Got Skills? Why Online Competency-Based Education Is the Disruptive Innovation for Higher Education - Michelle R. Weise, EDUCAUSE Review

Students with obvious and identifiable proficiencies and skills that are related directly to industry needs will be undeniable contenders in the workforce. Online competency-based education can even out the playing field by taking students to the farthest point possible in their learning experiences, regardless of their starting point, race, geographical location, or family income. With high standards of proficiency and quality and with outcomes aligned to employability, it can build a dramatically new value network that changes the rules of the game for the common good. Online competency-based education can truly be the disruptive innovation for higher education. [Ed Note: Michelle Weise is a keynote speaker at the annual UPCEA Summit on Online Leadership and Strategy - I hope to see you there; this promises to be one of the most important conferences of the new year!] http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/got-skills-why-online-competency-based-education-disruptive-innovation-higher-education