Definitions & Acronyms

Competency-based Education:

an educational model that is time-variable, in which learners progress towards and achieve credentials through the demonstration of knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes, at previously defined levels of mastery. http://evolllution.com/technology/tech-tools-and-resources/the-next-big-thing-in-cbe-isnt-a-program-model/

I might add an element of Prior Learning Assessment to the definition above.