leveraging your existing lms to deliver competency-based programs (287115955)

8/20/2019 Leveraging Your Existing LMS to Deliver Competency-Based Programs (287115955)

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How the University of Wisconsin

System Used Their LMS to Deliver

Competency-Based Programs

Ryan AndersonDirector of Instructional Design and Development

University of Wisconsin-Extension

Mike MooreSenior Advisory Consulta

D2L



Agenda

• What is CBE?

• Why now?

• Why Flex was created

• CBE impact on students/faculty

• Brightspace and CBE

• Q&A

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Poll Question

What is your experience level with competency-based educ

A. Expert – We have had our own programming for a while

B. Some experience – We’ve begun piloting some program

C. Getting ready – We’re ramping up our efforts to get start

D. Novice – We’re new to the CBE world.



Educators have been pursuing CBE

models since the 60’s. But what is it?

Traditional Competency-based

Time Time is fixed Time is variable

Progression Some concepts may be mastered All concepts must be maste

Delivery Content often generalized Content more personalized

Pace Pace is fixed Pace is variable



Why now?

The nontraditional

student is now themajority.

Part-timstudents

year)

13%

Students over age21 (4-year)

12%

Traditional4-year,

public/nonprofitstudents

28%

6%

For-

profit

Education Department data, 2013

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2012menu_tables.asp

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/2012menu_tables.asp



Why now? Traditional higher

education models are leaving learners

behind.

“There are over 30

million adults in the

US with some college

credit but no degree.”

Hechinger Report, 2014

“Only 29% of students

who start a two-year

degree program finish

within three years.”

Harvard University, Pathways to Prosperity



Why now? Because we can’t wait.

2014 Attainment 2020 Demand

40%

65%

“Skills Gap”

Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Lumina Foundation

https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020.ES_.Web_.pdf

http://strongernation.luminafoundation.org/report/main-narrative.html

http://strongernation.luminafoundation.org/report/main-narrative.html

https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020.ES_.Web_.pdf



The Paradox

PersonScale



The stars are finally aligning…

Higher Education

Act reform

DOE competency-

based learning

waivers

Massive Open Online

Courses (MOOCs)

Early Interven

SystemsOpen

Educational

Resources

(OER)

Flexible learning

platform



CBE can benefit students and

institutions

As credit is granted for prior achievements, students may take fewto obtain a degree

Some CBE programs provide all needed content through the LMadditional textbook costs

Students can rapidly establish competencies without having to spein a course

Students spend less time in college, lowering tuition bil



CBE can benefit students and

institutions

Universities and colleges can boost their appeal within their potentpool and to potential employers of graduates

CBE programs are often congruent with an institution’s historica

CBE offers a way to improve efficiency in a time of limited res



600 colleges are

building, or already

have CBE programsin place.

“Keeping Up With Competency”. Inside Higher Ed, 10 Sept. 2015. Web.

(Up from only 50 colleges in 2014)

As of fall 2014, thr

“Big Ten” postse

institutions offer de

CBE programs: Un

Michigan, Purdue Uand the University of

System.“Big Ten and the NLearning. Inside H



Ryan AndersonDirector of Instructional Design and Development

University of Wisconsin-Extension



WI:41%

~670,000

Why was Flex created?

flex.wisconsin.edu



23.3

38.8

2005 2012

Year

Number of student borrowers in millions




Promise



The UW Flexible Option meets the

needs of busy adu lt learners byproviding access to high-quality

self-paced and competency-

based programs, and

accelerated, lower-costcredentials.



High-quality, faculty-led UW programs

Market-driven credentials

Rigorous, authentic assessments

Holistically designed, competency-based curric

Self-paced, personalized learning

Flexible enrollment, fixed tuition

Comprehensive, proactive, personalized student su



Student participation:

491

Graduates:

11

How has CBE impacted students?



• Competency & asses

development• Learning resource cu

• Faculty of record

• Assisted by:

• Instructional desig• Academic success

• Tech support

• Tutors

How has CBE impacted faculty?

B i ht d CBE



Brightspace and CBE



Streamlined navigation & widgets



Competenc set orientation



Competency set orientation

L i



Learning resources

Custom CSS and JavaScript



Custom CSS and JavaScript



C i ti t t i



Communication

Faculty Students Coach

Communication strategies

F lt i ti



Faculty communication

• Dropbox submission

• New student enrollment

St d t i ti



Student communication

• 2 & 4-week check-in

• Set evaluation survey

Facilitating content access



Facilitating content access



Future opportunities



Future opportunities

LeaP creates a personalized



LeaP creates a personalized

Lea rning P ath for students

EASY for instructors and teachers to useFLEXIBLE to meet the needs of each stude

SMART as the learning engine learns with each

Wh t i

L P

?



What is LeaP?

Personalize

Learning

Content

Questions

Objectives

Learning

Path

Personalize the learning experience



Personalize the learning experience

Adaptive technolo

personalizes le

by personalizing your

Allows educators to place the

learner at the center of their own

learning experience

Adaptive technolopersonalizes le

by personalizing yconten

Brightspace for CBE: A partner at



Brightspace for CBE: A partner at

every step

BrightspaceCommunity

CBE Getting StartedService

Brightspac

CBE ChanManagem

CBE Strategic PlanningService

CBE Course Uplift



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