Competency-based learning is outcome-focused, student-centered, and integrates instruction that focuses on students mastering prerequisite content and skills to progress to the next level of proficiency. With recent shifts to skill-based learning and remaining "work-ready," this framework has never been more critical. Particularly true in ever-evolving disciplines (i.e., healthcare, information technology). However, many "in-person" programs primarily structure delivery around lecture-based delivery, failing to recognize the synergy that online delivery mechanisms can provide. In a well-designed online course, faculty can anchor course objectives to competencies, implement innovative assessments, leverage components of Connectivism, and utilize just-in-time learning to help their students excel. This writing focuses on best practices for implementing components of Connectivism and just-in-time learning for programs/courses shifting to online delivery. A specific focus is placed on the needs of minority students, particularly those of the Black and Latinx communities.
