Skills Attainment and

CBE Webinar

Friday, June 12 10:00 – 11:30 AM CST

Agenda

• Introduction of panel members• Defining CBE and skills attainment• The real customer in education • The president’s and provost’s CBE challenge • CBE is a national and global issue• Innovative approaches to address skills gap

challenge and use CBE• CIO’s challenge with systems accommodating

CBE• Questions and answers

Dr. Bill Path

President of Oklahoma State University, Institution of Technology

Liz Murphy

Chief Executive Officer, CampusWorks

Gary BeachAuthor of The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, Advisor at Massachusetts High Technology Council, writer for WSJ, Huffington Post, CIO Emeritus at IDG

Dr. Sergio Matviuk

Dean of Online and Lifelong Learning

Michael Mathews

Chief Information Officer, Moderator

Three main take-away thoughts

1. Understand the alignment between skills attainment and competency based education (CBE).

2. Discuss innovative methods to connect students to the workforce – which is the reason CBE and skills attainment and skills gaps are being discussed.

3. Discuss SIS and LMS systems strategies that are trying to accommodate CBE and skills attainment.

Definition - CBE

Competency-based learning refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.

Desired Outcomes of CBE

• Minimize learning gaps• Minimize achievement gaps• Mininime opportunity gaps• Minimize skills gap

Educate and train prepared workers for a dynamic workforce that has a every

changing and shortage of skilled workers.

Recent Headlines About CBE

Recent Headlines About CBE

WGU and Wiley start a Journal of CBE June, 2015

Recent Headlines About CBE

“Strengthen coursework and internships designed to prepare students for jobs in these high-demand fields.”

Questions and Answers