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• Accredited, online university for working adults
• Nearly 35,000 students from all 50 states & 59 countries
• 34,977 alumni
• Over 135 bachelor’s, master’s & doctoral specializations
& 17 certificate programs
•Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
•Founded: 1993 – First online degree institution
•FlexPath 2013 – First direct assessment program
•Information technology
• P–12 education
• Psychology
• Public administration
• Public safety
• Social work
• Nursing
• Health care
• Business management
• Counseling
• Higher education
• Human capital management
Capella University Fact Sheet
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External Context
IncreasingHigher Ed Costs
Degree CompletionChallenges
InflexibleLearning Models
National Economic Competition
Workforce Skills Gap
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Employer University
The Higher Education Conundrum
Degree ProgramPosition
CourseDesired Skills &
Abilities
ActivityDemonstrated Competence
GradePerformance
History
Employers seek skilled workers
with industry’ relevant &
current skills
practical experience
and a record of accomplishment
Universities confer degrees
for completing a series of courses
in which students learn
and are assessed
How do we connect the conferral of a degree
with the ability to apply relevant, in-demand, employable skills?
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Employer University
The Capella Way
Industry Alignment
Graduate Preparedness
Degree ProgramOutcomesPosition
CourseCompetenciesDesired Skills &
Abilities
ActivityCriteriaDemonstrated Competence
GradeFaculty
JudgmentsPerformance
History
Employers seek skilled workers
with industry’ relevant &
current skills
practical experience
and a record of accomplishment
Universities confer degrees
for completing a series of courses
in which students learn
and are assessed
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A competency is:
“A combination of skills, abilities, and knowledge needed to perform a specific task in a given context.”National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) (2001)
ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE
ACQUIRED SKILLS, ABILITIES, & KNOWLEDGE
DEVELOPED IN THE LEARNING PROCESS
FOUNDATION
DEMONSTRATIONS
COMPETENCIES
SKILLS, ABILITIES, & KNOWLEDGE
TRAITS & CHARACTERISTICS
Integrative Learning Experiences
Learning Experiences
Competency Defined
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Fully-embedded Assessment Model
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Grade
Content
Course
Program Learning Outcomes
Competencies
Sub-Competencies
Authentic Assessments
Criteria
Sub-Competencies
Authentic Assessments
Criteria
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Alerts
• Transparent
• Efficient
Campus Portal
Tasks
• Clear instructions and expectations
• Coaching and support
Courses
• Efficient
• Flexible experience
• Mobile delivery
Dr. Sue Hanson
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Superior Learning Outcomes
Course Home PageSimple and Clear Navigation
• Interaction tools
• Weekly units of learning
• Learning resources
• Learning outcomes
Mon -Thurs Weekend
Traffic Pattern (concurrent users)
Friday Saturday Sunday8:00am | Noon | 5:00pm | Midnight
7,500
10,000+
Our fully-online asynchronous model fits the needs of the
working-adult professional
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Authentic Assessment
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Adaptive Challenge Project
• Create a presentation for your employees and stakeholders
• Present your plan for meeting the next challengesof HCL technologies
Course Project – Adaptive Challenge Project
• Imagine yourself as the new leader of HCL Technologies. Your task is to create a 10-minute presentation for your employees and stakeholders in which you present your plan for meeting the next adaptive challenge that HCL Technologies will face. They will need to understand what the future holds and what next practices will be needed to meet that future through innovation.
• The Unit 4 discussion presented you with an opportunity to test out audience response to the core themes of this final presentation. Use that feedback to shape your final project.
• Your presentation must include the following content elements:
MBA6006 – Leading Innovation in the Global Organization
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Faculty provide feedback to learners on their course papers and other assignments
Faculty Formative Feedback
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Criteri-referenced Assessments
Criteria specific
comments
Overall assignment comments
Auto-calculated score
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Transparent Learning Outcomes
CapellaResults.comCapella has proudly led a national conversation on accountability in higher education. Shows student:
• Program outcome demonstration
• Satisfaction & engagement
• Career advancement
Used by:
• Prospective students
• Capella faculty
• Accreditators
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Competency Map
Learner Reports
• Relevant Learning Experience
• Transparent Progress Reporting
• Career Support via print & social share
Coaching and Support
• Faculty
• Passive interactions based on student questions
• Advisors
• Proactive interactions based on predictive model score
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Differentiating CBE & DA
Competency-Based Education (CBE)
An educational approach focuses
on outcomes of learning & based
on a predetermined set of knowledge,
skills, and abilities that the student
is expected to accomplish.
Direct Assessment
An instructional program that, in lieu
of credit hours or clock hours as a
measure of student learning, utilizes
direct assessment of student learning,
or recognizes the direct assessment
of student learning by others.
CBEDirect
Assessment
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Direct Assessmemt Orientation
• New model with low public awareness
• Covers a lot of content
• Assessment required
• Advisor follow-up conversations
• Despite media and commercials, no gains in knowledge of direct assessment
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Learner Support Structure
• Disaggregation of the faculty role ensures the academic and support needs of FlexPath learners are addressed and barriers to successfully achieving individual goals are minimized
FlexPath Faculty Tutoring Faculty Coaching Faculty
• Focus on assessment and
evaluation
• Emphasis on substantive
feedback to learners
• Schedule that allows for 24 - 48
hour turnaround on
assessments
• Less direct interaction with
learners
• Close relationship with coaches
and tutors
• Content experts
• Assigned to each course
• Roles filled by Capella
doctoral learners
• Proactive/visible resource
within the courseroom and
iGuide
• Close relationship with
coaches and faculty
• 1:1 coach to learners
• Focus on learner progress
and holding them accountable
• Moving from a reactive
customer-service focus
(transactional) to a proactive
coaching relationship
• Close relationship with faculty
and tutors
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FlexPath Transcript
• Official FlexPath transcripts are competency-
based & display performance results for each
competency in the program
• Competencies are grouped by course but
performance results at the course level are
not reported on the transcript
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Credit-Based Transcript
• A more “traditional” course-based
transcript, with letter grades, credits
earned, cumulative statistics, & a GPA
is available to learners upon request
• Developed to support learner needs
such as employer reimbursement
processes or transcript requests for
other institution
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• Viable model with 1,000+ students
• FlexPath students completing more courses per quarter than credit-based peers.
• Many prioritize flexibility
• Comparable competency demonstration
• Strong qualitative testimonials
• 95% would recommend FlexPath to others
• Productive model with over 50 graduates
FlexPath Performance
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Take Home for Learning Analytics
• Learning analytics as a field needs better measures of student learning than grades and credits to scale.
• Direct assessment programs require high quality assessments of student learning.
• FlexPath built upon a fully-embedded assessment model, prioritizes faculty assessment practices.
• FlexPath students save time and money compared to credit-based programming.
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More info?
• Ask questions
• Come to Technology Showcase
• Check out LACE case study
• Email jgrann@capella.edu
• Twitter @jeffgrann
• Thank you
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