Good course design starts with one clear question: what must students actually be able to do? Competency-based education is built on that question. When the answer is clear, something else happens too: students leave with language for what they learned, not just a grade that summarizes it.
This session offers a beginner-friendly introduction to CBE: what it is, what it is not, and what it actually requires of a course. New to CBE? Good. This session starts from the beginning.
Using real examples from occupational and technical disciplines, we will look at three questions CBE forces faculty to answer: What must students actually be able to do? What would count as real evidence that they can do it? And how do you clearly define success so that students can name what they have learned?
Attendees will leave with a practical framework they can apply to their own courses and a clearer picture of what a CBE-informed course redesign actually involves.
NMU faculty interested in going further are invited to learn about the summer CBE Workshop Series, launching this summer through the NMU Evergreen initiative.
