Distance EDU On Demand: Dr. Mika Hoffman on the Nature of Competency-Based Higher Education

, executive director of the Center for Educational Measurement at Excelsior College, joins the podcast to discuss prior learning assessment, competency-based education, and how colleges and universities in the post-traditional era can differentiate themselves. Dr. Hoffman also discusses credit-by-examination as a more affordable degree pathway and the role of psychometricians in the assessment process.
1:19 What is a psychometrican?
2:34 Proving the validity of assessments.
3:55 Thoughts on the nature of the post-traditional era of higher education.
5:42 How do schools differentiate themselves in the market?
9:05 Opening the door to competency-based education.
14:20 The affordability question.
15:53 Responding to critics.
19:35 The mainstreaming of PLA and competency-based education.
22:40 Encouraging more institutions to accept prior learning.
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