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Transferring Completed Coursework
Transfer Credit Practice Returning Adult Learners often have completed coursework or degrees at other institutions. They may have dozens of credits to consider. Incorporating these credits into their academic record at MLC expedites their path to completing their course of study as they continue. While we grant as much credit as we can for prior […]
SME — What Does That Mean?
Acronyms are pretty prevalent across the synod and our campus. LES? Lutheran Elementary School. ALHS? Area Lutheran High School. BIC? Bible Information Class. DP? District President. As we build our CBE (competency-based education) programming at MLC (Martin Luther College), we are adding a few new acronyms to our WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) vocabulary. You […]
OER — What Does That Mean?
Acronyms are pretty prevalent across the synod and our campus. LES? Lutheran Elementary School. ALHS? Area Lutheran High School. BIC? Bible Information Class. DP? District President. As we build our CBE (competency-based education) programming at MLC (Martin Luther College), we are adding a few new acronyms to our WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) vocabulary. You […]
I’m Accepted! Now What?
We are excited to welcome you to your competency-based education course of study! Now that you are accepted, though, you may be wondering about the next steps. While you can always reach out to the Director of Nontraditional Education with your questions, here are a few general updates you should watch for About a week […]
Building Competency-Based Education at MLC: A View from the Instructional Designer, Part Four
This four-part mini-series of blogs by our instructional designer, Dr. Martin LaGrow, will share the technical, logistical, and academic approach to building MLC’s first competency-based education program. Ensuring Academic Rigor Since its inception, Martin Luther College (and before that, Doctor Martin Luther College) has existed to prepare people to serve in the ministry of the […]
Building Competency-Based Education at MLC: A View from the Instructional Designer, Part Three
This four-part mini-series of blogs by our instructional designer, Dr. Martin LaGrow, will share the technical, logistical, and academic approach to building MLC’s first competency-based education program. How is a CBE Course Different from a Traditional Online Course? Where We’ve Come From Most of us have had some kind of experience with online education or […]
Building Competency-Based Education at MLC: A View from the Instructional Designer, Part Two
This four-part mini-series of blogs by our instructional designer, Dr. Martin LaGrow, will share the technical, logistical, and academic approach to building MLC’s first competency-based education program. CBE: Education Based on, well, Competencies! In the first post in this series, we have looked at the technical framework of the new MLC CBE program, In […]
Building Competency-Based Education at MLC: A View from the Instructional Designer, Part
This four-part mini-series of blogs by our instructional designer, Dr. Martin LaGrow, will share the technical, logistical, and academic approach to building MLC’s first competency-based education program. Laying the Groundwork About seven years ago, leadership at Martin Luther College envisioned a new and innovative approach to training called workers—one that allowed adult learners to train […]
What’s Next for CBE at MLC?
CBTE Is the First Step The Competency-Based Theological Education (CBTE) Minor is the first step in building a pathway for returning adult learners. We intentionally focused on our CBTE Minor first for several reasons. First, our pastors and principals shared that the CBTE Minor is what those serving our schools in various roles need to […]
