competency-based business degree pilot: washington community and technical colleges, october 2014
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October update on competency-based, completely online, openly licensed business transfer degree pilot by the Washington community and technical collegesTRANSCRIPT
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CBE Business DTA Pilot
September 2014
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Competency-Based Program• Students must demonstrate
mastery of explicit competencies to receive credit
• Students receive constant support based on their individual learning needs
• Learning, not time is the determining factor
(Adapted from Christensen Institute)
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The Goal• A Business Transfer Degree
– Competency based– Completely online– Openly licensed– Six-month term with multiple start dates– Full time equivalent tuition ($2667 plus
fees)– Students work at their own pace,
completing as many credits as they are able during each term
– Available January 2015
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Pilot Colleges• Columbia Basin—lead• Bellevue• Centralia• Clark• Everett• Green River• Olympic• Pierce Colleges• Shoreline• South Seattle• Spokane Falls• Tacoma• Walla Walla
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Why?• Reduced population growth in 15-
19 year olds in the next 10 years• Increased growth in 20-44 year
olds• Almost 1 million Washingtonians
have some college, no degree
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The HistoryWestern Governors University supported colleges in developing CBE certificate programs• Spokane Falls• Edmonds • Columbia Basin• Bellevue
• System work group developed a plan endorsed by WACTC March 2014
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The Elements• Students with some college or work
experience• “Intrusive” advisors at each college• Completion coaches
– Hired by Columbia Basin for the pilot consortium)
• Disciplinary faculty who teach and assess – Hired by Columbia Basin for the pilot
consortium
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First Faculty Cohort• Four full-time faculty
– English– Math– Accounting– Economics and Business Law
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First Faculty Cohort• Six adjunct faculty
– Sociology– Political Science– Geology– Biology– Public Speaking– Art
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18 Courses • Work group chose high-enrollment
courses that meet the distribution requirements
• Courses will be transcribed as regular credits and use open content
• Curriculum and competencies will be mapped by system faculty
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Lumen Learning• Leaders in open educational
resources and in CBE• Building openly licensed courses
and adaptive assessments
• http://lumenlearning.com
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System Assets• Strong transfer agreements• Shared course system (WAOL)• Shared learning management
system (Canvas)• Common elearning tools• Western eTutoring Consortium• AskWA
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Student Experience• Application process• Orientation• Completion coach• Faculty engagement• Adaptive testing • Authentic assessment
– Grades: A, B, and Incomplete
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Why pilot as a system? • Share initial development costs• Share staffing to support students
who work at their own pace• Students belong to the college
where they enroll • All faculty for the pilot will be hired
at Columbia Basin College
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Find Out More• Blog: http://cbewa.org • Listserv: http://
lists.ctc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbe