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Workforce Development Today
Our workforce has undergone a profound transformation, driven by emerging technologies, automation, and shifting business priorities (Silva, 2024). These forces are reshaping job roles, workflows, work environments, and the skills required to succeed. The global pandemic was also a major accelerator, pushing these changes forward across industries. As a result, the rapid evolution of work has created an increasing need for continuously updated and, in many cases, entirely new skill sets.
Competency-Based Education as a Workforce Development Strategy
This piece is part of a series exploring competency-based education (CBE). This piece explores the relationship between CBE and workforce development, including key considerations and challenges.
Annotated Bibliography: Competency-Based Education in Higher Education
Competency-based education (CBE) is gaining momentum in higher education as a strategy to enhance flexibility, promote workforce alignment, and improve outcomes for adult and nontraditional learners. For institutional leaders, designing or expanding CBE programs requires not only a clear understanding of core CBE principles but also a strategic approach to implementation, curricular redesign, equity, and evaluation.
Introduction to Competency-Based Education
As higher education evolves to meet the needs of today’s diverse learners, competency-based education (CBE) is gaining traction for its student-centered approach and promises of affordability and workplace preparation. According to a 2020 survey, 128 unique institutions were operating a total of 1,057 CBE programs between 2018 and 2020, and 82% of responding institutions expected CBE programs to grow further between 2020 and 2025 (American Institutes for Research [AIR], 2021). While interest in CBE may be growing, most institutions remain in the early planning stages.
Determining Competencies
This piece is part of a series exploring competency-based education (CBE). This piece focuses on how programs and faculty, whether fully implementing CBE or incorporating select elements, might determine high-quality competencies to guide assessments.
Diversity and Inclusion in Online Education
Education should be diverse and inclusive regarding the composition of the student population, the selection of course materials, the methods of engagement, and the opportunities for assessment. However, it is important to avoid using the terms "diversity" and "inclusion" interchangeably, as they possess distinct meanings that should be preserved. Given their fundamental roles in course design and facilitation, this piece highlights the difference between diversity and inclusion in a general sense before applying these concepts specifically to online learning.
Integrating AI Into Assessments: From Policy to Practice
Conventional assessments, such as essays and multiple-choice questions, have long been the cornerstone of evaluating student performance. However, the widespread availability of generative AI (genAI) tools necessitates rethinking assessment methods. Now that genAI tools are readily accessible and rapidly improving, it is crucial to develop assessment approaches that maintain academic integrity while leveraging the benefits of AI to engage students and prepare them for the modern workforce (Yu, 2023).