Ideas and Updates

What makes collaboration truly transformative? In this new blog post, Dessalines Floyd explores the deeper human competencies behind effective collaboration—like self-awareness, courage, and positionality. Part of the upcoming Transformative Education (TE) Jayhawk Flex program, this piece unpacks how authentic collaboration can drive real change in education and communities alike.

In their latest post, Jaclyn Dudek and Julianna Stockton explore how learning maps enhance situational awareness in teaching—helping educators break down, connect, and simplify content. A cybersecurity course case study shows how these maps support more responsive and effective learning.

Through a powerful video series, Diane DeBacker shares how the University of Kansas is transforming higher education with programs built around real skills, real careers, and real access. From cybersecurity to engineering, KU’s Center for Certification and Competency-Based Education is partnering with industry, empowering learners, and helping other institutions reimagine what learning can be.

Diane DeBacker shares what brought her to KU and how the Center for Certification and Competency-Based Education (C3Be) grew from early pilots into a bold rethinking of how we measure learning.

This document explores process competencies in competency-based education (CBE), focusing on skills like design thinking and problem-solving. It presents three approaches to define them: step-by-step (clear sequences), descriptive (key characteristics), and product-centered (outcome-based). Each approach has benefits and limitations in assessment. A combined approach is recommended to capture both the process and results effectively.