Learning Engineering / Practice
Competency-based learning
Definition
An approach in which progress is organized around demonstrated mastery of defined competencies rather than primarily around time spent in a course or program.
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Competency-based learning can connect assessment, personalization, credentials, and talent systems around evidence of what a learner can actually do.
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Sources and evidence
- Modernizing Learning — Ch. 13, pp. 243-267 (direct)