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April 2, 2014

Competency-based learning proving popular

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By Jake New, eCampus News

Canvas’ new competency-based gradebook is part of a larger trend toward alternative student assessment competency-assessments-learningAt a January conference in Washington, D.C., two representatives from Western Governors University claimed that the institution had transitioned from an experiment in competency-based learning to a “proof of concept.” “We know from that different people learn things at different rates,” Sally Johnstone, vice president for academic advancement at the university, said. “We also know that the same individual may learn different subjects at different rates. We can use competency-based education and online tools to accommodate that. We are no longer in a position where we have to ask all students to do the same thing at the same time at the same pacing.”

http://www.ecampusnews.com/curriculum/competency-based-canvas-020/

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