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Richardson, Eric; Fisher, Daniel; Oetjen, Dawn; Oetjen, Reid; Gordon, Jean; Conklin, Sheri; Knowles, Emily – Journal of Competency-Based Education, 2021
Minority students, particularly those of the Black and Latinx communities, face daunting challenges--confronted with the recent pandemic, ongoing inequality, and increased financial uncertainty due to job loss and rising unemployment. With recent shifts to skill-based learning and remaining "work-ready," competency-based education (CBE)…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Competency Based Education
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Bartlett, Michelle; White, Jessica L. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2021
This paper outlines the competency-linked project of a total redesign of a fully online master's program that linked every deliverable and assessment in each course with a competency model. Extensive mapping was completed and then applied to every course in the master's program over a two-year period. Graduate students' perceptions of connecting…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies, Critical Thinking, Career Readiness
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Woody, Jane D.; Zeleny, Mary G.; D'Souza, Henry J.; Harder, Jeanette; Reiser, Jacqueline; Szto, Peter – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
Although instructors express concerns about social work students' writing skills, little research has been conducted. One remedy is a social work-focused writing course. This study assessed a required writing course with a sample of 49 baccalaureate students. From online pre- and posttest surveys, 2 student outcomes improved significantly:…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Course Objectives, Social Work, Writing Achievement
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Ciudad-Gomez, Adelaida – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The aim of this work is to develop a proposal for a methodology in the university environment that enables us to design our course with an approach based on the development and acquisition of competences within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), allowing a transition from a model focused on teaching to a model focused on…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Instructional Design, Accounting, Instructional Development
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Tractenberg, Rochelle E.; Umans, Jason G.; McCarter, Robert J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
This article describes a "Mastery Rubric" (MR) used to design both the curriculum and the assessments in a new two-year certificate programme intended to train physicians in clinical research skills. The MR for clinical research skills is built around a set of core research skills: critical review of literature; articulation of research objective;…
Descriptors: Research Design, Curriculum Design, Research Methodology, Course Objectives
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Holtzblatt, Mark; Tschakert, Norbert – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
In the Spring/2009 semester, with the financial support of a PricewaterhouseCoopers IFRS Ready Grant, a new course was developed that focused on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The course design goal was to choose the optimal combination of pedagogical tools and topics to create an effective, engaging and stimulating course…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Learning Modules