Introducing Ellucian Brainstorm Ellucian’s new CBE LMS

Introducing Ellucian Brainstorm Ellucian’s new CBE LMSMark Jones

Chief Product Officer

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What is competency based education and why is it important?

CBE is a flexible, go-at-your-own pace delivery model that uses outcomes to measure progress and mastery

CBE allows students to engage in customized academic experiences where they are in control, advancing through their coursework at their own pace as they demonstrate competencies.

There is a belief that CBE is a more efficient delivery model for some students and may be particularly well-suited to non-traditional students that would otherwise struggle with completion

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What are the potential benefits of CBE

An outcomes-based approach recognizes:

The fact that students learn at different speeds

That students may have different levels of preparation

as they enter a given curriculum

That flexibility can be both critical and motivational to

certain students

Benefits may include:

Accelerated program completion

Lower total cost of education

Higher success rates

Enhanced retention through mentoring / coaching

(applied intrusive advising)

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Risks of managing CBE without the right technology solution support

✗ Timeliness Students don’t know if they are on track for completion.

✗ Isolation Online learning in general presents a feeling of loneliness, which needs to be addressed with social learning functionality

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✗ Accreditation Since most accrediting bodies use seat time as a measure of credit, institutions must document competencies via valid assessments

✗ Compatibility between CBE and non-CBE credits Institutions must provide appropriate transcripts for students who choose to transfer their CBE courses to a non-CBE program

✗ Financial Aid New rules govern how aid can be granted and programs run

✗ Course Management How can I manage the course when everyone’s at a different point?

✗ Student Tracking How do I know if my students are progressing

✗ Scale How can I possibly manage a course with 200 students?

For Faculty


Advantages of Managing CBE with the Right Technology

Self-paced Students can accelerate

or take more time when needed

Prior knowledge Students can

leverage skills learned on the job

and in other college courses

Efficiencies Because students are

in control, they can often speed

time to graduation, avoid debt, and

take a more cost-effective path to

a career

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Increase student success Customized

paths to education can improve retention,

completion and graduation rates

Lower cost CBE presents a scalable,

cost-effective way to meet the needs of

more students

Continual improvement

The availability of big data and analytics

provides increased visibility, which can

help institutions make better decisions

and enhance the learning process

For students For institutions


Introducing Ellucian Brainstorm – CBE in a Box

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Support for Both Competency-

based and Traditional Programs

How Brainstorm helps define and administer CBE curriculum

Broad support for faculty,

mentors and coaches

Grading and assessment tools

for CBE and traditional models

SIS integration and awareness


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Flexible competency definitions and

structures to map to any program


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Re-usable competency libraries


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Built-in assessment tools


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Brainstorm even supports

authenticate assessments


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Question banks promote re-use and

investment in frequent formative

assessment and personalization


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Robust/flexible scoring rubrics

support both traditional and

competency-based learning


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Grading modules support mixed

delivery programs as well


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Coverage reports ideal for

documenting program effectiveness




Adaptive pre-test critical to tailoring

content to student









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How Brainstorm helps faculty and coaches

Tools to deliver, coach,

encourage, remind, assess and

administer




Integrated reporting & analytics


Reminders keep faculty & coaches on track


It is clear that to meet the needs of higher education and today’s learner, the NGDLE must support a much wider range of functionality than today’s LMS, including different instructional modes, alternative credit models, personalized learning, robust data and content exchange, real-time and iterative assessment, the social web, and contemporary software design and usability practices. The policy and cultural context at our colleges and universities must also adapt to a world in which all learning has a digital component.

CBE Programs Will Demand - Next Generation

Digital Learning Environments

The NGDLE is an Educause initiative supported by the

Gates Foundation

From Educause NGDLE workshop invitation


CBE LMS Requirements Align Perfectly to Next-Gen LMS Requirements

1 Interoperability & Integration

2 Analytics & Assessment

3 Personalization & Customization

4 Collaboration (Inter + Intra)

5 Accessibility

- Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)

- Learning Information (LIS)

- THIN Cartridge

- Caliper Analytics

- QTI/APIP Assessment


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Built-in LTI support insures open

choice and avoids vendor lock-in


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Why LTI support is so important – Small sample of LTI enabled learning resources


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Support for broad set of delivery

models

CBE, Online, Hybrid, Blended, Traditional,

CE/WFD

NGDLE Key Qualities Interoperability, Analytics, Personalization,

Collaboration, Accessibility

Cloud Delivery Designed for native cloud delivery

Integrated Experience Single seamless solution spanning SIS,

LMS, CRM for students and faculty

User Experience Modern, intuitive student, staff and faculty

experience with social

Brainstorm will be the first fully-integrated CBE/LMS solution also designed to meet the NGDLE goals

Contact us

Mark Jones

Chief Product Officer

EMAIL: [email protected]

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Introducing Ellucian Brainstorm Ellucian’s new CBE LMS