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 cbroughton@sbctc.edu Cathy Clarycclary@columbiabasin.edu