CHAPTER 16

Competency-Based Instructional Design

KEY CONCEPTS

• Competency-based education (CBE)

• Competency-based design

• Competency-based evaluation

• Designing CBE programs

• Financial aspects of implementing CBE

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

At the end of this chapter, the learner should be able to:

• Define competency-based education in the context of ISD.

• Discuss the history of CBE and why it has become popular.

• List the steps in designing courses for CBE.

• Explain the process of designing competency-based evaluation programs.

• Explain the financial implications of replacing courses with competency-based evaluation programs.

Instructional design has entered a new level of efficiency with the advent of competency-based education (CBE). CBE ...

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