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Development of a Competency Mapping Tool for Undergraduate Professional Degree Programmes, Using Mechanical Engineering as a Case Study
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Holmes, David W.; Sheehan, Madoc; Birks, Melanie; Smithson, John – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Mapping the curriculum of a professional degree to the associated competency standard ensures graduates have the competence to perform as professionals. Existing approaches to competence mapping vary greatly in depth, complexity, and effectiveness, and a standardised approach remains elusive. This paper describes a new mapping software tool that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Competency Based Education, Concept Mapping, Measurement Techniques
Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education
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Patrick, Susan; Kennedy, Kathryn; Powell, Allison – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2013
This paper provides a scan of the literature to expand the knowledge base for the field of online, blended, and competency-based education. Authors seek to integrate the core ideas of personalized learning, blended learning, competency education, and standards. The goal of the paper is to explain the nuances of key terms used across the field of…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Blended Learning, Competency Based Education, Electronic Learning
Benchmarking and Threshold Standards in Higher Education. Staff and Educational Development Series.
Smith, Helen, Ed.; Armstrong, Michael, Ed.; Brown, Sally, Ed. – 1999
This book explores the issues involved in developing standards in higher education, examining the practical issues involved in benchmarking and offering a critical analysis of the problems associated with this developmental tool. The book focuses primarily on experience in the United Kingdom (UK), but looks also at international activity in this…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
Benchmarks--Standards Comparisons. Math Competencies: EFF Benchmarks Comparison [and] Reading Competencies: EFF Benchmarks Comparison [and] Writing Competencies: EFF Benchmarks Comparison.
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Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center. – 2003
This document is intended to show the relationship between Ohio's Standards and Competencies, Equipped for the Future's (EFF's) Standards and Components of Performance, and Ohio's Revised Benchmarks. The document is divided into three parts, with Part 1 covering mathematics instruction, Part 2 covering reading instruction, and Part 3 covering…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
Programme Development. Paper Presentations: Session F.
2000
This document contains 35 papers from the program development section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are among the papers included: "Using Quality Indicators to Create World-Class Curricula: From Concept to Application" (Curtis Finch,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Bachelors Degrees, Benchmarking
Vocational Education and Training for Life Long Learning in the Information Era. IVETA [International Vocational Education and Training Association] Conference Proceedings (Hong Kong, China, August 6-9, 2000).
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment