-education.html
Training Slides of COMPETENCY-BASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, discussing the importance of Coaching.
For further information regarding the course, please contact:
info@asia-masters.com
www.asia-masters.com
Adam Carter, Chief Academic Officer of Summit Public Schools presented a webinar for Next Generation Learning Challenges in October 2013 to share some of the tools Summit was using to build an aligned system of content, individualized playlists, and assessments. The webinar archive is available at http://nextgenlearning.org/event/building-aligned-system-digital-content-individualized-student-playlists-and-deeper-learning
Competency-based Learning: A Practical Process and Living Case Study Tom Gram
Presentation for Canadian Society for Training and Development CSTD 2014 Conference. Tom Gram (Global Knowledge) and Lawrence Stevenson (IT Source, Workforce Optimization, Ontario Public Service)
Competency-based Professional Learning mLearn 2015Katie Martin
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Competency-based Learning through Online InternshipsAllison Selby
This presentation discusses the emergence of online internships, which are a perfect venue for competency-based online learning! Competency-based online learning is synergistic to experiential and high-impact internship learning classrooms. The U.S. Department of Education (2013) has recently been revaluating seat time measurement in exchange for more 21st Century approaches such as competency-based models, which include by their definition, project and community-based and customized learning opportunities, all of which are ALSO the hallmarks of experiential internships in the online learning environment. At the top of most university’s lists, that have distance education offerings, are increasingly to begin incorporating internships that provides students opportunities for high-impact experiential learning through hands-on working in cooperation with diverse organizations. This presentation discusses these opportunities as achievable in the online learning classroom. Additionally, with the high priority of the department of education, and higher educational institutions all seeking to expand competency-based learning opportunities, this presentation discusses the synergy of achieving both of these high priority goals with the online internship based on an experiential-competency model.
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Presentation was developed and given by multiple presenters. It shows the work from the National Programs of Study Institute to the Oklahoma Programs of Study Institute.
A Gayle Geitgey presentation for co-asis&t on the topic Future Ready: Preparing for the Third Grade Reading Guarantee and College/ Career Readiness with INFOhio Resources.
For more information visit our website:http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis
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Teaching and learning has had to be adapted across the world, but in most cases assessment has not or has been less flexible. Is there a case now to alter the way learners are assessed now more than ever?
This session briefly highlights the tools used to engage learners, skills they have developed, and obstacles in assessment which could be adopted to suit modern learners and society in both theory and practical environments.
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The University of Dubuque (UD) completed its second year of offering online courses to undergraduate students. In this time, UD has learned several valuable lessons in the delivery of quality online courses that include faculty development, support services, quality assurance checks, and 360-assessment. This presentation addresses several of these lessons.
On May 1st, the Center for Innovative School Facilities hosted a group workshop led by Adam Rubin of New Visions for Public Schools. Adam led a discussion focusing on education reform and how it is driving the design, construction, and community and administrative infrastructure of school facilities.
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With the largest OER degree grant initiative of its kind launched last year at 38 colleges in 13 U.S. states, Achieving the Dream, has undertaken research to look at the academic and financial impact to students and their institutions. Grant partners SRI, along with partner rpk GROUP, is conducting research and evaluation to identify impact and cost as well as the facilitators and barriers to successful implementation of this model. Join us to hear from the researchers about methodology, benefits and challenges for colleges, and findings from the first semester of the grant.
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Featured Speakers:
Jessica Mislevy, PhD is a senior researcher with SRI Education’s Center for Technology in Learning and one of the key researchers for the ATD OER Degree Initiative.
Rick Staisloff is the founder and a principal of rpkGROUP, a leading national consulting firm supporting colleges, universities, and other non-profits with their growth and reallocation strategies, who leads the cost analysis for institutions and students participating in the ATD OER Degree Initiative.
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CCCOER Presents: Regional Leaders of Open EducationUna Daly
When: Wednesday, March 4, noon PST/3pm EST:
Launched in fall 2019, the Regional Leadership for Open Education (RLOE) initiative was inspired by CCCOER members’ growing need to collaborate across institutional and state boundaries to find solutions for issues impacting OER adoption at diverse, multi-institution systems. Many open education leaders face similar issues of advocacy and implementation beyond their home institution and wish for the opportunity to craft common solutions and eliminate duplication of efforts. Leaders from colleges, universities, library consortia, and government agencies were invited to participate in four workgroups to discuss and build solutions. Each workgroup has developed a focus project for pursuing in 2020 and will share early efforts and invite community feedback
Policy & Strategy: focusing on a bibliography of open education policies and building a video repository of statewide OER policy clips.
Stewardship: focusing on emerging frameworks for stewardship of open education resources and student privacy and data.
Professionalism: focusing on building a matrix of emerging “open education” roles and their associated competencies to better identify training needs.
Sustainability: focusing on building a virtual file cabinet of higher education infrastructure documents/templates integrating open education.
Featured Speakers:
Denise Cote, Reference Librarian, College of DuPage
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
Quill West, Open Education Project Manager, Pierce College District
Lisa Young, Faculty Director, Center for Teaching & Learning, Scottsdale Community College
Moderator: Una Daly, CCCOER Director
Beginning to Open Up: Ideas for Colleges Early in their OER JourneyUna Daly
When: Tuesday, March 3, noon PST/3pm EST
When starting out using OER at your college/institution, it can seem like everyone else is much further along with us OER, and there aren’t any resources for those just starting out. Join us to hear from a panel of educators from smaller colleges and colleges that are new to OER as they discuss how they got started, recent accomplishments, things they would do over, what they wish they knew when starting out, and future plans.
Topics:
Looking for resources
Licensing: What can I use? What are the licensing options?
Platforms for creating and publishing
Printing
Zero Cost vs. Low Cost
Featured Speakers:
Susan Bradley, Dean of Humanities and Behavioral and Social Sciences, Butler Community College
Kelly Carpenter, Library Manager, Lakeshore Technical College
Todd Ellis, Director of Teaching and Learning, Grayson College
Lori Beth Larsen, Instructor, Central Lakes College
Christina Trunnel, TRAILS OER Statewide Coordinator, Montana University System
Moderator:
Paula Michniewicz, Senior Analyst/Instructional Designer, Co-chair of CSN OER Task Force Committee, College of Southern Nevada
Arizona OER Summit: Connections to Sustain and Grow Open EducationUna Daly
Keynote for DAY 2 of the Arizona OER SUmmit 2020. Emphasizing the importance of connections between people, institutions, organization over the implementation details of technology, licensing, and content for open education growth. Moving from the Maricopa College District to the entire state of Arizona and through the national CCCOER organization and other open education community members in North America to the world. The world view starts with OEGlobal and then internationally to UNESCO's OER 40C Resolution and finally bringing it back to student benefits through an open pedagogy project at Montgomery College and Kwantlen Polytechnical University linking to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
CCCOER Presents: Attributions. Authoring, and OER PlatformsUna Daly
Remixing openly licensed materials from different sources is a hallmark of OER but can make for complicated attributions. The webinar will start with best practices for attribution of curated openly licensed works. Three faculty will then share their experiences authoring and providing attributions of remixed OER in the Pressbooks and Libretexts platforms.
When: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12pm PT/ 3pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Jennryn Wetzler; Assistant Director of Open Education for Creative Commons
Dave Dillon; Author of “Blueprint for Success in College and Career”
Athena Kashyap; English Professor at City College of San Francisco
Heather Ringo; English Professor at Solano College
Moderator:
Suzanne Wakim, OER, Distance Education, Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Coordinator; Biology Faculty at Butte-Glenn Community College District
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
1. Chari Leader Kelley, LearningCounts
Ellen Marie Murphy, Ivy Bridge College
David Shulman, Broward College
June 11, 2013
Competency-based Learning
and OER
3. Welcome
Please introduce yourself in the chat
window. Tell us how you heard about
today’s webinar?
– Una Daly, moderator
• Community College Outreach Director at
OCW Consortium
4.
5. Agenda
• CCCOER Introduction
• LearningCounts Project at CAEL
• Personalized Learning and OER at
Ivy Bridge College AltiusEd
• Broward College’s Competency-based
MOOC and OER Initiatives
• Q & A
6. CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance
teaching and learning
–Expand access to education
–Support professional development
–Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora
Hewlett Foundation
8. Competency-based Learning & OER
e-Portfolio
Assessment
Mastery-
based
Learning
Open
Online
Courses
Personalized
Learning
Transfer
Degrees
Prior
Learning
Credit
OER-
based
Degrees
9. Prior Learning Assessment & OER
Dr. Chari Leader Kelley
Vice-president LearningCounts.org
Council of Adult & Experiential Learning (CAEL)
10. OER + PLA = Student Success
T O D AY ’ S P R I O R L E A R N I N G
A S S E S S M E N T A N D H O W T O
L E V E R A G E I T W I T H O E R
J U N E 1 1 , 2 0 1 3
11. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
A 501(c)(3) non-profit, international organization with nearly
40 years of lifelong learning experience
National leader in PLA best practices, research, and writing
Dedicated to removing barriers to adult learning
Recognized by regional accrediting bodies
L E A R N I N G C O U N T S . O R G 11
13. WHAT IS PLA and ACC?
Prior Learning Assessment and Advanced College
Credit
Processes for evaluating and demonstrating
knowledge and skills in order to award college credit
for learning from:
On-the-job
learning
Employer &
Workforce
Training
Independent
study, such
as OER
Military
service
Volunteer
service
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14. WHY CPL/PLA?
o Degree/credential completion initiatives
o Focus on retention and persistence
o Leverage learning toward credentials
o Reduce time to completion
o Reduce student debt
o Maintain academic standards and integrity
o Greater availability of free learning
opportunities
o Technology to enable scaling
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15. HOW PLAHELPS: Graduation Rates
Associate
Degree
students are 2
times more
likely to persist
to graduation.
The PLA Effect:
Equal benefits
for all students
Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success, CAEL, March 2010
15T H E C O U N C I L F O R A D U L T & E X P E R I E N T I A L L E A R N I N G
16. TWO CHOICES FOR SCALE
D O I T Y O U R S E L F
1. Task Force with
faculty
representation
2. Departmental
decisions
3. Faculty training
4. PLA Coordinator
5. Define/price
process
6. Train staff
7. Market service
L E A R N I N G C O U N T S
1. Task Force with faculty
representation
2. Partner with
LearningCounts
3. NCCRS Policy
4. Free training webinars
5. Market service
6. Refer students
7. Receive transcripts and test
scores from PLA sources
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CAEL can help you with either choice to ensure PLA quality.
17. THE PERFECT COMBINATION
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Students who learn from free web
content, like the Saylor
Foundation courses, MOOCs,
Khan Academy, and the
thousands of other learning
resources on the web, can earn
college credit for their college-
level learning at the most
innovative, only online “at scale”
prior learning assessment center
adhering to CAEL’s
Quality Principles for
Prior Learning
Assessment!
18. OVERVIEW
www.LearningCounts.org Free PLA Credit Predictor
Complimentary student guidance on all forms of PLA
Courses to teach students how to discover their own college-
level learning and build portfolios online.
One portfolio per subject matter, 1-12 credit hours can be
requested per portfolio.
Portfolios are routed electronically to CAEL-trained faculty
assessors with appropriate subject matter expertise
Students find out within 2 weeks if credit is recommended or
denied.
Credits are transcribed on a CAEL/NCCRS Transcript or
directly by colleges and universities
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21. LEARNINGCOUNTS PORTFOLIO
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USING COURSE MATCH – Prove Learning Outcomes attained are equivalent
to a student taking the course in the traditional college classroom
L E A R N I N G C O U N T S . O R G
23. PORTFOLIO SUCCESS RATES
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6%
7%
87%
No Credit Earned Partial Credit Earned Full Credit Earned
24. A NEW MODEL
Saylor Foundation free online courses
Working to embed a portfolio template for students
who “opt in” for earning college credit through
documenting their learning for a faculty assessor’s
review
Templates will be evaluated every month (more
frequently if more students participate.
Students find out if credit is awarded within 2 weeks
of the evaluation date, likely within days!
LearningCounts transcribes the credit on an
NCCRS-validated transcript and students submit
the transcripts to their colleges.
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25. BECOME A PARTNER!
It’s easy! We do all of the work for you.
Refer students to us.
We guide your students in choosing
exams, requesting ACE, NCCRS, or military
transcripts; and through portfolio development and
assessment.
Our credit recommendations are determined by
faculty assessors trained by CAEL with subject
matter expertise to determine if credit can be
awarded.
Make sure your transfer policy includes acceptance
of NCCRS credit recommendation.
We work with TAACCCT Grants! 25
30. Previous experience
• Degree Planning
• Education Planning
• Planning and Finalizing Your Degree Program
• Independent Studies—can include OERs
• Assessment of Prior Learning (PLA)—assessment
of badges and use of OERs
38. •Currently in the process of looking to hire an
individual whose main job will be to provide
advanced OER sourcing capabilities
•Job title: Materials Liaison
On OERs
40. In the beginning…
1990’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Competency Based Curriculum Correlated to
the Sunshine State Standards and the Grade
Level Expectations
IBM Learning Village & MDCPS
OERs for district teachers, aligned with grade
level and competencies
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
41. Example: Competency Based Curriculum
8th Grade Mathematics
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
COMPONENT OBJECTIVES COMPETENCY
Number Sense,
Concepts, and
Operations
Identifies and explains
the absolute value of a
number.
The student
understands the
different ways numbers
are represented and
used in the real world.
42. Fast Forward to 2013 Broward College
MOOC
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
43. Example of Broward College MOOC
Competency for Math
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
COMPONENT OBJECTIVES COMPETENCY
Absolute Value &
Ordering Numbers
The student
understands the
different ways numbers
are represented and
used in the real world.
Knows that the distance
between two numbers
on the number line is
the absolute value of
their difference.
44. Why a competency-based MOOC?
- Supports a personalized approach for each
student
- No need to take a linear path covering all
content
- Student time is devoted to only those
competencies requiring remediation
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
45. Why a competency-based MOOC?
- Three subject matter expert faculty can
assist students (over 760) at any point in
their progress
- No textbook is used, only OERs specific to
each competency
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
46. New Course Development with OERs
- Where applicable, OERs are replacing
textbook in new online course development
- Pending contract with Flatworld Knowledge
to supplement existing OER sources (we
will absorb Flatworld costs)
- January 2014 rollout of OER-based A.S. in
Business Administration
(Version 1. traditional, Version 2. Competency-based)
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
47. TAACCCT* Grant for Competency-based I.T.
Degrees (NOTE: Creative Commons Licensing)
- Broward College, Sinclair CC, Austin CC
- Training from Western Governors University
to develop competency-based degrees
- Launches Fall 2013
- Competency-based, with OERs
*Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
48. Future Directions
- Increased use of OERs where possible
- Further development of competency-based
certificates and degrees
Competency-based
and OER Initiatives
49. Join Us at
OCW Consortium
• Information: Stay in the loop on
issues in open education.
• Collaboration: Participate in
community, attend webinars, join our advisory
board.
• Collective Visibility: Gain global exposure
through OCWC’s website and shared media
• Direction: Provide direct input to OCWC’s
focus on community colleges.
50. Help us choose fall webinars …
A. Finding open textbooks
B. Going mobile with OER
C. MOOCs at Community Colleges
D. Universal Design and OER
E. TAACCCT and other OER Projects
F.Other (please type in chat window)
51. Stay in the Loop
• Upcoming Conferences
- Online Teaching Conference (June 20-21)
- Open Education Conference (Nov 6-8)
• CCCOER Advisory group meets monthly
– http://oerconsortium.org
52. Thank you for attending!
Please type your question in the chat window or
raise your hand to speak
Contact Information
Una Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
Chari Leader Kelley cleader-kelley@cael.org
Ellen Marie Murphy murphy.ellenmarie@gmail.com
David Shulman dshulman@broward.edu
ELLUMINATE/CCC Conference Opening Script [Start recording…] Welcome to the ________ Webinar for DAY, MONTH, YEAR [sponsored by]. [If applicable] Today’s guests come to us from _______ in ____, ___. I will introduce them shortly, but first I want to go over a few details about this [Elluminate/CCC Confer] session for those who are new to [Elluminate/CCC Confer].DetailsAt the upper left of your screen, you should see the Participants window, which lists the participants in this session. You can use the icons underneath this window to:Raise your hand if you have a question or comment and you wish to speakThere are also happy and sad faces and an applaud icon Below the Participants window is the Chat window to the center-left of this screen where you can type a question or comment into the box at any time. You can also send a private message to another participant at any time, but please be aware that moderators can see all private messages.Below the chat area is the Audio window in the bottom left of the screen. Click on the raised your hand button to let us know you would like to speak. You can use a head set or your phone for audio chat. If you are using a microphone and have been recognized to speak, Click the button with the microphone on it and begin speaking. Remember to click the button again when you finish speaking so that someone else can have a turn. You can control your mic and volume levels with the sliders. And if you are having trouble with your headset or microphone, you can access the Audio Setup Wizard from the Tools menu on the top toolbar. From Tools, select Audio, and then Audio Setup Wizard, and follow the on-screen instructions.[CCC Confer ONLY] If you are using the telephone to speak, Click on the phone handset below the microphone and audio volume sliders. The call-number and pin will then appear in a dialog box.
College Credit predictor tool link for quick demoDiscuss the lead gen, aspects of it.# of Partner Plus/Partners, Affiliatedenhanced image for caelreinforcing leadership position
STEP 3 - Whichever course is chosen, both lead to the same portfolio process and high quality assessment. Emphasize the attainment of learning outcomes, skills and competencies at the college-level. Make sure we mention the small pilot on competencies and we are moving toward the dual transcript, competencies.
Explain what a difference this makes for students. One portfolio can be up to 12 credit hours in the same subject area, $250 per portfolio. The student saves time and money and is validated.
Talk about LearningCounts assessors, all with appropriate faculty credentials, trained by CAEL, use a common rubric. Talk about how we assure quality. Inter-rater reliability checks. We welcome faculty from our Partner institutions.
Prior to coming to Ivy Bridge/Altius, I was at ESC. Una asked that I speak a bit about competency-based learning at ESC as well as Ivy Bridge…
Students pick their own English when they place Positive response from students. Choices are Eng100, Eng140, Eng141 (which is the equivalence of Comp I)
Though technology-facilitated, relies heavily on faculty for adaptation.The basic course components will be as follows:Diagnostic pre-test and initial writing assignment to determine skill building focusLive weekly 1-on-1 meetings with the instructor where adaptive path is assigned leveraging pre-determined course adaptation guidelines, based on performance on diagnostic, previous assignments, and metacognitive assessmentSkill builder modules – assignments adapted weekly for personalized, targeted skill development Adapted assignment pace - If previous week’s writing assignment is successful, student will move to next assignment. If not yet showing targeted skill mastery, supporting skill building exercises will be assigned, and student will instead work to revise the previous assignment Skill building support - adapted in level of scaffolding, including self-study, supplemental resources, and tutoringMetacognitive assessments – students rate level of effort and level of confidence as part of the diagnostic and feedback process analyze data on a weekly basis to direct students on an individual pathway through the course. All instructors will also participate in a course feedback loop to bring to light class improvements and effective adaptive strategies.
Allows students to move more quickly through material they already knowUse storytelling—provides the learning in a real world contextCourses that are not time dependent—choice of paceDiscuss Discussion board—students must choose if their reply is contributing more information, agreeing, or disagreeing… develop metacognition, and critical thinking. Analytics are gathered…Rubric developed to measure competencies across the students program (horizontal). One way is with multiple rubrics (teaching professor assess core content, but another professor may be sent the material to use another rubric to grade the writing) Developing grading workshops for faculty for norming expectations.Big data and new types of analytics allow us to track competencies, and analyze course