Radford University
About
The Vinod Chachra IMPACT Lab at Radford University uses a business-to-business (B2B) approach in creating strategic partnerships with companies and organizations to meet the training needs of their identified employees.
IMPACT also offers training directly to individuals (B2C) whose focus is improving their skills or changing careers. It employs research-based practices from cognitive science, analytics, scenario-based learning and gamification to ensure it is challenging, highly effective and engaging.
Competency-Based Education
IMPACT is aligned with the competency-based education (CBE) approach, which focuses on teaching specific job-related skills that are needed to perform a critical task in the workplace
This non-traditional teaching approach decouples learning from time-based models, such as three-hour credit courses and 14-week semesters, and enables IMPACT to empower working adults in Virginia with career-advancing skills.
The CBE approach uses an online platform to deliver asynchronous, self-paced learning modules aligned with workplace competencies.
Learners
At IMPACT, we understand that as a working professional, your time is valuable. Our structured, self-paced learning activities are designed for busy adults and delivered asynchronously online. Our competency-based training approach teaches specific, job-related skills that will prepare you to get ahead in your field. The innovative competency-based education model allows you to receive credits based on skills developed by your previous work experience.
