Need Concept for Competency-Based Learning Method

[jeannekitchens]

Use Case the Rutgers EERC Taxonomy https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1svFLdfsOEusIy9c3oZUgROJvHMsHqDau/edit?gid=257574632#gid=257574632

[siuc-nate]

I'm struggling to come up with a definition that aligns with the way the other learning methods are defined. For example:

• learnMethod:Applied - Provides learning opportunities in the context of real world examples, cases, and applications.
• learnMethod:ClinicalRotation - Learning through real-world work experience in a medical context under the direct supervision of a qualified practitioner.
• learnMethod:Laboratory - Hands-on individual or group experiences for applied learning concepts and methods, procedures and protocols with equipment and technologies.
• learnMethod:WorkBased - Provides real-world work experiences that may be paid or unpaid and provided in group or individual formats normally outside the classroom.

Is there an example, or a definition we can pull from, that explains the "how" of what it means to be competency-based? The Rutgers definition is just "Course/program is competency-based.", which doesn't really fit with the other definitions.

I'm thinking something more along the lines of "Learning approach focused on obtaining specific competencies" as a start, but that feels like it's missing a "through [something goes here]" at the end.