CBE at KU Updates 01.31.2024

Wed, 01/31/2024

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Alicia Rosa Marksberry

Highlights

  • Sprint 4 will begin on February 1. Milestones to be shared in upcoming strand meetings. To preview, see here.

  • Business Process Mapping Retreat took place on Feb 26. Output available to review here.

  • Flex Programs preparing for third and final Curriculum Design workshop taking place on February 12-13. The focus will be learning outlines and program structure.

Flex Learning Outlines Workshop (Virtual): February 12-13

Next Steering Committee: February 16

Next Leadership Advance: April 25

Strand Updates

Business Processes & Systems

Leader: Nick Stevens

Next Meeting: Feb 8

Working draft of 10-year Academic Calendar complete.

Credit Equivalency Workgroup met and made a working decision: Flex programs should have 1-2 competencies per credit hour.

Curriculum & Learning

Leader: Kelli Feldman

Next Meeting: Jan 31

Discussion on Final Grading Policy continued. Working decision reached:

  • Official grade will be reported at the end of the 16-week term (or during designated grading period).

  • Along the way, there will be a recording of whether a student has mastered a competency (likely through Canvas) for tracking & communication purposes.

Information Technology

Leader: Ed Hudson

Next Meeting: Feb 8

Unicon’s Final Recommendations can be found here. Next step is to complete the Business Process Mapping exercise. That will inform our process for evaluating current system functionality and initiating demos for solutions needed to fill CBE functional gaps.

Policy & Regulatory Compliance

Leader: Jennifer Roberts

Next Meeting: Feb 5

Working across strands to gather the components of the HLC application, with goal of submitting the CBE Project Management program to HLC in February.

HOPE & STEM to be submitted to KBOR together. Drafting a second iteration of the CBE at KU 2-page document to attach to applications.

Student Journey Supports

Leader: Misty Chandler

Next Meeting: Feb 5

Service audit is complete, awaiting guidance from broader fees workgroup to inform next steps.

Working on proposal for staffing model.

On December 18, began work to define the ‘Coach’ role - shared with Faculty Model workgroup on 1/12.

Wed, 01/31/2024

author

Alicia Rosa Marksberry