How can traditional higher education programs learn from competency-based assessment strategies? Existing assessment models remain suspended in traditional frameworks and have not kept pace with the high-tech environment distance education students currently demand. Competency-based education will disrupt these instruction models by offering more flexibility, reduced cost and an accelerated path to success. In today’s hyper-connected environments, students have access to a plethora of online learning resources. Educators and institutions must develop a secure structure for assessing knowledge in a manner that reduces the spiraling costs of face-to-face learning. A competency-based model offers a self-paced approach that meets the needs of nontraditional students seeking skills for the highly competitive, worldwide workplace.
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Of Interest to: Online and distance education, Post-secondary education, K-12 educators, Instructional designers, Researchers, Educational technologists, Administrators
