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October update on competency-based, completely online, openly licensed business transfer degree pilot by the Washington community and technical colleges
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CBE Business DTA Pilot
September 2014
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)
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
Pilot Colleges• Columbia Basin—lead• Bellevue• Centralia• Clark• Everett• Green River• Olympic• Pierce Colleges• Shoreline• South Seattle• Spokane Falls• Tacoma• Walla Walla
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
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
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
First Faculty Cohort• Four full-time faculty
– English– Math– Accounting– Economics and Business Law
First Faculty Cohort• Six adjunct faculty
– Sociology– Political Science– Geology– Biology– Public Speaking– Art
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
Lumen Learning• Leaders in open educational
resources and in CBE• Building openly licensed courses
and adaptive assessments
• http://lumenlearning.com
System Assets• Strong transfer agreements• Shared course system (WAOL)• Shared learning management
system (Canvas)• Common elearning tools• Western eTutoring Consortium• AskWA
Student Experience• Application process• Orientation• Completion coach• Faculty engagement• Adaptive testing • Authentic assessment
– Grades: A, B, and Incomplete
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
Find Out More• Blog: http://cbewa.org • Listserv: http://
lists.ctc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbe
Questions?
Connie Broughton [email protected] Cathy [email protected]