I do like the idea of a conference rubric, but using "Competent" instead of "Intermediate" is an oddly tone-deaf, off-putting choice.https://twitter.com/lambda_conf/status/803695008100466688 …
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(And the terminology is from the Dreyfus model, so changing one would feel odd.)
Another implied partition is expert vs not-expert. Is that poor marketing?
They have beginner vs competent. If you think yourself a beginner, you don’t think yourself competent at the same time.
I hear you. But I think competency can mean something without being pejorative to all that have not reached competency.
I think what @avibryant is saying that competent is a different kind of word because unlike intermediate its antonym is very negative
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