Competency-based professional development 2015 ochea presentation

Education beyond a degree®
Implementing a Competency-based
Professional Development Program with
Digital Credentials
Toni Paoletta, M.Ed.
Manager, Professional Development Center
©2015 Professional Development Center All U.S. Copyright Laws Apply
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Agenda
o Welcome
o What is competency-based education?
o Implementing competency-based
Professional Development courses
o What are Digital Credentials
o Implementing Digital Credentials
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Welcome
o The Professional Development Center
o Mission:
We design unique, context-based,
competency-based professional development
programs specific to company needs. Our
training is targeted, in-time, and relevant. The
content designed is customized to use
relevant real-world examples. Through
engaged learning we strive to increase learner
retention through application which results in
a more productive workforce.
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What is Competency-based
Professional Development ?
o Competency-based Professional Development
Model
o A competency is a demonstrated ability to perform a
particular job or task
o Measures learning rather than seat time
o Provides engaged learning opportunities that are
connected to practice
o Assessment aligns to the course’s learning outcomes
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Competency-based education
elsewhere
o University of Michigan
o “You will learn through doing relevant, education-
related activities,” he said, “not by sitting through a
series of lectures…Rather, the key unit of learning is
the professional activity, which in many ways
resembles a credit of independent study.” - Larry
Gruppen, University of Michigan
o University of Wisconsin System
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Competency-based Professional
Development
o Strives to deliver the skills needed by industry in
the immediate and long term
o Founded on clear, effective and measurable
competencies
o Promotes engaged learning opportunities are
connected to practice
o Integrated assessments measure knowledge,
skills and abilities
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Implementing Competency-based
Professional Development courses
o Determine real-life application & establish
measurable outcomes
o Course Fact Sheets
o Industry-experienced Instructors
o Course Assessments
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Examples
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Examples
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Industry-experienced Instructors
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Course Assessment
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Course Assessment
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Digital Credentials
o What are they?
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Digital Credentials
o What are they?
o An assessment mechanism that are housed and
managed online
o Are designed to make visible and validate
learning in both formal and informal settings
o Hold the potential to help transform where and
how learning is valued.
o Why do they matter?
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Digital Badges: Unlocking Two
Million Better Futures - CGI America
2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qq7emqbzcA
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Headlines
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Headlines
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Digital Badges, a New Currency for
Professional Credentials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30L7NKiIOA
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How they work
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How they work
o Professionals can share their earned digital credential on
their email signature, LinkedIn profile, Facebook page,
website, blog or other platform.
o Anyone who views the digital credential may click on it
and be brought to a 3rd party verification page.
o The 3rd party verifier will confirm the digital credential,
the credential earner, when the digital credential was
issued, and what the credential qualifies the earner to do.
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Implementing Digital
Credentials
Questions to ask before you begin:
o What marketable skills, knowledge and
abilities will come as a result of someone
earning the credential?
o What evidence proves learners demonstrated
these skills, knowledge and abilities?
o What criteria or measurement level will be
used to determine if the credential should be
issued?
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CSU’s Digital Credentials
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Course Badge
Certificate
Badge
What Types of Digital Credentials do we offer?
 68 Proficiency Badges
 6 Certificates of Achievement

Professional Examination Service
(ProExam)
o Founded in 1941 as the testing arm of the
American Public Health Association, ProExam
became an independent, not-for-profit entity 30
years later, focused on taking a personalized,
flexible and insightful approach to meeting the
needs of a broad spectrum of credential
sponsors.
o http://www.proexam.org/
o ProExam Vault
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ProExam Vault
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ProExam Vault
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ProExam Vault
o View my Digital Credentials
Toni's Digital Credentials
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Final Thought
“Competency-based professional development with
digital credentials is education that gets
recognized…beyond a degree©”
– Toni Paoletta
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Thank you for attending!

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What questions do
you have?
Toni Paoletta, M.Ed.
Manager, Professional Development Center
Cleveland State University
Monte Ahuja College of Business
Phone: 216.523.7278
T.Paoletta@csuohio.edu
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Links
o https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/28/competency-based-
education-arrives-three-major-public-institutions
o https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/03/us-approval-
wisconsin-competency-based-program
o https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/23/competency-based-
education-gets-boost-education-department
o https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/21/direct-assessment-
and-feds-take-competency-based-education
o http://matters.madisoncollege.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/130/Digital
%20Badges-Catalysts.pdf
o http://www.digitalpromise.org/page/-
/dpdocuments/microcredentials/mc_deeperlearning.pdf?nocdn=1
o http://blog.blackboard.com/digital-badges-a-new-currency-for-
professional-credentials/
o http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/the_case_for_social_innovation_micr
o_credentials
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