{"id":47765,"date":"2014-11-10T11:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=47765"},"modified":"2014-11-11T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T19:58:03","slug":"reflections-on-the-university-of-texas-system-makes-bold-move-into-competency-based-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/11\/10\/reflections-on-the-university-of-texas-system-makes-bold-move-into-competency-based-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on “The University of Texas System makes bold move into competency-based education”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Texas System makes bold move into competency-based education<\/strong><\/a> — from utsystem.edu<\/p>\n

\u00a0Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

AUSTIN \u2013 The University of Texas System will be the first in the nation to launch a personalized, competency-based education program system-wide aimed at learners from high school through post-graduate studies.<\/p>\n

What sets the UT System approach apart from other competency-based programs is a focus on offering personalized and adaptive degrees and certificates that are industry-aligned and \u2013 via technology developed by the UT System \u2013 can systematically improve success, access and completion rates in areas of high employment demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompetency-based programs allow students to advance through courses, certifications and degrees based on their ability to master knowledge and skills rather than time spent in a classroom,\u201d\u00a0said Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D. \u201cAll students are held to clearly defined and rigorous expectations, but each follows a customized path to success that responds and adapts based on individual learning strengths, challenges and goals. And students can earn credit for prior learning and move at their own speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To support and power its new competency-based educational pathway, the UT System is working with education technology innovators to create a state-of-the-art, \u201cmobile-first\u201d stack of technologies and services called TEx, which stands for Total Educational Experience.<\/p>\n

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\n First of all, I noted an interesting — and much needed within higher ed — title\/position:\u00a0 The chief innovation officer for the Institute of Transformational Learning<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s break that one down a second.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 20102, The University of Texas’ Board of Regents had a vision that learning needs to be transformed and<\/span> they created an institute for it — supplying $50 million to support some key mandates<\/a>:<\/p>\n