Competency-based professional development 2015 ochea presentation

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Education beyond a degree®

Implementing a Competency-based Professional Development Program with Digital Credentials

Toni Paoletta, M.Ed.Manager, Professional Development Center

Agendao Welcome o What is competency-based

education?o Implementing competency-based

Professional Development courseso What are Digital Credentialso Implementing Digital Credentials

Welcomeo The Professional Development Center o Mission:

We design unique, context-based, competency-based professional development programs specific to company needs. Our training is targeted, in-time, and relevant. The content designed is customized to use relevant real-world examples. Through engaged learning we strive to increase learner retention through application which results in a more productive workforce.

What is Competency-based Professional Development ?o Competency-based Professional

Development Modelo A competency is a demonstrated ability to

perform a particular job or tasko Measures learning rather than seat timeo Provides engaged learning opportunities that are

connected to practiceo Assessment aligns to the course’s learning

outcomes

Competency-based education elsewhere

o University of Michigano “You will learn through doing relevant,

education-related activities,” he said, “not by sitting through a series of lectures…Rather, the key unit of learning is the professional activity, which in many ways resembles a credit of independent study.” - Larry Gruppen, University of Michigan

o University of Wisconsin System

Competency-based Professional Development

o Strives to deliver the skills needed by industry in the immediate and long term

o Founded on clear, effective and measurable competencies

o Promotes engaged learning opportunities are connected to practice

o Integrated assessments measure knowledge, skills and abilities

Implementing Competency-based Professional Development courses

o Determine real-life application & establish measurable outcomes

o Course Fact Sheetso Industry-experienced Instructorso Course Assessments

Examples

Industry-experienced Instructors

Course Assessment

Digital Credentialso What are they?

o An assessment mechanism that are housed and managed online

o Are designed to make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings

o Hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued.

o Why do they matter?

Digital Badges: Unlocking Two Million Better Futures - CGI America 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qq7emqbzcA

Headlines

Digital Badges, a New Currency for Professional Credentialshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30L7NKiIOA

How they work

o Professionals can share their earned digital credential on their email signature, LinkedIn profile, Facebook page, website, blog or other platform.

o Anyone who views the digital credential may click on it and be brought to a 3rd party verification page.

o The 3rd party verifier will confirm the digital credential, the credential earner, when the digital credential was issued, and what the credential qualifies the earner to do.

Implementing Digital CredentialsQuestions to ask before you begin:o What marketable skills, knowledge and

abilities will come as a result of someone earning the credential?

o What evidence proves learners demonstrated these skills, knowledge and abilities?

o What criteria or measurement level will be used to determine if the credential should be issued?

CSU’s Digital Credentials

Course Badge Certificate Badge

What Types of Digital Credentials do we offer? 68 Proficiency Badges 6 Certificates of Achievement

Professional Examination Service(ProExam)

o Founded in 1941 as the testing arm of the American Public Health Association, ProExam became an independent, not-for-profit entity 30 years later, focused on taking a personalized, flexible and insightful approach to meeting the needs of a broad spectrum of credential sponsors.

o http://www.proexam.org/o ProExam Vault

ProExam Vault

ProExam Vaulto View my Digital Credentials

Toni's Digital Credentials

Final Thought“Competency-based professional development with digital credentials is education that gets

Thank you for attending!

What questions do you have?

Toni Paoletta, M.Ed.Manager, Professional Development CenterCleveland State UniversityMonte Ahuja College of BusinessPhone: 216.523.7278T.Paoletta@csuohio.edu

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