Tomorrow's Technology for Today's Professional Certification: Adaptive Learning for High Stakes Licensure Preparation

Session Time Slot(s): 
Special Session: 
Blended
Abstract: 

Learn how Aviation Institute of Maintenance is using adaptive, personalized learning and hands-on test preparation to ensure students' success with professional licensure from the FAA.

Extended Abstract: 

A new generation of students is upon us - students who are tech-savvy, accustomed to personalized service, and have a variety of life and work experiences. At the same time, universities, community colleges, and career schools alike driving toward programs that lead to professional certifications and career readiness. To meet these changing dynamics and prepare students to compete in a global marketplace, while also ensuring the most efficient, effective and affordable path to graduation, colleges and universities are exploring innovative options, including adaptive, personalized learning and competency-based-education (CBE).

Adaptive, personalized learning supports competency-based education to help students graduate in a timely manner with the best combination of knowledge and marketable skills, while also giving institutions the insights to measurably improve learning outcomes, competencies and student success.

In this presentation, the Vice President from Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) along with the CEO of Adapt Courseware will discuss how their two organizations are collaborating on an adaptive capstone course and test preparation for FAA licensed mechanics. This innovative model is taking career preparedness to a higher level. Attendees will learn how AIM is merging content and interactivity to better prepare students and essentially guarantee that they can pass the high stakes FAA licensure test. Session leaders will showcase examples of a competency-based, instructor-led approach that includes hands-on digital interactives, enabling students to demonstrate mastery as they progress.

Discussion will focus on ways that adaptive, personalized learning can tailor course flow and activities depending on a students' knowledge and aptitude, better engaging and motivating them, and dramatically improving professional certification outcomes for graduates. Attendees will explore course and assessment examples that deliver productive learning experiences, which lead to better evidence of competency for prospective aircraft mechanics. Attendees also will learn how this adaptive, personalized approach can serve as a model for other similar types of programs in demanding fields that lead to high stakes licensure.

Paper ID: 
1570230975
Conference Session: 
Concurrent Session 4
Conference Track: 
Pedagogical Innovation
Session Type: 
Education Session
Intended Audience: 
Administrators
Design Thinkers
Faculty
Training Professionals
Technologists